The Hat
Inside Mrs Magee’s hat
you will find a cat
a door stop, a rolling pin
a rubbish bin, a floor mop
a game of Pictionary
an English dictionary
some very baggy pants
and an overcrowded nest of ants,
some bickering bees
and a nephew that’s hard to please.
With such a menagerie
the hat is terrifyingly tall
and Mrs Magee keeps
her poor head bald!
© Paula Green Macaroni Moon illustrations by Sarah Laing published by Random House 2009
Which Jack?
A Jack in the box
a Jack in his socks
a Jack in the moon
a Jack in tune
a Jack on the grass
a Jack’s gone past
a Jack on a camel
a Jack and his flannel
a Jack climbing rocks
a Jack in a box.
You can tell by this poem I love rhyme. I like delicious Dr Seuss rhyme and I like rhyme that does trickier things.
Bill Manhire is a whizz at rhyme. Sometimes on the end of the line, sometimes not. Sometimes plain, sometimes not.
The rhymes he uses add a delicious music to his poetry. I think I would like to try writing a poem about what else could be in the box.
Like a pair of stripy socks or a ticking clock.
I like your poems
You should do more
This Blog is amazing
Hey thanks
that’s lovely!
I love your poems! I really love the Music one from the Cat flap. You’re very talented!
thanks!
I think your poems are great you came to my school yesterday ( wee dons school) I was the girl who wrote about the wolf.
From Amber Dann
Dear Paula Green
I really like your poetry collection ‘dear heart’ it is very nice and I love the illustrations.
Junior
Dear Paula Green I very like your poems that rhymes and how u make cool sentence up also words
Thanks Junior. I like writing them because I have fun!
I believe I can fly
I believe I can fly
I got shot from the FBI
someone stole my chicken wing
Now I really gone a go pee
From junior pomaria school
A blue blue sky
A fly in the sky
I work for the FBI
I can Fly
I loved what you did for us forrest hill school by jack room18 thank you
great poems keep it up
Most of room18 loved your poems
I liked poems that you did
awesome!
I really liked your poems
You have such wonderful poetry!
thanks!
i love your book a terrible night me and my friend liana read it to our yr 2 buddy class all the time
thanks!
i really like your website as it has loads of poetry and it is really interesting,thank you for setting up workshops for our school with you it was really interesting and i am looking forward to the next session from James at matarau school in whangarei
Thanks! I loved your school
today is going to be our last session in the staff room. i have really enjoyed our session and i will miss them . thanks for giving us lessons on poetry Paula
from James at Matarau school whangrei
hi paula green
this venya from marshall laing school and the book i really liked is the letter box cat
Thanks – I really LOVED visiting your school
Good poems!
thanks!