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How to Write a "Lunch for Your Teacher" Poem

by Bruce Lansky

Here’s a fun idea: write a poem about your teacher! Here’s how to do it. Pretend you’re going to
make lunch for your teacher. Make a list of really funny, gross, yucky foods that you’ll be serving.
Then you can either turn these foods into a "list poem," or you can turn your list into a poem that rhymes.

Here’s an example:

What I’d Cook for My Teacher
(non-rhyming list poem)

Rattlesnake stew
centipede salad
seaweed and jellyfish sandwich
milk mixed with glue
a-chooberry pie
I hope the old bat doesn’t die!

Comment: Non-rhyming list poems are easy and fun to write. But many people enjoy reading poems that
are written with rhythm and rhyme. Below, I’ve taken the same ideas and added some connecting words.

What I’d Cook for My Teacher
(rhyming poem)

If I cooked hot lunch for my teacher, (A)
I would start out with rattlesnake stew. (B)
Then I’d serve her a centipede salad (C)
And a tall glass of milk mixed with glue (B)
Next, a seaweed and jellyfish sandwich (D)
For dessert, an a-chooberry pie. (E)
When my teacher finds out what she’s eaten, (F)
I hope the old bat doesn’t die. (E)

© Bruce Lansky, reprinted from If Pigs Could Fly…and Other Deep Thoughts ..
http://www.meadowbrookpress.com/productinfo.aspx?productid=8&categoryid=17&startpage=1 ..
published by Meadowbrook Press.

Now, here’s what you need to do to create your own funny poem:

more: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poetryclassdetail.aspx?LessonPlanID=27

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