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Almost there…and in the meantime enjoy this poem from a Grade 2 student!

Well, I’ve almost finished judging The Rascally Rat Tale Competition, and will be posting the results very soon! In the meantime, you can all enjoy this poem from Parker Shapiro, Grade 2, Stamford American School Hong Kong, who took part in my virtual Introduction to Poetry Workshop back in April, and wrote the best poem in the challenge I set his class to complete afterwards. The kids had to complete the poem in perfect rhyme and rhythm in the underlined sections- I think he did a great job, don’t you? And I know we’ll ALL agree with the spell he casts at the end of the poem!

The Magical School Brew

By Parker Shapiro, Grade 2, Stamford American School Hong Kong

Throw into the magic pot

Teachers, admin – all the lot!

Throw your pen into the brew

Throw in all your backpacks too!

Add a dash of markers, red

And teach me to draw instead!

Throw into the magic pot

Teachers, admin – all the lot!

Stir into the steaming soup

Mash it up with some green goop

Don’t forget to add some glue

And the goop gets smelly, ew

Throw into the magic pot

Teachers, admin – all the lot!

While you stir, recite this spell:

Magic,magic, ring a bell

Send the virus to the moon

Let us see our friends at noon 

Throw into the magic pot

Teachers, admin – all the lot!