moonlight Posted April 19, 2013 Share Posted April 19, 2013 Looking for poem suggestions for my 10 1/2 year old boy. The only requirement being it has to be short in length. He has just finished a couple of longer poems and only wants to do shorter ones til the end of the year. What we have on the list already in case someone is interested. Wise Old Owl A wise old owl sat upon an oak; The more he saw the less he spoke; The less he spoke the more he heard; Why aren't we like that wise old bird? Edward Hersey Richards All That is Gold Does Not Glitter by J. R. R. Tolkien All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost; The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost. From the ashes a fire shall be woken, A light from the shadows shall spring; Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king. Dreams Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes What Are Heavy? Sea-Sand And Sorrow by c. Rossetti What are heavy? Sea-sand and sorrow: What are brief? To-day and to-morrow: What are frail? Spring blossoms and youth: What are deep? The ocean and truth. Nonsenses - i ~Edward Lear  There was an Old Man with a beard, Who said, "It is just as I feared!- Two owls and a hen, Four larks and a wren, Have all built their nests in my beard!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TarynB Posted April 20, 2013 Share Posted April 20, 2013 Mostly a bump. Can you tell us what the objective is for the poems? Memorize and recite? Read and analyze/discuss? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moonlight Posted April 20, 2013 Author Share Posted April 20, 2013 Memorize and recite. I do like them to have a little something to think about too.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Critterfixer Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 Tennyson-The Eagle, The Oak The Kraken by Tennyson is nice, but might be longer than what he wants. Very dense wording. Frost has a few nice short ones: Devotion for one, and one of my favorites, The Hardship of Accounting. Never ask of money spent Where the spender thinks it went. Nobody was ever meant To remember or invent What he did with every cent. For fun go check out the books of poems by Shel Silverstein. One of them, Everything On It has some of the funniest stuff I ever read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom31257 Posted April 21, 2013 Share Posted April 21, 2013 :lurk5: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rieshy Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 This year my 11 yo ds did a lot of memory work of Carl Sandburg poems. He has lots of very short ones:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Critterfixer Posted April 22, 2013 Share Posted April 22, 2013 Don't forget Dickenson for short, meaningful poems with plenty to talk about. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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