Eloquent Tail -- 7

This is my favorite kind of reverso -- the meaning doesn't just shift subtly, but is almost quite the opposite.


Hidden--
Not
seen,
tail
flicking,
behind the toy tunnel--
Spotted
cat.

Cat
spotted
behind the toy tunnel.
Flicking
tail
seen--
Not
hidden.

Not a reverso...

Storm clouds roll in.
Thomas starts to pout.
Before very long,
It rains inside and out

Eloquent Tail -- 6

The little boy
pulls
the speckled cat
by the tail.

By the tail,
the speckled cat
pulls
the little boy.

Not a reverso...

Baby wouldn't sleep,
So he emptied his crib. Then,
baby couldn't sleep.

Eloquent Tail - 4 and 5

I have weekend company arriving shortly, so I'm posting today's and tomorrow's poems today. I'll have to post two on Monday to catch up for Sunday.


Naughty
cat!
Thumping
tail tells on you
fishing

Fishing?
Tail tells on you,
thumping
cat.
Naughty!


No
compliments
for
fishing.
Move
beautiful
tail,
wild cat!

Wild cat
tail --
beautiful
move.
Fishing
for
compliments,
no?

Book 71

Pretty much everyone who has a child or ever was a child is familiar with "The Wheels on the Bus", but did you know there is a sequel -- and, no I don't mean the fifty-odd verses that seem to go with the original. The sequel is -- you guessed it! -- The Seals on the Bus.

The Seals on the Bus, written by Lenny Holt, illustrated by G. Brian Karas, Henry Holt and Company, 2000.

The Wheels on the Bus is a fun song. The Seals on the Bus is a funny book. If you know the tune for the first, you'll have no trouble singing the second. The illustrations are appropriately silly; this is not the place for realism. So funny book, great illustrations, kids love it -- need I say more?


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Yesterday I planted a garden...

There is something quite hopeful
about planting a garden.
You trust winter truly is over
and the ground won't harden.

You trust rain to fall
And the plants to grow.
You hope one day to reap
more than you sow.

Yes, planting a garden
is quite incredible.
Especially if you are wanting
something that is edible.