Children Poetry posted November 16, 2019

Darlene Franklin

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a poem for children

No School Today

by Darlene Franklin

On Saturdays,
School's out, all's play
I-don't-have-to learn-day

It's Teachers' Day.
School's out, all's play.
I-don't-have-to-listen-day

Snow falls, free day
School's out, all's play
I-have-to-stay-inside-day

Mom says, please stay.
We have all day.
Play-games-and-learn-day.

Kiddies motivational poem writing prompt entry

Writing Prompt
Write a poem that will appeal to young children. Any topic. Any poetry type.

A poem with no set form and alternating trochaic and iambic meters, but with repetition, rhythm and rhyme meant to appeal to children.

The prompt for the day was "free."

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