photo by Ségozyme
April showers
bring separation of powers.
What's good for the goose
is the summary of the story.
A thing of beauty
is a decimal place value.
An apple a day
comes off one of the three branches of government.
Those who live in glass houses
compare and contrast the theme of another story.
A bird in the bush
is worth a three in the hundredths place.
All work and no play
makes the teacher cross-eyed when she's grading papers.
by Mary Lee Hahn, copyright 2010
Diane has the roundup this week at Random Noodling.
(Sorry about the comment moderation -- spammers are becoming annoyingly tenacious.)
Mary Lee, Your line mix up here demonstrates a frazzle-feel all too well. Good good luck to you during this hectic time...your poem made me crack up and also want to send you a massage session, imagining you speaking this way over the weekend.
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Love it! I feel the same way when grading my students' papers. :)
ReplyDeleteThis is wonderful! I remember that feeling from teaching... Sending good wished for coherent thoughts your way! :-)
ReplyDeleteLOL! With Diane doing headstands and you mixing up lines, I can see everybody's in the throes of May Madness! Let the craziness continue . . . :)
ReplyDeleteIt happens to a homeschooling mom, too. :) I'm ready for summer.
ReplyDeleteYou remind me why I don't teach math. Got to hear Ellin Oliver Keene yesterday. A fabulous day!
ReplyDeleteI'm so with you!
ReplyDeleteLove this, Mary Lee--especially
ReplyDeleteA thing of beauty
is a decimal place value.
which seems to say something really important to me!
And the rest of the poem made me laugh...always a thing of beauty!