Poetry+Corner

=Poetry = **Poetry provides an opportunity for students to express themselves using devices such as imagery, rhythm and rhyme.This year students will learn poetry writing techniques and be given the opportunity to write original poetry to share with friends and family. Here's a favorite children's poem of mine!**

 __If I Were In Charge of the World__  If I were in charge of the world I'd cancel oatmeal, Monday mornings, Allergy shots, and also Sara Steinberg.

If I were in charge of the world There'd be brighter nights lights, Healthier hamsters, and Basketball baskets forty eight inches lower.

If I were in charge of the world You wouldn't have lonely. You wouldn't have clean. You wouldn't have bedtimes. Or "Don't punch your sister." You wouldn't even have sisters.

If I were in charge of the world A chocolate sundae with whipped cream and nuts would be a vegetable All 007 movies would be G, And a person who sometimes forgot to brush, And sometimes forgot to flush, Would still be allowed to be In charge of the world. Judith Viorst