Let's Write About: A Children's Poetry Show

A funny, sci-fi kids poem about a robot takeover! Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/bQaWENv6d3A

"Robot O'Clock" 

The time is nigh

Tick-tock, tick-tock

Don’t you know?

It’s Robot O’Clock

Forget the nuts

It’s time to bolt!

Quickly, swiftly

escape, ctrl, alt!

They’ll march in twos

and march in threes

right down the street

they’re all machines!

We made them smart

And now they’re mad,

every micro chip brain

Gone haywire, gone bad! 

Oh no!

 Oh my! 

Does not Compute!

It’s too late now! 

Bee-boop, 

Bee-boop

 © DonnieWelchPoetry 2019-2021

An inclusive children's show including closed captions, an American Sign Language (ASL) box, and scripted audio descriptions  exploring social-emotional themes through poetry, creative writing, and song.   Downloadable Transcript: http://bit.ly/LWABooks 

In this episode we explore books. We'll practice a deep breathing technique called Dragon's Breath to visit my friend dragon at his library and borrow a book to use with our writing. Then Donnie will show you a trick for borrowing a word or sentence from your favorite book to begin your own poem or story. 

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Music by Dane Page http://www.danepagemusic.com/support 

Captioning by Level Up Time Studios https://www.leveluptime.studio/ 

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"This World is so Sweet"

oceans full of Swedish Fish 

islands of chocolate lava cake 

muddy fields of gummy worms 

and banana split earthquakes!  

© DonnieWelchPoetry 2019-2021

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Jo4WwuvmIFk

"Wild" 

Oh the wonderful            

    wonderful                         

        wonderful 

               outdoors   

they're really kind of a bore.  

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/kl5AkhiIwoQ

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"Bill Ordinary"

My name is Bill Ordinary

and nothing ever happens to me

at least, nothing extraordinary.

I’ve never been captured by pirates at sea

and I've never driven a race car in the Grand Prixe

or hiked the mountains of Yosemite

or discovered a cure for some awful disease

or…  

 What’d you say?

Huh!

Well what’d you know? 

Why, this is a poem all about me!  

Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ugMVMsMdF4g

© DonnieWelchPoetry 2019-2021

My Big Brother Tricked me into Watching Jurassic Park: A Haiku

walking through tall grass

I can only imagine

velociraptors!   

© DonnieWelchPoetry 2019-2021  

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"Lullaby" 

 Imagine the night is one big cloud

that every evening settles down

soft as a pillow for that ol’ blue sky

who (just like you) needs to close its eyes.

Imagine the sunset’s a goodnight kiss

and the earth (like you!) waits up for it.

And all the colors that we can see

is what their love looks like to me and you.

Imagine all the stars you see

are pieces of the sky’s gigantic dream

and when they twinkle and fill the air

it’s a special sort of dream you and I can share.

Imagine the moon’s a big night light

keeping dark away while you sleep tight.

It’s hanging up there so far away,

'cause any closer and it’d be bright as day!

And know for sure, I’ll be here close

because in this wide world I love you the most!  

Watch a reading on YouTube: https://youtu.be/caMRKl_HcZo

© DonnieWelchPoetry 2019-2021

An energetic poem about being on the wrong end of a blue shell in Mario Kart.

Mario Kart, Last Lap

for Cam

Blue Shell over head!

Blue Shell over head!

Only one lap left

and there’s a blue shell

over my head!

I was in first

but got blasted

back to last,

and all my friends

had a real good laugh!

Blue Shell over head!

Blue Shell over head!

Only one lap left

and there’s a blue shell

over my head!

Even Rainbow Road

won’t make it any better,

my kart’s up in the air

and you just stole

my new track record!

Blue Shell over head!

Blue Shell over head!

Only one lap left

and there’s a blue shell

over my head!

I’m going bananas!

Getting nothin’

in all MY boxes

If it weren’t for blue shells

I know I’d have no loses

Blue Shell over head!

Blue Shell over head!

Only one lap left

and there’s a blue shell

over my head!

© DonnieWelchPoetry 2021

"Flying Fish" 

If I had a wish

I’d ask for a fish 

That didn’t swim in 

the sea  

No, my fish and I

We’d swim in the sky 

to see what there is

to see 

We’d explore that blue 

with a bird’s eye view

way above the folks 

down below 

So don’t be too shy 

if a fish flies by 

give a wave and shout 

HELLO!  

© DonnieWelchPoetry 2019 - 2021

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"How Do You Butterfly"  

So you want to be a butterfly? 

First you need a cocoon,

try this fuzzy, gray blanket

wrap yourself like a moon.  

If you want to be a butterfly  

you’re gonna need wings. 

Here’s paper, scissors, 

and crayons for coloring  

How do you butterfly?  

Come out from the gray, 

spread beautiful new wings, 

catch the wind, sail away.  

© DonnieWelchPoetry 2019 - 2021  

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