ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1997, Roanoke Times
DATE: Monday, April 14, 1997 TAG: 9704160009
SECTION: NEWSFUN PAGE: NF-1 EDITION: METRO
SOURCE: NIKKI GIOVANNI
Michael is meaner
than Hal who is keener
than Jonathan sitting in mud
Ida the cow
lets out a big "Wow!"
when she starts to chewing her cud
There's a brass ring
on the Merry Go Thing
but it got drowned in the flood
His Father said "Hey!
Won't you come in today?"
But Jonathan stayed in the mud
Jonathan sat in the mud
all day
Jonathan sat in the mud
His Mother cried
His Father tried
but Jonathan sat in the mud
It's been a week
without a peak
from Jonathan sitting mud
Lurleen the spider
keeps getting wider
as she sits on the rose bud
And Jonathan said
as he stretched out for bed
"I'm happy where I am"
And so as we leave him
though others may grieve him
Jonathan stays on the lam
Jonathan sat in the mud
all day
Jonathan sat in the mud
His Mother cried
His Father tried
But Jonathan sat in the mud |-from "Vacation Time: Poems for Children" by NIKKI GIOVANNI Giovanni
Telephone Poem
by Nikki Giovanni
Cans and strings and backyard trees
Giggles coming through the wire
Summer mud pies lemonade stands
Hang Up No You Hand Up First
Potatoes must be piled mile high
Then you add the leaves
Daddies always light the fires
Hand Up First No You Hang Up First
Marriage children divorce jobs
Ambitions eat our days away
Girl I miss our silly times
Hang Up No You Hang Up First
-from "Love Poems"
LENGTH: Medium: 77 linesby CNB