Sunday, April 5, 2009

Following in Ms. Lisa's footsteps (poetry)

I just saw a fabulous post on Lisa of 5 orange potatoes's blog. She always have fabulous posts but this time, the author of her posted poem caught my eye... Christina Rossetti. Sorry I don't have a picture to go along with the poem like Ms. Lisa's. Her pictures of her daughters are so cute! Anyways.... (I hope it is by the same author and not just 2 authors with the same name. ) :O

Share with you one of my favorite poems (as well as J's). We saw this poem in First Language Lessons for the Well-Trained Mind by Jessie Wise. In general, I like short poems. :)

The Caterpillar
Christina G. Rossetti


Brown and furry
Caterpillar in a hurry;

Take your walk
To the shady leaf, or stalk.

May no toad spy you,

May the little birds pass by you;

Spin and die,

To live again a butterfly.

4 comments:

Lisa said...

Yep, that is the same author. She is fantastic....great lady for an author study this month! The Caterpillar is one of my favorites!

dongdong said...

what a fabulous idea, Lisa! Thank you. I found the Sing-Song book on-line and have requested that book from the library. How fun. :)

Anonymous said...

Thanks so much for dropping by my blog. :-) Please let me know how your washer-felting turns out. And thanks for the lovely Caterpillar poem. DS is fascinated by caterpillars these days, so I think he'll love it!

Erin said...

What a sweet lovely poem. :)