This years theme for National Poetry Day UK is games in honour of the 2012 olympics. So I thought it would be a good idea to write not one poem but several for my little girls especially as their great grandmother won a gold medal once upon a time.
I am setting my self the target of 10 poems and have been brain storming 🙂
It’s Thursday the 6th of October, which is tomorrow!
I am amazed at my Little Book idea collection – it is endless!
I already have a lot of poems ready for editing from my NaPiBoWriWee challenge :/ I’m thinking I might have to use some of my poetry writing challenges up on this next year 🙂
The illustrations take as long if not longer than the poem writing and I’m now sort of in the swing of writing kids poems to be honest.
My little girls loves them (probably as she appears in a lot of the poems) and even her friends have started to show an interest!
People have been asking me why I haven’t published the books and it is simple – they are not ready yet – some of the poems are still incubating – not quiet right yet and that is something that will only come with time – I need to let them rest a while first.
But there will be many Little Books of Poetry in my Future 🙂
The Little Book of Science Poetry – ten poems about science for children
The Little Book of Nature Poetry – ten poems about nature for children
The Little Book of History Poetry – ten poems about history for children
The Little Book of Weather Poetry – ten poems about weather for children
The Little Book of Dinolicious Poetry – ten poems about dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals for children
The Little Book of Ugg Poetry – ten poems about cavemen and prehistoric humans for children
The Little Book of Rock Poetry – ten poems about rocks and minerals and geological processes for children
The Little Book of Traveling Poetry – ten poems about traveling to far away places for children
The Little Book of Oceanic Poetry – ten poems about the seas and oceans for children
The Little Book of Icy Poetry – ten poems about ice for children
More of the drawings I’ve done for the book 🙂
Here are some of the illustrations for The Little Book of New Baby Poetry 🙂
Here is a pic of Jeany decorating the book – she loves her little sister so much! The two of them are going to be a source of inspiration for so many little stories 🙂
When the baby first arrived It slept and fed most the time But soon Jeany The sister of the big sis kind Was teaching it To be a child of a like mind She started with some baby sign Communicating… Saved her and the baby time Now when there’s mischief and crime Of the chocolate eating king Mummy and Daddy know Just who they’ll find A duo of roughies Who are really quiet kind And will share their loot with you If the thought enters their mind!
This is another that pre-existed, I made this up when my little girl was a toddler and would scream the house down at hair wash time! This used to calm her down.
Daddy, Daddy, Daddy! Won’t you rescue me! Mummy, Mummy Mummy’s Being Oh so mean! Daddy, Daddy Daddy! You won’t believe She’s trying to make me Be Oh So CLEAN!!!!
Mummy, Mummy, Mummy! Won’t you rescue me! Daddy, Daddy, Daddy’s! Being Oh so mean! Mummy, Mummy, Mummy! You won’t believe He’s trying to make me Be Oh So CLEAN!!!!
This already existed before the poetry challenge MoP it is a lou la bye I made up for my little girl – my husband has a simpler version that he sings and that if we try we can wrap round each other which is lovely but I didn’t think it would transfer to a poetry book well!
My lou la bye, my lou la bye My lou la bye, my lou la lee
My little one now go to sleep Little one now don’t you weep Little baby go to sleep
Lou la bye my lou la bye My lou la bye, my lou la bye Lou la bye my lou la bye My lou la bye, my lou la bye
My Little one, my little-lee Can’t you tell that it’s time for sleep So close you eyes and drift away So tomorrow we might play…
And play and play Those days away In golden sun And childhood games
My lou la bye My lou lay lee It’s time for little ones to sleep
The Moon is there in the sky The sun it has said goodbye So close your eyes You sleepy head Don’t you know it’s time for bed
My lou la bye My lou lay lee It’s time for little ones to sleep
My lou la bye My lou lay lee It’s time for little ones to sleep My lou la bye my lou lay bye
Lou la bye my lou la bye My lou la bye, my lou la bye…