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Here's another "diptych poem," this time by Christopher Merrill:Poem Beginning with a Line by My Daughter, AbigailWhen I wake up, I’m still asleep.And when I get dressed, my clothes are missing.And when I finish breakfast, I’m always hungry.And when I walk to school, the street is empty.And when I open my book, the pages are blank.And when I count the boys in my class, the walls are blue.And when I count the girls in my class, the walls are yellow.And when the bell rings for recess, the playground is gone.And when I come home, the house is dark.And when I open the mail, the lights switch on.And when I try to whistle, my mouth becomes a balloon.And when I begin to sing, the balloon sails out the window.And when I enter the garden, the flowers turn their backs on me.And when I pet my cat, she flaps her wings and flies away.And when I call my dog, a wolf lopes out of the woods.And when I sit down to dinner, the table is crowded with people I don’t know.And when I ask for dessert, everybody claps their hands.And when I climb into bed, I’m wide awake.
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Here's another "diptych poem," this time by Christopher Merrill:
ReplyDeletePoem Beginning with a Line by My Daughter, Abigail
When I wake up, I’m still asleep.
And when I get dressed, my clothes are missing.
And when I finish breakfast, I’m always hungry.
And when I walk to school, the street is empty.
And when I open my book, the pages are blank.
And when I count the boys in my class, the walls are blue.
And when I count the girls in my class, the walls are yellow.
And when the bell rings for recess, the playground is gone.
And when I come home, the house is dark.
And when I open the mail, the lights switch on.
And when I try to whistle, my mouth becomes a balloon.
And when I begin to sing, the balloon sails out the window.
And when I enter the garden, the flowers turn their backs on me.
And when I pet my cat, she flaps her wings and flies away.
And when I call my dog, a wolf lopes out of the woods.
And when I sit down to dinner, the table is crowded with people I don’t know.
And when I ask for dessert, everybody claps their hands.
And when I climb into bed, I’m wide awake.