A Penguin’s Toes
A penguin’s toes once froze
from strolling slowly through the snows
because her clothes exposed her toes
or so I’m told.
A penguin’s knees can freeze
from speeding freely through the breeze
and freezing knees can make her sneeze
and catch a cold.
A penguin’s bill will chill
from sitting still upon a hill
until she’s ill and had her fill
of being cool.
But her digits ALL go rigid
frozen stiff and frosty frigid
when a penguin
rides her icicle to school.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2001. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 6
Topics: Animal Poems
Poetic Techniques: Anthropomorphism & Personification, Assonance, Descriptive Poems, Imagery, Rhyme Schemes
Word Count: 87
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