An Oyster Celebration
There’s an Oyster celebration
every year in Oyster Bay,
when the Oyster Bunny brings
his Oyster eggs on Oyster Day.
They put their Oyster clothes on,
Oyster morning, getting dressed
in their brand-new Oyster bonnets
and their Oyster Sunday best.
They watch the Oyster Day parade
go marching through the streets,
and enjoy their Oyster baskets
filled with tasty Oyster treats.
They listen to the Oyster sermon
given by the priest,
then they have an Oyster egg hunt
and prepare their Oyster feast.
It might seem odd to you and me,
but this is just the way
that they celebrate on Oyster Island
every Oyster Day.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 7
Topics: Easter, Food Poems, Holiday Poems, Wordplay
Poetic Techniques: Descriptive Poems, Pun Poems, Repetition, Wordplay
Word Count: 109
About This Poem
I noticed one day that the words “Oyster” and “Easter” sound almost the same—only the beginning vowel sound is different. That got me thinking: what if there were a place in the world where they didn’t celebrate Easter Sunday, but Oyster Sunday instead? I started imagining how people there might dress, what kinds of treats they’d eat, and how they’d celebrate their very special holiday.
This silly little idea grew into the poem you just read. Sometimes poems begin with nothing more than a funny sound or a curious “what if?”—and that’s all it takes to get the imagination going!
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