Auntie Gravity
From the book The Armpit of Doom
My sweet old Auntie Gravity
bakes all the lightest cakes.
Her “Secret X” ingredient
is all it ever takes.
A single splash of Secret X
provides her pies a lift.
A smidgen more and suddenly
her doughnuts are adrift.
A pinch upon her pancakes
and they rise above the plate.
A dash will make her danishes
begin to levitate.
Her muffins start to hover
from the tiniest of specks.
Her bagels float and flutter
when she uses Secret X.
But, sadly, Auntie Gravity
is known to make mistakes,
and may have used a bit too much
in several pies and cakes.
She ate a plate of chocolate cake
and tried a slice of mince.
I miss my Auntie Gravity;
we haven’t seen her since.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2012. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 5
Topics: Food Poems, Poems about Friends and Family, Poems about Kooky Characters
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Assonance, Irony, List Poems, Narrative Poems
From the book The Armpit of Doom
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