I Got a New Laptop for Christmas
From the book My Dog Likes to Disco
I got a new “laptop” for Christmas.
It’s awesome and couldn’t be cuter.
It isn’t a regular laptop.
It isn’t some kind of computer.
This laptop’s not battery-powered.
It’s missing a keyboard and screen.
It doesn’t connect to the wi-fi.
It’s not some device or machine.
And, yet, I’m in love with my laptop.
You might even say that I’m smitten.
I asked for a laptop for Christmas,
so Santa Claus brought me a kitten.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 2
Topics: Animal Poems, Christmas, Holiday Poems, Science and Technology Poems, Seasonal Poems
Poetic Techniques: Narrative Poems
Word Count: 82
About This Poem
I have a couple of cats, and they both love to sit on my lap. Whenever I’m watching TV or playing a video game, one of my cats will jump up on my lap and go to sleep. Sometimes, they both sit on my lap at the same time!
Over the past few months, I have been referring to them as my “laptops” because they are so often on top of my lap. So it occurred to me that perhaps I could write a poem about getting a new “laptop” that was not a computer. I hope you enjoy it.
From the book My Dog Likes to Disco
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