Learning to Fly
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
I’m soaring.
I’m sailing.
I’m learning to fly.
I’m leaping.
I’m bouncing.
I’m high in the sky.
I’m jumping.
I’m hopping.
I’m up in the air.
I’m dashing.
I’m diving,
the wind in my hair.
I’m swooping.
I’m whooshing.
I’m light as a kite.
I’m flittering,
fluttering,
floating in flight.
I’m toppling.
I’m tumbling.
I’m falling. I crashed.
And, whoopsie,
my parents
new mattress is trashed.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Imaginary Poems, Poems about Friends and Family
Poetic Techniques: Imagery, Onomatopoeia, Repetition, Rhyme Schemes
Word Count: 69
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
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