Levitating Lester
From the book The Aliens Have Landed at Our School!
I am Levitating Lester.
I am lighter than a feather.
I’m as buoyant as a bubble.
I am weightless altogether.
If you carefully observe me
you will see me floating soon.
I will rise up from my mattress
like a helium balloon.
Yes, it happens every morning:
I awaken in my bed,
and I drift up to the ceiling
where I sometimes bump my head.
If I wake before the sunrise
it’s a miserable flight,
for I cannot see the ceiling
when there isn’t any light.
So I always keep a flashlight
on my bed where I recline,
so in case I wake in darkness
I can simply rise and shine.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2001. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 4
Topics: Imaginary Poems, Poems about Kooky Characters, Wacky Weirdness
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Descriptive Poems, Pun Poems
From the book The Aliens Have Landed at Our School!
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