Poems by my big kids

Erin has a membership to the kids science club run by the CSIRO and gets the bi-monthly magazine.  The most recent one has a competition for kids to win a plush toy if they write a poem about the Kakapo - a critically endangered ground dwelling parrot from New Zealand.  Anyone who knows Billy will know that he has a strong adoration for plush toys!  So he and Erin have written the following poems with very little help from me (I asked Billy what rhymed with 'much' after he wrote the first two lines and he took it from there).  The result of many afternoons reading poetry over tea and biscuits I think!  A couple of the many reasons I am proud of my two big kids.

The Kakapo

By William “Billy “ Steven Guest (age 5)

The Kakapo is nice to me

I love him so very much

He hides in plants and things

He would be soft to touch

They take care of their chicks

They climb into trees with their claws

That is so very true

Until cats come with their paws

 

The Cute Kakapo

By Erin Guest (age 7)

The Kakapo is very cute

And it has a green feathery suit

Even though it’s a flightless bird

The male makes a boom that can always be heard

The kakapo is very nice

Until a cat comes up to slice

We should protect the kakapo

And so

We should keep our cats indoors

To keep mischief from their paws