Alisha Dolberry April Author- Lenore Hetrick Title- A Real April Day
April for rainbows, And April for showers! April for a bright hint Of lovely May flowers. April for nonsense, And April for play— Best of all times Is a real April day!
Oh, it was a merry, gladsome day, When the April Fool met the Queen of May, She had roguish eyes and golden hair, And they were a mischief-making pair. They planned the funniest kind of a joke On the poor, long suffering mortal folk; And a few mysterious words he said, His fool’s cap close to her flower-crowned head. Then he laughed till he made his cap-bells ring. At the thought of the topsy-turvy Spring. “Tis a fair exchange,” he said, with a wink- “It is!’” she said, and what do you think? The flowers that should bloom in the month of May Every one of them came on an April day! And they looked for April showers in vain, But all through May it did nothing but rain!
What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the ship, which will cross the sea. We plant the mast to carry the sails; We plant the plans to withstand the gales -- The keel, the keelson, and the beam and knee; We plant the ship when we plant the tree.
What do we plant when we plant the tree? We plant the houses for you and me. We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors. We plant the studding, the lath, the doors, The beams, the siding, all parts that be; We plant the house when we plant the tree.
What do we plant when we plant the tree? A thousand things that we daily see; We plant the spire that out-towers the crag, We plant the staff for our country's flag, We plant the shade, from the hot sun free; We plant all these when we plant a tree.
APRIL “April Raindrops” by Lenore Hetrick Dance, April raindrops! Tap your wee feet. The seeds will awaken When they hear that glad beat. “Grow, seedlings, grow!” Let your tapping feet cry. “Come up, little seedlings, And see the wide sky!” Now, raindrops, tap harder For a moment or two. Some seed with his winter nap May not be through. And a brisk pitter pat Over this sleepyhead Will make him come tumbling From his underground bed. Dance, April raindrops! Tap your wee feet! No seed can resist That merry loud beat.
APRIL (Earth Day) I Love the Earth By: Sharon Mattioli
I love the Earth And everything that lives. I love the plants And the beauty each one gives. I love the animals And the fishes at sea. For I am a part of Mother Earth And it's a part of me.
Alisha Dolberry
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Author- Lenore Hetrick
Title- A Real April Day
April for rainbows,
And April for showers!
April for a bright hint
Of lovely May flowers.
April for nonsense,
And April for play—
Best of all times
Is a real April day!
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ReplyDeleteJaelynn Sis
ReplyDeleteAn April Joke
By: Carolyn Wells
Oh, it was a merry, gladsome day,
When the April Fool met the Queen of May,
She had roguish eyes and golden hair,
And they were a mischief-making pair.
They planned the funniest kind of a joke
On the poor, long suffering mortal folk;
And a few mysterious words he said,
His fool’s cap close to her flower-crowned head.
Then he laughed till he made his cap-bells ring.
At the thought of the topsy-turvy Spring.
“Tis a fair exchange,” he said, with a wink-
“It is!’” she said, and what do you think?
The flowers that should bloom in the month of May
Every one of them came on an April day!
And they looked for April showers in vain,
But all through May it did nothing but rain!
What Do We Plant?
ReplyDeleteBy Henry Abbey
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the ship, which will cross the sea.
We plant the mast to carry the sails;
We plant the plans to withstand the gales --
The keel, the keelson, and the beam and knee;
We plant the ship when we plant the tree.
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
We plant the houses for you and me.
We plant the rafters, the shingles, the floors.
We plant the studding, the lath, the doors,
The beams, the siding, all parts that be;
We plant the house when we plant the tree.
What do we plant when we plant the tree?
A thousand things that we daily see;
We plant the spire that out-towers the crag,
We plant the staff for our country's flag,
We plant the shade, from the hot sun free;
We plant all these when we plant a tree.
Keshia Williams
ReplyDeleteApril Fool
by Myra Cohn Livingston
The maple syrup’s full of ants.
A mouse is creeping on the shelf.
Is that a spider on your back?
I ate the whole pie by myself.
The kitchen sink just overflowed.
A flash flood washed away the school.
I threw your blanket in the trash.
I never lie------I-----APRIL FOOL!
APRIL
ReplyDelete“April Raindrops” by Lenore Hetrick
Dance, April raindrops!
Tap your wee feet.
The seeds will awaken
When they hear that glad beat.
“Grow, seedlings, grow!”
Let your tapping feet cry.
“Come up, little seedlings,
And see the wide sky!”
Now, raindrops, tap harder
For a moment or two.
Some seed with his winter nap
May not be through.
And a brisk pitter pat
Over this sleepyhead
Will make him come tumbling
From his underground bed.
Dance, April raindrops!
Tap your wee feet!
No seed can resist
That merry loud beat.
APRIL (Earth Day)
ReplyDeleteI Love the Earth
By: Sharon Mattioli
I love the Earth
And everything that lives.
I love the plants
And the beauty each one gives.
I love the animals
And the fishes at sea.
For I am a part of Mother Earth
And it's a part of me.
April Davis
DeleteEarth Day
ReplyDeleteBy: Jane Yolen
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.
Each blade of grass,
Each honey tree,
Each bit of mud,
And stick and stone
Is blood and muscle,
Skin and bone.
And just as I
Need every bit
Of me to make
My body fit,
So Earth needs
Grass and stone and tree
And things that grow here
Naturally.
That’s why we
Celebrate this day.
That’s why across
The world we say:
As long as life,
As dear, as free,
I am the Earth
And the Earth is me.