Today’s prompt for National Poetry Writing Month was to write a children’s poem. Since it’s Earth Day today, I used that for the theme of this ABC poem where the first letter of each line forms the alphabet if read straight down the page. Picture this with cute illustrations to go along with each stanza and it could make a halfway decent picture book for kids, I think:
Earth Day ABC’s
Air is the invisible substance we
Breathe into our lungs.
Clean and pure, it has to become.
Driving an electric car will save
Energy and the environment
Future generations will say thank you.
Green is the color of life
How many green things do you see?
I see the grass, the trees, and a frog.
Journey to the continent of Australia
Kangaroos live on that island country
Land there and you’ll see koalas, too
Mountain ranges tower over valleys below
Natural formations that took a long time to grow
Oceans surround all the land masses,
Polar icecaps are covered in snow
Quickly melting then falling again
Recycle, it’s good for the planet
Save your plastics, newspaper, and cardboard
Trees will thank you by living longer
Universal is the language of love, he who
Views everyone as a friend
Waves at anyone even if they don’t wave back.
Xboxes can’t replace the adventures outside, whether you’re
Young or old makes no difference. Like the stripes on a
Zebra you’re just two parts of the same natural earth.
Kevin Oliver Poetry 