Ode to Dr. Seuss Books

I'm going to cheat this week. It's the last week of Natioanl Poetry Month and I think I've done a good job of posting *most* days. This week I'm going to do some re-posting of old poetry I've written. =o) This was an ode to Dr. Seuss on his birthday... enjoy!

Ode to Dr. Seuss Books

I could read them

In a chair

Or right next to

A big old bear

I could read them

near a tree

while listening to

a buzzing bee

I could read them

laying down

and on my face

never a frown

I could read them

in a zoo

next to a monkey

or striped kangaroo

I have put down

my ball and bat

and read tales of

a mischievous cat

fun stories filled

with turtles named yertle

and all about pockets

filled with wockets

of places you go

and things you'll see

and I'll never forget

that book about me

of Horton and who's

and lorax and sneetches

of sam I am's

and foxes in sockses

of all Dr. Seuss's

creative mind benders

and ram shackled thoughts

flim-foozeled with splendors

I'm thankful each day

since the time I could listen

for his brilliant prose

that make memories glisten

-Joy Kaczmarek
3/2/2009