And forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair. ~ Kahlil Gibran



Thursday, May 29, 2008

Big Sprout Inspiration

Big Sprout came out of her room today (the last day of school) to show me a little magazine she got in Reading class. She especially wanted to read me a poem, and I loved it so much I just had to share.


Instructions For the Earth's Dishwasher
By Lisa Westberg Peters

Please set the
continental plates
gently on the
continental
shelves.

No jostling or scraping.

Please
stack the

basins right side up.
No tilting or
turning

upside~down.

Please scrape the
mud

out of the mud pots.
But watch out!
They're still hot.

As for the forks
in the river,
just let them soak.

Remember,
if anything breaks,
it's your fault.




Kinda makes you think, huh?

1 comment:

Kati said...

Oh. That's a neat little poem!!!! To consider the continental plates and such as actual dishware.... *grin* What a fun mental image!