My Diary and Me

Dear Diary,
Gosh! Courtney is so annoying!!! She and I applied for this summer job, right? We both got it, but in some sort of mess, Courtney is assistant manager, and I'm working with cows. See, I was supposed to be the assistant manager of Dalry's Dairy, this huge milk business in Seattle. But, Courtney messed up the papers somehow and now she has my job, and I'm stuck with milking cows. Okay, that's it for today, diary, bye!!!

Yours truly,

Sarah Wallace

Poetry Review of the Week of June 7th, 2009

Pet Shopping

While shopping at the pet store
I got my fondest wish.
I bought myself a fish bowl
and then a pair of fish.

And since I was already
out shopping at the store
I thought I ought to purchase
another smidgen more.

And so I got a rabbit,
a hamster and a frog,
a gerbil and a turtle,
a parrot and a dog.

I purchased an iguana,
a tortoise and a rat,
an eight-foot anaconda,
a monkey and a cat.

A guinea pig, a gecko,
a ferret and a mouse,
and had them all delivered,
directly to my house.

My sister went berzerko!
She's now installing locks,
because I said her bedroom
would be their litter box!

--Kenn Nesbitt

This week's review on children's poetry is called Pet Shopping, by Kenn Nesbitt. It is a hilarious poem that makes a lot of kids giggle.

Review:

Funny: 9/10- very funny, depends on age group
Content: 10/10- good content
Sense: 10/10- makes good sense

"Loved this poem!!!"

~pooja