Make a Joyful Noise

Make a joyful noise,
lift up your voice.
Join the happy sounds of nature singing!
 

Enjoy the lovely day,
have fun, laugh and play.
Give thanks for each blessing the Lord is bringing.

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Children Enjoying Summer

Children in the summer 

Love to laugh and play, 

Making the most

Of each bright summer day, 

Enjoying the bliss

Of a warm day in June, 

Happily playing

And singing a tune, 

Laughing with abandon 

In the freedom of July, 

With red, rosy cheeks 

And a sparkle in the eye, 

Whirling and twirling

In a flash of legs and arms, 

Singing and dancing, 

Displaying all their charms, 

Sailing through summer, 

Faces happy and bright, 

Expressing their enjoyment 

With squeals of delight.

Excerpt of A Symphony of Seasons by Connie Arnold

Ten Singing Birds

In celebration of my soon to be released new children's book, Count 1,2,3 With Me, I thought you might enjoy my counting poem about birds. Enjoy!

 

 

 

A little brown robin, alone, the only one,

Was sitting on a branch, singing in the sun.

 

 Along came a bird whose feathers were blue

To join in the song, so then there were two.
 

The robin and the bluebird, singing in the tree,

Were joined by a sparrow, to make a trio of three.
 

Each time a bird joined there was one more than before,

So when a blackbird came, suddenly there were four.
 

A noisy mockingbird who had started to dive

Joined them on the branch to form a singing group of five.
 

A little wren making a nest with some sticks

Flew over to join them, and then there were six.
 

A brave meadowlark, flying up to heaven,

Swooped down beside them, and together that made seven.
 

A bright red cardinal, perched on a gate,

Came to sing with them to form an octet of eight.
 

The song they were singing sounded so fine

A chickadee joined them to make the count nine.
 

An oriole joined the other birds and then

Their song was sung by a total of ten.

© Connie Arnold