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



Watching the Animals

     Do you like visiting the zoo? If you have children, I'm sure you do that when you can. I don't think we ever outgrow the pleasure of watching animals though. When we get to take our grandchildren to the zoo, it's fun to not only watch the animals, but also to watch the children enjoying the animals!

     Hope you enjoy my little poem. If you'd like to read more, please visit my children's website and the poetry for children's page of my inspirational website.

     Which are your favorite animals?

A monkey was playing in a tree,

Swinging from limb to limb.

The things he did were fun to see,

And I liked watching him.

 A mighty lion was lying around,

Resting out in the sun,

Then giving a roar, got off the ground

And suddenly started to run.

 

An elephant who was big and gray

Lifted her trunk up high,

Wanting others to keep away

Since her baby was sleeping nearby.

 

I like the animals, large and small,

And you can enjoy them too,

Together where you can see them all

Whenever you visit the zoo.

© Connie Arnold

Grandpa’s Song

A cricket and a bumblebee
Landed on my Grandpa’s knee.
As he sang a happy song
They began to sing along.
The cricket’s chirp and buzzing bee
Added two part harmony.
Grandpa had to sing each word.
I enjoyed the song I heard!

“Hey little friends come sing with me,
Hey chirp, chirp, buzz, buzz, whee!”
The song they sang sounded sweet.

A bird nearby began to tweet.
“Hey chirp, chirp, buzz, whee, tweet!”
Hearing them was quite a treat!
While they made a joyful sound,
I sat near them on the ground.

A bullfrog hopped by Grandpa’s feet.
It hit the ground with a thumping beat.
A croaking sound came from the frog
As he jumped up on a log.
“Hey chirp, buzz, tweet, croak, thump!”
Rhythm came from the bullfrog’s jump.
“Hey little friends come sing with me,
Hey chirp, buzz, tweet, thump, whee!”

© Connie Arnold
for more fun poems and other fun stuff, visit my children's website