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1、from the author of the best-selling Words Are Categorical series Brian P.Cleary adventures in poetry illustrations by Neal Layton adventures in poetryillustrations by Brian P.Cleary Neal Layton t Carolrhoda Books,Inc./MinneapolisText copyright 2004 by Brian P.Cleary Illustrations copyright 2004 by N
2、eal Layton All rights reserved.International copyright secured.No part of this book may be reproduced,stored in a retrieval system,or transmitted in any form or by any meanselectronic,mechanical,photocopying,recording,or otherwisewithout the prior written permission of Carolrhoda Books,Inc.,except f
3、or the inclusion of brief quotations in an acknowledged review.Carolrhoda Books,Inc.A division of Lerner Publishing Group 241 First Avenue North Minneapolis,MN 55401 U.S.A.Website address: Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Cleary,Brian P.,1959 Rainbow soup:adventures in poetry/by Br
4、ian P.Cleary;illustrations by Neal Layton.p.cm.Includes index.Summary:An introduction to poetry that uses humorous poems,illustrations,and annotations to clarify terms and explain different types eISBN:1575057905 1.Childrens poetry,American.1.American poetry.PS3553.L39144R35 2004 808.1dc21 200300451
5、7 Manufactured in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 DP 09 08 07 06 05 04 of poems,such as macaronic verse,concrete poems,and limericks.I.Layton,Neal,ill.II.Title.To Owen,who turned me on to Shel Silverstein B.P.C.For the sparrows of Telephone Road N.L.Come romp with me amongst the words.Come
6、play amongst the phrases.Swing and climb from pun to rhyme And hop through versey mazes.Swim through rivers thick with thought.Come beat your drums and shake your bums Welcome Rejoice from head to toe-etry.And dance the dance of poetry.Erik had a pair of heads,And neither was becoming.But happily he
7、 spent each day Both whistling and humming.Making the Best of a Bad Situation The meter,or rhythmic beat,of this type of poem is called trochaic.Thats just a fancy word that tells us that the poem begins with the first syllable being“stressed,”or emphasized,followed by the next syllable being“unstre
8、ssed,”or softer.See how you say“ER-ik”with more ooomph on the first part than the second?By the way,why can Erik both whistle and hum at the same time?Can you?6SHHHHHH!If whats-his-name should find out,Thered be an awful scene.If he begins to ask around,If you see you-know-who!Ive said too much alre
9、ady.You know just what I mean.You havent gotta clue.We never had this talk,you hear,7Doors that creak while Im in bed,The vacant house beside us,Our neighbors pit bull,Midas,The big,black crow upon the post None is half as frightening As Mom before her coffee.Very Scary A story of a ghoul or ghost,W
10、ith eyes as dark as toffee 8Rainbow Soup Emma found an onion that was Round and white and green.Anyone had seen.Luke had picked red peppers And some juicy red tomatoes.And four blue-skinned potatoes.That was blue and gold and red.Diego had a purple cabbage(Bigger than his head!).The yolks of two big
11、 eggs would add Some yellow to the pot.They diced and stirred and Simmered it,till it was good and hot.A little this and that Keisha brought the orangest carrot Lin Wu brought a big black pot Patty poured in pasta From every shape and color group It takes a bit of everything To make a rainbow soup.M
12、aking Money My uncle ran a printing press A job he did with pride.Along with cards and posters,He made money on the side.The government was so impressed Theyve asked him to print license plates Till twenty-twenty-one.The meter of this type of poem is called iambic.That tells us that it begins with t
13、he first syllable of the poem being“unstressed,”or softer.Your ear does this naturally.You read“my UN-cle,”right?You stress the second syllable instead of the first syllable.Do you get the joke about printing license plates?With all the work hed done.10When I Am No Longer But my heart goes out to yo
14、u.They can take my shins to a shindig,Hitch my thumb for a ride,But my heart stays at your side.When theyre taking me apart.Theyll give my hands to the handyman,But you shall get my heart.My ears will go to the eerie The rest can go to science,But my heart goes out to you.They can give my arms to th
15、e army,Take my eyes of blue,And give my knees to the needy,And give my wrists to a ristocrat,Theyll give my nose to the nosy,Its scary,but its true.11Spanish Lessons(Easy as 1,2,3)U-NO,a spiders on my nose!Its something I must face Id like a DOS of courage But I havent got a TRES.How to pronounce th
16、ese Spanish words:Uno:Sounds like“ooh-no.”Dos:Sounds like“dose.”Tres:Sounds like“trace.”Macaronic verses are rhyming poems in which words from other languages are used.What English words do the highlighted Spanish and French words sound like?12My auntie Michelle is big in the BON(As well as the hip
17、and the thigh).And when she exhales,OUI haul out our sails And ride on the wind of VERSAILLES.What Can I Cest?How to pronounce these French words:Cest:Sounds like“say.”Bon:Sounds like“bone”(with a very soft“n”).Oui:Sounds like“we.”Versailles:Sounds like“ver-SIGH.”13He was found about the plain.He ca
18、ught bugs and butterflies And tried to catch a train.Tall Tales He claimed to be a fisherman But couldnt catch a cold.Rest in Pieces Here lies Owen Matthew.Here lies Francis Kotlin,At 81 years old.14Even though Joes gone from here,His debts are monumental The suit that he was buried in Debtors Grave
19、 Turned out to be a rental.15162 LN Y dont U take my hand?The NV of the others U N I would always B.I M D perfect 1 4 U Just U 8 N C!LN,dear,sweet LN,B4 U,now I stand.2 me U R a QTpie.English Lessons If its true“I sit”today But in the past,“I bat?”And with that bat,if I should hit,Shall it be said,“
20、Ive hitten?”And if that bite should mend itself,But people ask me how it felt And never how it feeled.But yesterday“I sat,”Could it be said“I bit”today,For if that bat should bite me,You can bet your butt,Im bitten.One might proclaim,“Im healed.”For those of us who learned English as our primary lan
21、guage,we sure are lucky.Its one of the trickiest languages to learn.How many grammar mistakes do you notice in the poem above?17Some swum.How People Came to America*At eight letters,believed to be the second shortest poem ever.18What Id Do If a Burglar Broke into My House*Id hide.*At six letters,bel
22、ieved to be the shortest poem ever.19 Stop Awhile Geraldine,the Grammar Queen,Knows all about the comma She separates each phrase,as in,By dropping in the curly mark In a sentence,phrase,or clause.Commas here,Commas there,She made a great big billboard She put a ten-foot comma On the billboard,And s
23、he reckoned That she could make the,If only for a second.Your dad,Your sis,Your mama,To make us briefly pause.Yes,Geraldine loves commas,She just cant live without em.Just to tell the town about em.Traffic stop20Why would the cars stop briefly for a moment when they saw the giant comma?21 There is o
24、nly one state That can rhyme with the state of Nebraska.I dont recall which,The Bad Diet A young girl named Lottie The rest of her weight,And now its too late Should have quit while She was Still A Head.Ask Your Teacher In this country so great But my teacher,Miss Fitch,Will certainly know,so Alaska
25、.Was born with no body And later,in dieting,shed My dad went into business My college fund he spent.He bought a perfume company But hasnt made a scent.A Real Education Bananas In dessert or with a meal.But always have a peel.Youre tasty and nutritious You come without a core or seeds A pun is a play
26、 on words,or a little joke using words or phrases that sound alike.2324(Whos the Mindless One?)One tall midget reached up high,Tied his loafers,licked his tongue,And told about the bee he stung.He painted,then,an oval square,And in the painting you could hear The lame boy ran to catch a train He wro
27、te the letters he had sent.Some day you may read this rhyme And you may say I have no mind,Although I wrote it,this is true,I havent read itunlike you!This poem is written in couplets,meaning the first two lines rhyme with each other,the next two rhyme with each other,and so on.Nonsense Rhyme Touche
28、d the ground above the sky,The color of the bald mans hair,Whats undetected by the ear.That flew from Kansas south to Maine.Upon the trip,before he went,Jane is my dads And Josh is my mothers first son.He came from my mothers(Although it was his second one).Billys the offspring of Dad And his first
29、wife,The one who would later elope Who always smelled strongly of soap.There surely are twists in the trunk and the branches That make up our family tree.And though its bemusing,Complex,and confusing,Relatively Speaking Second wifes second daughter,First marriage,to Terry With one of Moms exesa doct
30、or from Texas Without it,we wouldnt have me.In line 4 of the middle stanza(stanza basically means a paragraph of poetry),internal rhyme by rhyming“exes”and“Texas”on the same line.I used a device called.2526 Syl-la-bles A name such as Julia Often will fulia.Is it two beats or three?Beats me.Mr.and Mr
31、s.She Mrs.him while hes away The few times hes been out of town,And thinks of how hes kissed her.He tells her that hes Mr.Deliver Me I like pizza when I wake,Not eggs or toast or coffee cake.I like pizza in my lunch.After school,its great to munch.I like pizza at the mall,In a restaurant,house,or ha
32、ll.I like pizza for dessert.Ive even licked it off my shirt.I like pizza by the sheet,Filled with sauce and cheese and meat.I like pizza by the pie,Sausage,peppers,double cheese,All these get my lips a-lickin.I like pizza hot or cold,Nice and fresh or three days old.And though Id like to tell you mo
33、re Crisp n flat or thick n high.Everything but anchovies,Pepperoni,even chicken,The pizza guy is at my door.27Robert Trebor Hes always loved his name.Cause if you write it left or right,It comes out just the same.He yells it to the canyons,And he sings it to the blackbirds.“My name is so amazing.Wor
34、ds or phrases that are spelled the same way backward and forward are called palindromes.A palindrome can be a phrase like“A Toyota,”a word like“kayak,”a name like“Hannah,”or even a number like“747.”Try writing one of these with a friend,and youll be putting the“pal”into palindrome!Since Robert Trebo
35、r learned to spell,You can say it front or backwards.”2829Im down upon my luck.Seems Nature gave me room and board And not one single buck.But if you read some verse to me Or tell a tale or two,Then Ill continue wealthily But share with me a rhyme,Brother,Can You Spare a Rhyme?Brother,can you spare
36、a rhyme?With what Ive learned from you.When folks give up their money,They have lessyou get the pit-chur.And leave us both a little richer.30The Ballad of Brady OGrady(or It Could Happen to You!)Brady OGrady didnt like schools,Didnt like teachers,Didnt need rules,Couldnt sit still.Brady OGrady had h
37、is fill.Brady OGrady decided hed quit.He said,“I dont need it Not one little bit!”From the bicycle rack.Brady OGrady never looked back.Wouldnt take orders,Yanked out his bike Nineteen hours And slept just three.Spent two more Playing video games Brady OGrady fried his brains.He might have to weed em
38、 Brady OGrady got his freedom.Brady OGrady watched TV Brady OGrady,20 years later,Teeth like corn And skin like a tater.Ears so dirty,to e.e.cummings thank you for your lively verse and playful,quirky prose.and love,the r a i n d r o p s and the rose.a modern-thinking artist,with an intellect immens
39、e,its a capital offense.style,wit,and grace.your books are always on my shelf(tucked in my lower case).e.e.cummings(he had his name legally changed to have no capital letters!)was a poet and modern artist who used punctuation and type in interesting ways.He would often put“non”or“un”in front of a wo
40、rd,as I did in the final stanza.Do you get the double meaning of“lower case”in the last line?you wrote of nature,war,if youre not in every classroom,thank you for undreary theory,32Crazy They send me to bed When Im not even tired And wake me when Im fast asleep.They send me to school And make me eat
41、 veggies And ask me to vacuum and sweep.Im forced to take showers,Although Im still clean From the one that I took just last week.They also have told me I cant keep the snake that I found Theyve said that my bedroom Resembles a train wreck But get this I know that its hard to believe Masculine rhyme
42、 occurs when the rhyming word either has one syllable,like“week”and“creek,”or when the rhyme falls on the last syllable of a two-syllable word or phrase,as in“asleep”and“and sweep.”The stress or accent needs to be on the final(or only)syllable.Yesterday in the creek.And even suggested Im lazy.I real
43、ly do love em like crazy.3334)Cant wait till lunch At noon-a-fish!And June-a-fish!I love your tender ways.Theres just no way A work of artthats tuna fish A Monet on mayonnaise!On knife and fork And spoon-a-fish,The moon-a-fish!Ill love you all my days.Tuna Fish(Spread the WordTuna fish,tuna fish!Oct
44、ober,March,Tuna fish,tuna fish!To ruin-a-fish!Tuna fish,tuna-fish!You take me to I saw her on the stairs,and then I reached up on my tiptoes,And I tried to steal a kiss,But I dont think she liked it Cause I Ended Up Like this.Falling for Amber I think that Ambers pretty,So in school I tried to find
45、her.I sneaked up close behind her.36the Butterflies Ill love you till The butterflies,Ill love you till The kitchen sinks,Im yours until The bacon strips,Im yours until The ocean seas,Just like it had two eyes.The day you see a pocket watch A barn dance all night long,The day a grape jams On the sta
46、ge,Ill Love You Till Until the sugar bowls.And celery stalks the rolls.Until the fireflies.You know that Ill be gone.“If I find you starin At Maggie or Erin,These little five-line verses are called limericks.Theyre usually funny and have a specific rhyme pattern.Lines 1,2,and 5 rhyme with each other
47、,while lines 3 and 4 rhyme together in a different sound.The longer lines of the poem tend to be 8 to 10 syllables.Can you write one?Irish Peace Talks There once was a schoolgirl from Galway,Who said to her lad on a fall day,Theyll be scrapin you offa the hallway.”38The C Was Out of H&A sleepwalking
48、 calico c Some days walks away from her m.She strolls all about The city without Having even a clue where shes.One evening,completely unpl&,She walked to a tavern to st&At the bar on this outing,And was heard to be shouting,“I can lick any c in the l&.”Having trouble figuring this one out?Just sound
49、 out the letters before the signs for“at”and“and.”See how it reads?How many other words could you come up with like these?Also,can“lick”have two meanings?This poem is basically a double limerick in terms of form.3940Oh,to Be Nine Again Oh,to be nine again!I would recline again,Sleep now and then.Id
50、romp like a child should Hike in the wild wood.I sure miss my childhood,Now that Im ten.Under a pine again Harry Had a Little ScamHarry had a little scam.Hed fleece you for your dough.Everywhere that Harry wentThe cops were sure to show.This is something called a parody of a famous poem.A parody is