Eletelephony

[osprey_archer]

I'm not allowed to give the kids candy, not even for Halloween, so instead I read a poem with them today. One showed a glimmer of poetical promise, so I've been trawling the internet for poems of a suitable reading level to incorporate into our week; and I found this gem, which unfortunately is probably too complicated for her to read, so I'll share it with you, instead.

Eletelephony
By Laura Elizabeth Richards

Once there was an elephant,
Who tried to use the telephant—
No! no! I mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone—
(Dear me! I am not certain quite
That even now I've got it right.)
Howe'er it was, he got his trunk
Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free,
The louder buzzed the telephee—
(I fear I'd better drop the song
Of elephop and telephong!)

Comments

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

That was in one of my favorite books when I was a kid. We had these:



and they mostly got ignored except for the crafts one & the poetry one.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Well, really. Who needs anything but crafts and poetry?

[entwashian.livejournal.com]

IKR?!?!

[jedediahfoz.livejournal.com]

Super-Duper site! I am loving it!! Will come back again – taking your RSS feeds also, Thanks.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[inspirethoughts.livejournal.com]

Amazing poem....nice find!

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

I was so pleased to stumble on it!

[exuberantself.livejournal.com]

That's pretty cute.

[osprey-archer.livejournal.com]

Isn't it?

I wonder what it is with children's poets and elephants/telephones. There's a classic Russian children's poem about calling elephants (and crocodiles. And monkeys) on the telephone, too.