Poem - Take a Number by Mary O'Neill

I think this is an excerpt from the original full poem, it was taken from the book Marvelous Math, edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins,  It was written by Mary O'Neill.

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Take a Number

Imagine a world

Without mathematics:

No rulers or scales,

No inches or feet,

No dates or numbers

On house or street,

No prices or weights,

No determining heights,

No hours running through

Days and nights.

No zero, no birthdays,

No way to subtract

All of the guesswork

Surrounding the fact.

No sizes for shoes,

Or suit or hat . . .

Wouldn’t it be awful

To live like that?

Poem - Miss McGillicuddy by Mary Anne Hoberman

Miss McGillicuddy

When our old baby-sitter quit

Another sitter came to sit.

She told us as she did the split,

     “I am not a fuddy-duddy.

      I am Miss McGillicuddy.”

While she touched her toes, she said,

“Homework should be done in bed.

Rest is best to clear your head.

     First you snooze and then you study.”

     So said Miss McGillicuddy.

When it rains, she doesn’t fret,

That’s because she likes to get

Dripping, dropping, sopping wet.

     “I don’t mind if I am muddy.”

      Silly Miss McGillicuddy!

                        Mary Ann Hoberman

                        from Knock at a Star: A Child’s Introduction to Poetry (Kennedy)

                        illustration by Karen Lee Baker

Poem: What I Love About Summer by Douglas Florian

This is a wonderful example of a "LIST" poem:

What I Love About Summer

Morning glories

Campfire stories

Picking cherries

And blueberries

Riding bikes

Mountain hikes

Bird calls

Curve balls

Short sleeves

Green leaves

Swimming holes

Fishing poles

Nature walks

Corn stalks

Skipping stones

Ice cream cones

Double plays

And barefoot days.

                                Douglas Florian

                                from Summersaults (Florian)