People are already talking about the food in my new book of poems
(The Baker's Thumbprint). I got asked about it when I did my radio interview
with Lynn Freeman and the one for the Nelson Mail. And I always say I love food (I
love to eat it and I love to cook it!) as much as I love writing (I
love to read as much as I love to write!).
So I have decided this week it will be food week
(and maybe the next few!), but I am going to add something extra and that is the wonderful world of similes.
We are also going to play with these. On Monday
I will set you a food-poem challenge with a simile twist, on Tuesday I will
give you some starting points, on Wednesday
I will give you some poetry tips on similes, on Thursday it is time for poetry
play, and on Friday
I will share a food poem.
The tasty food-poem
challenge: I challenge you to write a poem with food in it AND at least one
simile. Tomorrow I will give you lots of starting points for food poems but my
tip is to go on the hunt for words that will make my mouth water. Your poem
might be from your imagination or it might be from a real experience. I am
hoping some younger children will give this a go! You can be from Year 0 to
Year 8! Your poem can be really short or long (but no more than 20
lines).
Send to
paulajoygreen@gmailcom. Include
your name, age, year and name of school. You
can include your teacher's email and name if you like. You have until Thursday July 4th
6pm.
The first winning
poem (older) will get one of my precious copies of Macaroni Moon
(I have only got a few left and it is out-of-print!) plus a a tasty cake of
chocolate (ooh I hope it doesn't melt in the post!).
The second winning poem
(younger) will get a copy of the glorious Marmaduke Duck and the Marmalade Jam
by Juliette MacIver and Sarah Davis thanks
to the lovely Scholastic (and a cake of tasty chocolate). This picture book
is all about food. Everybody wants to taste Marmaduke Duck's marmalade jam and
things go a bit wrong before they go a lot right!
Juliette has used lots of lively words
to give her story zing and zip:
'He peeled it, zested it, sugared it,
boiled,
stirred it, tested it, tasted it,
toiled.
And if I have some extra
favourite poems I might have to get some extra cakes of chocolate to post
you!
Paula Green, PO Box 95078, Swanson, Waitakere 0653 Auckland
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