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Twelve brave young explorers joined intrepid poet,
Magi Gibson on an expedition into the Rainforest at Our Dynamic Earth.
Using their eyes as cameras and their ears as sound recording equipment,
they tracked down some very exotic creatures including the tiny Haiku
Bird and the Awesome Alliteration Alligator.
Treasure of the rainforest
R is for the rain that trickles down my face
A is for the anaconda that slithers round the branches
of a tree
I is for the insects that run about the vines
N is for the noises that enchant everyone that listens
F is for the frog that jumps in the swamp
O is for the orange claw of the fiddler crab
R is for the red plant that smells of rotten meat
E is for everyone that watches silent and still
S is for the storm that floods all the trees
T is for the treasure of all rainforests.
Group Poem
What we saw in the rainforest
A flying lizard on a rock, still as a stone
Huge buttress roots like monsters' claws
Curling vines, tight around trees like miniature flumes
A tarantula scuttling – demented
Bush babies, little balls of fur with huge watchful eyes
Snakes slithering slowly, softly, gracefully up trees.
Then a tropical thunderstorm came –
Ptchoum! Pattering rain.
Kabourm! – the lightening came
And we were scared
And could feel the water
trickling
down
our
skin.
Tiger
Endangered and hunted by poachers
Means every day could be the last.
Perhaps, in a few years, I'll just be known
As a thing of the past.
My most attractive features are
My sleek, black stripes and
Smooth orange fur.
When approaching my prey, quietly I creep up
Making sure they do not stir.
My roar is loud and piercing, echoing through
The overgrown trees.
When I appear and am spotted by others
Everybody immediately flees.
As I return to my home at night
To feed my young a feast
I think about my life as a tiger
The greatest of all beasts.
In the rainforest
In the middle of the rainforest
Trees are reaching up so tall
In the middle of the rainforest
I feel so small
In the middle of the rainforest
I am the only person there
In the middle of the rainforest
All the animals screech and stare
In the middle of the rainforest
Vines hang straggled, long
In the middle of the rainforest
Animals sing their rainforest song
Rainforest A to Z
A
B
Cringing crocodiles catch crabs
Dogs drying on rocks
Energetic enchiladas eat ants
Fidgeting frogs flop froggily
Great gorillas groan grudgingly
Hairy horrible spiders hissing
Intriguing iguanas investigate
Juggling jaguars jump jovially
K
Leaping lions laughing loudly
M
N
O
Perfect puppies pant peacefully
Quivering quails quake quietly
Resting rain rumbling through the room
Sizzling storms simply sound
T
U
V
W
X
Y
Zany zebras catch some zzzzzs… |
