Joan Bransfield Graham - Splish Splash

WaterPoetry.
2. American poetry.] I. Scott, Steve, ill. II. Title.
PS3557.R213S66 1994 94-1837
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SCP 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 With love and thanks always
to my parents,
Dorothy and Carroll Bransfield,
who gave me an ocean,
and to Jim,
Heather, and Aimee,
adventurous sailors all J.B.G. With love to my parents,
Jean and Bill Scott,
who gave me the encouragement,
and to David Saylor,
who gave me the opportunity S.S.WATERWater is a magic potion,
it can fill a glass, an ocean,
raging river, tiny tear,
drops of dew that disappear.
Water often spells surprises
with its changing forms and sizes,
rain and snow, ponds and brooks,
water has so many looks,
sounds and moods and colorsyet
in every shape, it's always WET!CLOUDS Up in the air, a gathering
of water drops, a crowd,
a huddling, a puddling,
just dampness is allowed from lakes and ponds, many places
too many to keep track
but when it rains and rains and pours,
clouds put
the
water
back! OCEANA wave sneaks up to snatch my toes
then turns around and back it goes
Next a splash to wet my legs...
"Come out, come out," each breaker begs.
Push and pull, "Okay, you win!" Skip, flop,
PLOP! Now I'm ALL in!CROCODILE TEARS Oh, crocodile poor crocodillo
cried so hard you soaked your pillow kept it up for such a while
that's how we got the river Nile WATERFALLa water-
fall
is very
tall
it starts
out
at the
top
it falls
and
falls and
falls
and falls
until
it has to
STOP
and then it
does
a kind of HOP a CRASH a SMASH
a giant SPLASH!!SPRINKLER! Don't simmer
in the summer
slip into the shade
shimmy
through the sprinkler
sipping lemonade
wiggle
under wavy water
giggle in the sun
summer is
a special time
for shady wadey fun!
C O O L C O O L C O O L C O O L C O O L! ICE CUBES ice cubes
clicking
clatter
clink crazily
inside
my drink crystal
chorus
clear
and bold chattering
about
the cold POPSICLE popsicle
popsicle
tickle
tongue fun
licksicle
sticksicle
please
don't run
dripsicle
slipsicle
melt, melt
tricky
stopsicle
plopsicle
hand all
sticky RAIN rain has washed the world today the green's a greener GREEN the under- and the outerwear and all that's in between is inside outside CLEAN! BABBLING BROOKbabble
banter
burble
blab
prattle
tattle
gossip
gab
mutter
murmur
mumble
hey
please
speak up
what
did
you
say?POOL