Joshua Seigal - Yapping Away: Poems by Joshua Seigal

BLOOMSBURY EDUCATION Bloomsbury Publishing Plc 50 Bedford Square, London, WC1B 3DP, UK 29 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, Ireland This electronic edition published in 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc BLOOMSBURY, BLOOMSBURY EDUCATION and the Diana logo are trademarks of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc First published in Great Britain in 2021 by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Text copyright Joshua Seigal, 2021 Illustrations copyright Sarah Horne, 2021 Joshua Seigal and Sarah Horne have asserted their rights under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988, to be identified as Author and Illustrator of this work Bloomsbury Publishing Plc does not have any control over, or responsibility for, any third-party websites referred to or in this book. All internet addresses given in this book were correct at the time of going to press. The author and publisher regret any inconvenience caused if addresses have changed or sites have ceased to exist, but can accept no responsibility for any such changes All rights reserved
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ISBN: 978-1-4729-7277-4 (ePDF) Text design by Clare Mills To find out more about our authors and their books please visit www.bloomsbury.com where you will find extracts, author interviews and details of forthcoming events, and to be the first to hear about latest releases and special offers, sign up for our newsletters. Words that whisper, words that shout Words that make you dance about Words you have to just let out Lets fill the world with words.

Words that skip and words that hop Words that jiggle, words that bop Words that start and just cant stop Lets fill the world with words. Words that laugh and words that cry Words that whoosh as they go by Words as sweet as apple pie Lets fill the world with words. Words of lava, words of air Words of which you should beware Words that show you really care Lets fill the world with words. Words that soothe and words that tend Words that heal and words that mend Words can be your new best friend Lets fill the world with words. Embark in the dark on a sparkling adventure. Glide on the tide to the rhythm of words.

Wait at the gates of a towering castle. Fly in the sky on the wings of a bird. Fight in the night with the dragons and demons. Flee to the sea where the mermaids reside. Dash to the clash and the crash of a tempest. The window says welcome , the door says come in . The window says welcome , the door says come in .

The whistle says quiet , the book says begin . The paper says write and the snack says yum yum . The carpet is sighing please sit on your bum . The test says no way but the sticker says try . The pencil says greetings , the rubber goodbye . The paint says clear up and the sink says splish splosh .

The glue yells yahoo! but the apron shouts wash! . The clock says its over , the bell bellows dash! and that is the end of the big classroom bash Ive got a toy piano and a little rubber duck. Ive got a jar of marbles and a red and yellow truck. Ive got a pair of flashing shoes that light up when I run, so everybody join me lets have fun fun fun! Ive got a trunk of teddy bears and super racing cars. Ive got a model spaceship that can fly us to the stars, then in and out of space until we end up at the sun, so everybody join me lets have fun fun fun! Inside the child a heart is beating Inside the heart a poem is sleeping Inside the poem a word is whizzing Inside the word a secret is fizzing Inside the secret a whisper is hushing Inside the whisper a river is rushing Inside the river a bubble s e x p a n d i n g Inside the bubble a spaceship is l a n d i n g Inside the spaceship a child is dreaming Inside the child a heart is beating My grandpas sooo old he remembers World War Two. My grandpas soooooo old he rode a penny-farthing to school.

My grandpas soooooooooo old he met Henry the Eighth. My grandpas sooooooooooooo old he sailed with the vikings. My grandpas soooooooooooooooo old he helped build the pyramids. My grandpas sooooooooooooooooooo old that when he was little he lived in a cave and had a pet dinosaur. My grandpas sooooooooooooooooooooooo old he witnessed the Big Bang.