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NEW Kids' Writing Assistance Program
Kids improve reading comprehension and writing skills by reading fun stories and writing fun poems.
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Writing homework help.
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Where Silly Mommy, {AKA R. Renee Bembry} teaches kids to turn budding poems into flowering perfection.
For starters, examine how she transformed her plain poem "Dolphin" into "Dolphin - Motion Sick".
Dolphin -
Motion Sick
By R. Renee Bembry
AKA Silly Mommy
"In about an hour,"
Called the captain of the ship.
"We're likely to spot dolphin
On this Catalina trip.
So hop aboard.
And take a seat.
This dolphin sight
Cannot be beat.”
An unexpected pleasure—
I thought heading for the deck.
Turning on my camera
Bat-te-ry usage I check.
Meter displays I have full charge
To film dolphins from this here barge.
I sit down across from the rail;
Share the cool breeze that blows the sail.
I envision blue water
Spouting from dolphin heads.
I envisage their bodies;
Pretend they’re eating squids.
Their slick gray torsos nosedive.
Then, leap out of the sea—
Way high above the water
As joyous as can be.
“All aboard,” calls a shipmate
“It’s time for us to sail.”
The ship is prepared to go
Down to the last detail.
I sit back and I notice
A churning in my gut.
I eat four saltine crackers
To soothe this nausea.
Stretching across the bench as
Boat sails across the sea
I give in to the sickness
That's enervating me.
I vomit all my crackers.
Then upchuck all my tea.
And all the food I’d eaten
Before quarter passed three.
In a short moment later
I hear shouts.
I hear screams.
Contented voices crying
‘Bout porpoises they’d seen.
While I lay on the bench in
A nauseating bout,
“Look at that baby pup!” I
Hear tiny tots cry out.
I could not see the dolphin.
I could not see their tricks.
I could not watch their smooth bods
Gliding through water slick.
Yes, I missed all the dolphin.
And I missed all their tricks.
For while they were performing—
I lay down motion sick!
12/06
Dolphin
{Silly Mommy}
I came to see the dolphin
I came to see their tricks
I came to watch their smooth bods
Glide through water so slick
But I missed all the dolphin And I missed all their tricks For while they were performing I got motion sick4/28/05
But I missed all the dolphin
And I missed all their tricks
For while they were performing
I got motion sick
4/28/05
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