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“Mirror Image” by JR Poulter with Teacher Notes

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Mirror Image.

Looking in the mirror,
What do I see?
A very magnificent
Image of me!

Do others see me
Just like that,
Or do they see
A ginger cat?

I wish folk looked
Beyond the fur,
The very gentle
Kitty purr,

And see
The lionheart In me,
The part my human
Always sees!

Notes:
Beauty and bravery are much more than skin deep!
The poem encourages us not to be too quick to judge others, but to get to know them and appreciate the qualities that make them unique.
The people who love us are generally the ones who see our best qualities and try to help us develop them the more.

Activity:
Write a list of things that might not look particularly attractive but which have qualities we might really appreciate. Example – cocoa bean which is used to make chocolate.

“How I was saved from Chocaholism” by JR Poulter

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HOW I WAS SAVED FROM CHOCAHOLISM!

 

Aunty’s got a chocolate box.

She said,”Have one or two.”

I had one wrapped in bright red foil,

And then a flowery blue.

 

I sucked them – oh, so slowly –

They were so VERY nice!

I thought, would Aunty REALLY mind

If I had a couple – twice?

 

They were the most delicious things

That I had EVER had!

Surely, if I had – just – two more

Aunt could not call me bad?

 

Oh, SCRUMPTIOUS!  YUMPTIOUS! There were more

That I just HAD to taste!

Why – if I left them sitting there

They MUST all go to waste!

 

The box was looking emptyish.

The last ones left looked lonely.

I thought that it would be QUITE wrong

To leave a couple only!

 

And so I ate the last ones too,

But, very strange to tell, 

They didn’t taste just quite so good,

And – I didn’t feel so well …

 

My tummy looked about to pop!

My throat felt – kind of queer…

My tummy started woooobelling –

I held onto the chair!

 

Then as I looked at the chocolate box

And wondered would I be whacked,

I remembered every gluttinous glob

And the box got its contents back -!!

 

BLARRRRUGH!

 

Now I wont touch a chocolate,

Not a bar, a block, a bite!

I will not even look at it!

Well, at least I wont – tonight…

                                  

“Dive into a book” by JR Poulter

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“THE GREAT CHOCOLATE HIDE!” By JR Poulter

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THE GREAT CHOCOLATE HIDE! 

Beware my Aunt! I’ve made a sign

To warn off friend and stranger,

“Committed Chocaholic!

Your chockies are IN DANGER!”

Whenever I hear her coming

I hide my chocolate bars,

The Milk Ways and Crumbles,

Snickers, Picnics, and the Mars.

 

I’ve buried them in casseroles

And bags of brussel sprouts,

But her nose is like a bloodhound’s

She always sniffs them out!

 

I hid them down the backyard

Amidst the potted flowers.

Ants found them before Aunty,

De-anting took us hours!

 

I hid them in a secret spot,

The best place I could find.

Trouble is I can’t remember where,

And that I really  mind!

 

Now Aunty’s come to help me

Find out just where they are.

Her payment for detective work?

Of course, a chocolate bar!

 

S’pose eating chocolate’s better

When you don’t eat it alone.

Chocolate Hunts ARE fun with Aunty

But I wish she’d bring her own!

 

                                  –    J.R.Poulter

“Stain” by JR Poulter

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‘When the Parrot was Silent’by by J.R.Poulter

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When the Parrot was Silent.  by J.R.Poulter 

 

“Twitter, twitter”, said the birds, 

Perched outside upon a ledge,

“The wizard’s conjuring with words, 

Some are wise and some absurd.

Tell us parrot what you’ve heard?”

 

Parrot, on his perch all day,

Hadn’t very much to say

But was noisy anyhow.

Parrot made a frightful row!

Showed off to his birdie friends.

Till the wizard hit wits END!

 

Parrot through the cage bars peaked,

Saw the wizard’s wand go, “TWEAK!”

Opened wide his beak to SQUAWK,

Found he could no longer talk!

Moral is, when wizards speak,

Wise birds seek but to be taught,

Say not a word unless it’s sought…

 

Spotlight on JR Poulter

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About JR Poulter:

I’m writing all the time – poetry is a bit like a journal for me.  It is there 24/7.

I have more books coming out – one a prose poem “The Passing” and one a humorous narrative verse story “A Raw Deal!” and then there is my poetry collection [for grown ups] “Blood and Other Essentials” which hopefully coming out this year.

‘Eastern Block Orphan’ by J. R. McRae

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