Can't Let National Poetry Month Slip Away Without a Jack Prelutsky Poem!

My Neighbor’s Dog is Purple  by  Jack Prelutsky
My neighbor’s dog is purple, 
Its eyes are large and green,
its tail is almost endless, 
the longest I have seen. 
My neighbor’s dog is quiet, 
It does not bark one bit, 
but when my neighbor’s dog is near, 
I feel afraid of it. 
My Neighbor’s dog looks nasty, 
it has a wicked smile….. 
before my neighbor painted it, 
it was a crocodile. 

Only Five More Days of National Poetry Month!

Cythintha Rylant has a poem for every month in Bless Us All-- A Child's Yearbook of Blessings, a collection that celebrates the joys of every day life. The much-loved author of more than 100 books including both the Mr. Putter and Tabby and Henry and Mudge series, is often pictured with one of her rescue dogs. The April poem is fitting for today.

April

Bless the raindrops

from the sky,

Bless the babies

rolling by,

Bless all papas

                                           with their pups,

                                              Bless the cats and buttercups.