Anatomy Class
By Betsy Franco
The chair has
arms.
The clock,
a face.
The kites have
long and twirly tails.
The tacks have
heads.
The books have
spines.
The toolbox has
a set of nails.
Our shoes have
tongues,
the marbles,
eyes.
The wooden desk has
legs and seat.
The cups have
lips.
My watch has
hands.
The classroom rulers all have
feet.
Heads, arms hands, nails,
spines, legs, feet, tails,
face, lips, tongues, eyes.
What a surprise!
Is our classroom alive?
Copyright Credit: Betsy Franco, "Anatomy Class" from Messing Around the Monkey Bars and Other School Poems for Two Voices. Copyright © 2009 by Betsy Franco. Reprinted by permission of Candlewick Press, Inc.
Source: Messing Around the Monkey Bars and Other School Poems for Two Voices (Candlewick Press, 2009)