Kate Williams

Belatedly posting to say ‘Hooray and thanks!’ to Brian Moses (@moses_brian) for inclusion of my ‘Once There Was A Dragon’ in his lovely KS1 Mini-Anthology:

Welcome to the Ssssssnake Hotel (brian-moses.blogspot.com) .

There you’ll find bubbles, lemurs, a bear in his underwear, a boring shopping day turned fun, my crazy dragons, and more, by a plethora of children’s poets.

Here’s my dragon one again, but do see the gorgeous, punchy, thoughtful, colourful others, by the other poets too, in Brian’s collection!

ONCE THERE WAS A DRAGON  

Action rhyme (also good for clapping and adding to)

Once there was a dragon dressed in red.
He liked to stay all day in bed.               

(Lie on floor, claws out, and snore.)

Once there was a dragon dressed in green.
She liked to jump on the trampoline.

(Jump, with roars and teeth-gnashing?)

Once there was a dragon dressed in pink.
He washed his tail in the kitchen sink.   

(Soak imaginary tail. Spin dry?)

Once there was a dragon dressed in black.   
She could fly to the moon and back.             

 (Fix picture of moon on opposite wall.
Now fly to it, dragon-style.)

Once there was a dragon dressed in blue.

(Whisper next line, creeping up – on you?)

He liked to creep up and shout out
BOO!                                                                 

(Leap out and yell!)

Kate Williams
Twitter @Katypoet

See also my ‘Dragon in the Sky’, YouTube.

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