Kids--May-2015

Pretty Pettys Poem for Kids

Hey kids, this issue is just for you! We’re Amanda and Eric, and we’re poets. This is a part of our poetry business. We would like to share with you our silly, fun poems. With these poems, we’re going to TRY to teach you.

This is a “Homophone” poem. A homophone deals with the same words but has two different meanings. For example, Ewe and you; you is a person and ewe is a female sheep. This is an homophone. Yeah, I know it’s confusing. You will see that in this poem how befuddling how really it is…

Hay Hey
By-Amanda D. Petty

Two words, same pronunciation, different meanings.
My friend from Nigeria and I talked.

My friend, “Hay.”
“Hey.”
One word: animal food or bed.
The other one: greeting.

My friend, “how are ewe?”
“Good, and you?”
One: a sheep.
Other: a person.

My friend, “Great, check your e-male.”
I checked my e-mail.
One: a person.
Other: a letter.

My friend, “Eye love you.”
“I love you too.”
One: you see with.
Other: a letter.

My friend, “How is your hart?”
“My heart is doing better.”
One: an over five-year-old deer.
Other: a body part.

My friend, “Grate, you no that I care.”
“Yes, I know.”
One: a barred frame, an answer.
Other: knowledge.

My friend, “Good. I right you a song.”
“I didn’t know you write.”
One: an answer.
Other: to write on paper.

My friend, “Yes, in my free time. Do you wanna here it?”
“I would love to hear it.”
One: a direction.
Other: to listen.


I want to thank you for reading this.