The Rhinocerosaur is half rhino,
Half T-Rex. He is now extinct
From the Houston Arboretum,
But he still lives in a training center
In my backyard.
I got him from an egg
That was in the ground
He smells like cologne
And feels slimy.
My Rhinocerosaur loves to perch.
He makes a luko-liko sound.
I have to use sign language
To talk to him.
By Damien, 2nd Grade
[audio http://wits.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/05-the-rhinocerosaur-4-51.mp3]Click the link above to listen to the poem read on KPFT radio by Mia Coyle, a 7th grader at Johnston Middle School For the Performing and Visual Arts in Houston.
This poem is featured as part of the 2013 A Poem a Day campaign, a National Poetry Month celebration by Writers in the Schools (WITS) that features a different poem by a WITS student every day during April. Click here to learn more.
Special thanks to Susan Phillips, an independent radio producer in Houston, who recorded and produced all the poems for the WITS A Poem a Day campaign.
Martha Chamberlain
You, WITS poets, bring me smiles and joy and gratitude each day.
THANK YOU ALL!
bluebee
A wonderfully imaginative poem