Poetry Month: Day 20 (by Freya)

I chose the adventures of Isabel by Ogden Nash because I think it is funny and fits with our narrative  poetry study.   I also think that it rhymes even though it is a narrative poem.

The Adventures of Isabel
 Isabel met an enormous bear,
Isabel, Isabel didn't care;
The bear was hungry, the bear was ravenous,
The bear's big mouth was cruel and cavernous.
The bear said "Isabel, glad to meet you,
How do, Isabel, now I'll eat you!"
Isabel, Isabel didn't worry.
Isabel didn't scream or scurry.
She washed her hands and straightened her hair up,
Then Isabel calmly ate the bear up.
Once in a night as black as pitch
Isabel met a wicked old witch.
The witch's face was cross and wrinkled,
The witch's gum with teeth were sprinkled.
"Ho Ho, Isabel!" the old witch crowed,
"I'll turn you into an ugly toad!"
Isabel, Isabel didn't worry.
Isabel didn't scream or scurry.
She showed no rage she showed no rancor,
But she turned the witch into milk and drank her.
Isabel met a hideous giant,
Isabel continued self reliant.
The giant was hairy, the giant was horrid,
He had one eye in the middle of his forehead.
"Good morning, Isabel," the giant said,
"I'll grind your bones to make my bread."
Isabel, Isabel, didn't worry,
Isabel didn't scream or scurry.
She nibbled the zwieback that she always fed off,
And when it was gone, she cut the giant's head off.
Isabel met a troublesome doctor,
He punched and he poked till he really shocked her.
The doctor's talk was of coughts and chills
And the doctor's satchel bulged with pills.
The doctor said unto Isabel,
"Swallow this, it will make you well."
Isabel, Isabel, didn't worry,
Isabel didn't scream or scurry.
She took those pills from the pill concocter,
And Isabel calmly cured the doctor.
-by Ogden Nash

Social Issue Book Clubs (by Freya)

Social issues in our books aren't just naming the social issues. They teach us different ideas about the social issues. Like "Sammy and the Time of the Troubles." Sammy still knows war is horrible, but he starts to get used to it. Other books show war as something that scars your body because your family and the people you live die. Another example is the social issue death in "Esperanza Rising." Her father's death scars her life forever because after he dies, Esperanza and her mom are at the mercy of their mean and horrible relative. In other books like "The Bridge to Terabithia" it is a big pressure to Jess when his only and best friend dies.

Social issues teach you something important, but some ideas conflict. Which ideas do you agree with?