Lesson 2

POEM ABOUT CHEESE

cheese is really tasty

almost as much as honey

but if you stick it up your nose

you'll look a little funny

Ode on the Mammoth Cheese Weighing Over 7,000 Pounds

We have seen the Queen of cheese,

Laying quietly at your ease,

Gently fanned by evening breeze --

Thy fair form no flies dare seize.

All gaily dressed soon you'll go

To the great Provincial Show,

To be admired by many a beau

in the city of Toronto.

Cows numerous as a swarm of bees --

Or as the leaves upon the trees --

It did require to make thee please,

And stand unrivalled Queen of Cheese

May you not receive a scar as

We have heard that Mr. Harris

Intends to send you off as far as

The great World's show at Paris.

Of the youth -- beware of these --

For some of them might rudely squeeze

And bite your cheek; then songs or glees

We could not sing o' Queen of Cheese.

We'rt thou suspended from balloon,

You'd cast a shade, even at noon;

Folks would think it was the moon

About to fall and crush them soon.

James McIntyre
“the cheese poet”

ABC POETRY

example

C is for Cow (A)
C is for cat (B)
C is for caterpillar (C)
On my hat (B)

Homework:

• paste your cut out words on a piece of paper and add written words


• Make an ABC poem with your letter (TTO1: 1 stanza, TTO2: 2 stanzas. TTO3: 3 stanzas)