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poetry friday on a saturday

2 February 2013 by Kortney

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A White Hen Sitting by (the English poetess) Christina Rossetti

A white hen sitting

On white eggs three:

Next, three speckled chickens

As plump as plump can be.

An owl, and a hawk,

And a bat come to see:

But chicks beneath their mother’s wing

Squat safe as safe can be.

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{oh yes!  the happiest aside!  our third little chick has hatched!  please meet Joseph Hunt!}

this week, more poems (and a monkey drinking tea!) can be found at Teaching Authors…

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Comments

  1. [email protected] says

    2 February 2013 at 11:43 am

    A million congratulations, he is beautiful!

  2. kort says

    3 February 2013 at 7:21 pm

    thank you so much, Amy!

    peace keep you and yours.

  3. Books4Learning says

    1 March 2013 at 6:37 pm

    sweet poem and adorable kids

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