A New Voice In Poetry!

This poem was written by a small child and published in The Guardian on Saturday. Despite it's obvious technical shortcomings I rather like it. I feel much the same at the thought of spring but don't express it with nearly half as much enthusiasm.

Hopping Spring

Hopping spring, hopping spring

Let all the bunnies bounce

The trees wailing like the sun

And the postman is mailing all the letters

Let's hop and hop like a rabbit

Let's plant some pots in the teapot

Let's enjoy the breeze as it goes past the pots
as we eat jelly tots

Written by Shereen, aged 8, from Uzbekistan, living in Orpington, Kent