The Spinning Earth

Published July 23rd, 2005 View 7 Comments »
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Today we introduce the first of what may become a regular feature around here: a random poem. I encountered this one way back in time (first grade perhaps, or kindergarten), and never really thought I’d be able to track it down, but found it a few years ago by typing some of its concepts into a search engine. Ain’t the interweb great?

The Spinning Earth
Aileen Fisher

The earth, they say,
spins round and round.
It doesn’t look it
from the ground,
and never makes
a spinning sound.

And water never
swirls and swishes
from oceans full
of dizzy fishes,
and shelves don’t lose
their pans and dishes.

And houses don’t go whirling by,
or puppies swirl around the sky,
or robins spin instead of fly.

It may be true
what people say
about one spinning
night and day…
but I keep wondering, anyway.

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  • Ava Miedzinski

    I love Aileen Fisher’s poems. My favorite is called “House” and in it, she pictures houses like faces. She is a special poet. She won the second award for Excellence in Poetry for Children in 1978.

  • Anonymous

    Dutton suitors spreading enraging fostering lattices selectively.

  • http://www.mydog.com Nonya Buisness

    I love this poem!!!!!

  • Megan Baker

    I read this poem in the festival of music and speech, and won first place!

    It's a great poem.

    I am going to read it again later this year to help raise money for this festival.

    Megan Baker aged 8yrs.

  • http://firasd.org Firas

    That's awesome, Megan! Way to go!

  • http://www.firasd.org mgt O 'h.

    I absolutely love this poem >my class of 8-9 year olds adored it .found it clever 7 easy to recite.Wish i could get my hands on more of ms. Fisher's material .it really helped in my science lesson about our planet earth

  • Margret O Halloran

    Hi there ,

    I too love this poem-I teach 7-8yr olds in Tipperary Ireland.it ties in so nicely with our geography & science lessons.I would welcome any other suggestions for poems for this age group,Margaret

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