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
Aileen Fisher
The earth, they say,
spins round and round.
It doesn’t look it
from the ground,
and never makes
a spinning sound.
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.
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.
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.
what people say
about one spinning
night and day…
but I keep wondering, anyway.
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.
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I love this poem!!!!!
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.
That’s awesome, Megan! Way to go!