The last couple of weeks, I’ve been sharing some poems I wrote that didn’t make it into the newly-released Poetry Friday Anthology for Celebrations (Pomelo Books). Today, I’m sharing the poem that DID make it in!
The latest in the Poetry Friday Anthology series just came out on March 14 (Super Pi Day!) and I’m so happy to be a part of it. 
Published in two versions (a student edition with illustrations and a teacher’s edition with additional information on poetry and lesson planning), the book is comprised of 156 poems in English with a Spanish translation for each poem.
That’s a lot of poetry in one book!
Mine was written in honor of National Cereal Day, which was March 7. Here are both versions of the poem:
Picky Eater
I love my Fruit Loops,
love my Trix,
love Cheerios
and even Kix.
I really like
my Apple Jacks –
but please don’t give me
Sugar Smacks,
or stars or squares or flakes
you’ve found –
I only eat, you see,
what’s round.
Exigente Para Comer
Me encantan mis Fruit Loops,
Me encantan mis Trix,
Me encantan los Cheerios
y hasta los Kix.
Y también me gustan
mis Apple Jacks –
pero, por favor
no me des Sugar Smacks,
ni estrellitas, ni cuadritos
ni copitos encontrados –
solo como
lo redondo.
– © Pomelo Books, 2015, all rights reserved (Note: cereal brand names are trademarks owned by their companies)
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It really is a treat to read poems from March Madness. I can’t wait to get this book, I’d love to top up my rusty Spanish. What fun!
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Love your fun poem, Matt!
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Love this one, Matt!
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Thank you both!
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I performed this poem for kids and then had them chime in on their favorite cereal in a second reading. They LOVED shouting out their favorite cereal names! A fun and super-easy writing exercise that could follow this would be to have kids do a “change poem”: put out Raisin Bran, Rice Chex, Crispix, Corn Pops, Sugar Smacks, Oatios, etc. and have kids go to it!
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Good idea, Janet!Getting kids to organize cereals into their respective shapes would be fun, too – figuring out which cereals are also round, which are squares, which are flakes. etc.
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Yes! That would be especially perfect for preK.
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love it, Matt! (but you’re making me hungry)
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Sorry about that, Jane…but thank you!
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Such a fun poem, Matt! And probably the honest to goodness truth for some kids. Color, texture, shape… it all matters.
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Thanks, Michelle – and kids’ tastes change week-to-week, as well, so it’s hard to keep up with their preferences!
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I am taking a walk down cereal-memory-lane, Matt! I was a Lucky Charms gal, myself…but now more of a Grape Nuts woman. It’s fun to think of cereal in terms !of shape, and I didn’t see your ending coming – such fun! Something about that Sugar Smacks frog always grossed me out… Happy Poetry Friday! xo, a.
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Thanks for stopping by, Amy! I wish I knew what it was abut Sugar Smacks that never appealed to me…I mean, it had SUGAR in the NAME!!
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