But we wanted some feedback on these, which I’ll be leaving up only temporarily, so sneak a peek and weigh in. Spanks!
Pants are Silly
Pants are silly.
Really!
Dresses make more sense.
Pants just cut a bloke in two,
Each leg refers the daily shoe,
They fit too slim, they fit too wide,
They crease and scratch and pinch inside
Consider, too, the names they wear
(Dignified? Mais, au contraire!):
Jeans and knickers, trews and britches,
Shortpants, parachutes whose stitches
Face outside, and hold you in,
Husky, sloppy, stovepipe thin,
Pants that come both fast and thick
(Least that’s what Coleridge predicts),
Pants to breathe in,
Pants to freeze in,
Pants to slouch and pants when sick,
Suit pants, discos, bells (and whistles!),
Trousers, trackpants, breeks and knicks,
Woolen pants all itch and thistle.
Pants are plural,
Dresses one:
Never go out in a pant,
My son.
NYCliche’
Cheetahs nevah prospah, so they say.
And every dawg must have its day.
It’s bettah to have loved and lawst.
Don’t countcha chickens, count the cawst,
The oily boid gets all the woims,
So says my son-in-law, the goyim.
Jonathon Penny
Very clever and very cute, Pants is another great poem for illustrations. NYCliche (how do you make that e with an accent? It comes up when I don’t want it on my computer) seems a little more political cartoonish to me. I see it with the appropriate animals, with human faces. There are all sorts of possibilities for social comment in that one.
I think the lower right is also a girl. The other 3 have the same haircuts. Shorter, slicked hair. I like pants. I am not a fan of dresses. If you want to wear a dress, go ahead. Say it’s on my behalf.
Done deal, I say. Who’s going to illustrate for you?
Question, though:
Is it supposed to be
Pants are plural;
Dress is one:
Or am I missing something?
Pants is cute but challenging, has a nice, easy sound but will tickle a budding literary awareness. Simple with a touch of sophistication.
NYcliche is sort of like a disney cartoon with jokes for the adults. Interesting for a budding reader to work his or her way around the pronunciations and fun for the parents to hear their kids speaking in a NY accent when they read it as written.
I’d read them to my kids…
i think we’ve already told you that we love your stuff. we really do.
and in answer to your question, alivia’s ridiculousness was enhanced on imovie using audio effects.
nice i liked it …. waiting for more