Here’s another pantoum poem, written as a demo with a class on Poetry Friday. This was last block of the day, and one of the students wanted to go get a muffin… Another laugh filled class as we created this poem together!
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Muffin Pantoum (C block)
Josie and Ally want a muffin;
They can’t work on empty stomachs.
Without food, they won’t do nothin’.
How about crackers and hummus?
They can’t work on empty stomachs
How can we ask them to?
How about crackers and hummus?
As we watched, their hunger grew.
How can we ask them to?
A muffin’s not too much to ask!
As we watched, their hunger grew.
They couldn’t do their tasks.
A muffin’s not too much to ask!
A morsel would be fine!
They couldn’t do their tasks
Oh, please! Please, let them dine!
A morsel would be fine!
They only need a bit of food;
Oh, please! Please, let them dine!
Josie gives us attitude.
They only need a bit of food
Without food, they won’t do nothing
Josie gives us attitude:
Josie and Ally want a muffin!
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(This is quite literal. When we were done, they went off and got ONE muffin that they shared). 🙂
Shawn L. Bird 
hahahaha..love this.
Love it. Made me really hungry.
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lol I love this !! so fun 😊🙏🏽
It was!
Love it. I have written quite a few Pantoum poetry over the last year.
I enjoyed reading yours, they are great fun to write, must try another one soon.
Sending you lots of Christmas joy, happy days writing poetry.
The students definitely had fun with it, and most of them finished their own pantoum in class, so that was even better.
Reblogged this on Will S.' Sunny Side Blog and commented:
Great! 🙂
This is very cute. (I confess I had to look up ‘pantoum’ because I’d not heard of it before.)
It’s a really accessible form for new poets!