by Michael Salinger

I am
Belly grumbling
Lip licking
Refrigerator looking
Tummy aching
Food sniffing
Crumb gathering
Grumpy feeling
Cookie begging
Cake wanting
Donut craving
Ice cream wishing
Candy dishing
Hungry

And can’t you see
I don’t think it’s great
That there is nothing but vegetables
On my plate!

Copyright © 2012 Michael Salinger. From the book High-Impact Writing Clinics: 20 Projectable Lessons for Building Literacy Across Content Areas. Corwin. Reprinted by permission of the author.

About The Author

Michael Salinger is a father, poet, educator who travels the world promoting the use of poetry as a literacy tool in classrooms. For more information, visit www.outspokenlit.com.

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