Instructions to reader: before reading the following poem, collect these words:
A noun: _____________________________________
An exclamation: _____________________________________
A verb, past tense: _____________________________________
An adverb: _____________________________________
Bouquet
I brought you a bouquet of butterflies,
smuggled fresh out of the Botanical Gardens.
I swallowed them all on the way over,
and tossed up a flying rainbow at your window.
I brought you a bouquet of paper placemats
folded into paper spitfires.
Paper hornets buzzed around the syrup on the wings.
I’ve never been a tidy eater.
I brought you a bouquet of snowballs
and delivered them romantically
through your window
on the third floor.
I brought you a bouquet of Mad-Libs,
that was tied up with _____(a noun)______
“_____(an exclamation)______,” you shouted,
and I ____(a verb, past tense)___ _____(an adverb)_____ into the bushes.
I brought you a bouquet of Vaseline.
I figured you’ve jerked me around enough,
pitching woo outside your window,
that maybe you’d want some of that for yourself.
I brought you a bouquet of kielbasas,
and invited over some friends.
The steak knives and hibachi are mine though.
We’ll have to work together to make Sausage Fest a success.
I brought you a bouquet of photos
of you, artistically framed
through your third-storey window.
But you still won’t come down to say hi.
