There really isn’t much of a story behind today’s poem – to be honest, sometimes poems just sort of pop into my head, nearly fully formed, and all I have to do is write them down!
And so, I offer for your enjoyment, a short but sweet little ditty which I have creatively titled Elephants Remember.
Have a great weekend, and a very happy new year!
I love it! I tell my students all the time how much I love elephants! I need to share this with them.
Me too! Elephants are just so special, you look in their big brown eyes and you just know that there’s an intelligence in there, and a real heart.
All students should channel their inner elephant! Happy New Year, Jane!
Yes indeed! Elephants are truly wonderful creatures.
Thanks for sharing this. What a fun and sweet poem to read aloud!
Thank you so much! 🙂
How lovely to have a poem pop into your head neatly formed! I’m so glad that you, elephant-like, remembered it, wrote it down, and shared it here. These days I wish I could channel some elephant memory!
That’s the challenge – I so often have these great ideas in the middle of the night, only to have them dance away before the morning!
Love that, Jane! Wishing you a warm and toasty new year!
Thank you, and you too! Stay warm!
Enjoyed your poem! At my elderly age, I wish I had the memory of an elephant.
Thank you! I think we could all use a memory boost! 🙂
LOL This is rather perfect, just as it it. Wishing you joy in 2018.
Thank you so much! Wishing you much the same! 🙂
Such a fun poem! There are days I could use to have a little of the elephant’s memory even though spelling tests are long behind me!
Oh, me too! Thank goodness for my phone calendar, otherwise I’d never remember where I was supposed to be then!
Jane, this is a wonderful little poem for children. Happy New Year.
Thank you! And a very happy near year to you, too!
Ha! Clever. A very nice gift from your muse.
Yes, she can be very generous sometimes, though certainly not always! 🙂
I need an elephant’s memory, too!
Oh boy, me too! It’s getting worse every year!! 😉
The real question is, do elephants have a nice full toolbox of phonics knowledge that allows them to sound out words well enough to communicate their authentic observations and express their emotional engagement with the world? Because that’s what really matters. : )
Happy New Year, Jane–wishing you a year of fully-formed popping!
You know, they probably do, in their own elephant way! They truly are a special species.
And alas, most of my poems don’t come nearly as easily or naturally….but hey, maybe in 2018! 😀
It is a wonderful ‘ditty’, Jane. I think lots of kids would love this! Happy New Year!
Thank you, and a very happy new year to you, too! Boy, am I ever glad that I don’t need to take tests anymore! 😉
That is delightful, Jane! I love BJ’s idea about channeling our inner elephants. Too cute! Thanks for the smiles. 🙂
Thank you! I think I enjoy working with children so much because my inner child is so close to the surface. 😀
Wonderful Elephant ditty Jane! I love elephants. This sounds like it would be perfect in a book–hope it makes it there sometime, thanks!
Happy New Year!
I have always loved elephants, too. How can you not love a matriarchal species?! 😉