All kids are fascinated by bugs and crawling things. Why not add some “bug” poetry to your entymology lessons. Poems can be a fun way to introduce insect anatomy and feeding habits, as well as the role of insects in the garden. Here are two poems to get you started:
Yellow-winged Darter
THE DRAGONFLY
I am the dragon,
The demon of skies.
Behold my bold
Enormous eyes.
I sweep
I swoop
I terrorize.
For lunch I munch
On flies and bees.
Mosquitoes with
My feet I seize.
I am the dragon:
Down on your knees!
By Douglas Florian, from his book Insectlopedia
THE GRASSHOPPER
[1]immature grasshopper
Green as a leaf.
Fast as a thief
My olive eyes are
OVERSIZED.
My two antennae
Grow and spread
Like tapered threads
Upon my head.
I hatch from eggs
With springs in my legs
And grind on grasses
As
Summer
Passes.
By Douglas Florian from his book beast feast