Lizzie's Latest Poetry Win...

Lizzie came home from school with bells ringing: She is a winner in the District Poetry Contest! This is her poem. She wrote it at school, so this is the first time I've seen it. I have to sign a statement that it is her original work, then I have to send the poem back to school tomorrow. I love the rhythm and I love the fact that I had to read it twice before I realized that she was talking about the mouse in the beginning.
Please enjoy!

THE CHASE

Pitter-patter, pitter-patter,

The smell of cheesecake batter.

Cat is sleeping on the table,

Snible-snable, snible-snable,

One crumb left for the colony,

Loney-lawny, loney-lawny.

Snatch it up and stay alert,

Then the chase begins.

Cat leaps up and Mouse leaps down,

One will lose the other, wins.

Twists and turns,

Stomps and lifts,

Ups and downs,

Jumps and shifts.

Skidding, sliding,

Halting, gliding,

Mouse comes to a stop.

Breathing hard,

She looks around,

While Cat was crouching low.

He didn't make a sound.

SILENCE...

SILENCE...


SILENCE...


SILENCE...

Cat pounces,

Mouse leaps,

And Cat landed,

In a heap.

Mouse scurries back,

To her mum,

And her hole by the pantry...

Still holding her crumb.