Poems

Surprises 

Jean Conder Soule 

Surprises are round 

Or long and tallish.

Surprises are square 

Or flat and smallish.

Surprises are wrapped 

With paper and bow,

And hidden in closets 

Where secrets won't show.

Surprises are often 

Good things to eat;

A get-well toy or 

A brithday treat.

Surprises come 

In such interesting sizes -

I LIKE 

SURPRISES!

The Rainbow

Christina Rossetti

Boats sail on the rivers,

And ships sail on the seas;

But clouds that sail across the sky

Are prettier than these.

There are bridges on the rivers,

As pretty as you please;

But the bow that bridges heaven,

And overtops the trees,

And builds a road from earth to sky,

Is prettier far than these.