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QUEENIE: How great to see you here again at the Kids’ Poetry Club podcast. While we wait for Little Dazzy Donuts to start, I wanted to reminder you that kidspoetryclub.com contains YouTube videos of illustrated poems and a packet of activities based on this week’s episode. It’s all free. Okay … let the fun begin …

Let's have some fun 

with things that rhyme

welcome Kids 

it's poetry time!

Hip Hip Hurray!

Welcome back to Kids Poetry Club with me, Little Dazzy Donuts, and a massive thanks to Dan who is today’s STAR of the episode for reading out the introduction poem that you just heard. Remember that you can also be a STAR of the episode – just check out kidpoetryclub.com for more details.

I hope you’re feeling ready for some rhymes and fun today because we're going to spend the next 15 minutes listening to three poems on this week's chosen topic - are you going to guess what the topic is? Plus, we have the answer to last week’s riddle, a new guest is popping in, and Queenie promised to drop by the Club and so we’re guaranteed some fun. So, while I play our intro music, get wriggling around to find a comfortable spot ... I’m so excited! It's time for this week's Kids’ Poetry Club!

Music

Before we play "guess the topic of the week", let's start off with club registration. This is where you get to shout out your name and get a club point for being here. So, on the count of three, shout out your name so that I can hear you through your phone, computer, or radio.

Let the drum roll begin. Here goes …. One. Two. Three! ….. Excellent!

So, by any chance do you remember the topic from last week?  Just in case you don’t, here’s a little clue ….

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Yes, it was BEES! And we heard fun poems about the Bee’s Knees, the Queen Bee, and being thankful for bees and other animals. 

So let’s see if you can guess this week’s topic. Listen carefully as I’m going to play you a few sounds, and let’s see if you can guess the topic. Here they come ….

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So, did you guess it? I bet you did as this week’s topic is MUSIC!

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Have you ever noticed just how much music there is all around us? It’s in our homes, cars, and shops. It’s on television, in films … even here in Kids’ Poetry Club at the start and the end of each episode. And there are so many different types of music, like classical, jazz, rock, country, rap, and so much more. The chances are, if you want to listen to music, you’ll be able to find something you enjoy listening to.

In our first poem, we hear all about a musical band with lots of different instruments, but only one person to play them all. That sounds like quite the challenge. But how’s it going to arrive? How would you expect a music poem to get here? Well, here it comes.

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It came by trombone! I can’t even picture how that happened. How can a poem travel by trombone? Oh well, now it’s safely at the Club, let’s hear our first poem. It’s called “Superstar”

Just toot a horn,

bang a drum,

play a mouth harp

with your thumb.

Strum a chord.

Start a tune.

Blow an oboe,

and bassoon.

Stomp your foot,

clap in time,

sing a song,

and rap in rhyme.

Grab a bow

and violin,

and pick away

on a mandolin.

Finish strong

with a tambourine -

the wackiest sight

they’ll have ever seen.

A hit machine -

you'll sure go far,

a one-kid ten-instrument

superstar.

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That does sound like quite the band. Just one kid playing a horn, a drum, a mouth harp, an oboe, a bassoon, a violin, a mandolin, a tambourine, and probably more too. I wouldn’t know what to strum, blow, pick, or shake.

Hang on …. Do you hear that? I hear the sound of a motorbike! …. I wonder if this is Queenie arriving …

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QUEENIE Walking up: Where did you get that hat? Where did you get that tile?

Hi Queenie!

QUEENIE: Isn't it a nobby one and just the proper style?

Hi Queenie! Have you finished yet?

QUEENIE: Not quite …. I should like to have one just the same as that, Where e'er I go they shout: "Hello, where did you get that hat?"

Gosh … what an entrance. Hi Queenie! It’s great to see you here at Kids’ Poetry Club!

QUEENIE: Hi, Little Dazzy Donuts! It’s great to be here and see everyone at the Club.

You certainly seem full of song today.

QUEENIE: I am! I just can’t stop singing. I’m so happy that it feels like Spring, and that it’s a nice day to ride my motorbike. I have so much to be grateful for … and, when I feel like that, I sing. That was so handy at Rhyming School today as we were studying songs and poems. In class, we looked at how many songs are like poems put to music, and so we each picked our favorite song, and then just read out the words to see if they could be read as a poem.

Which song did you pick?

QUEENIE: Well, I don’t have a favorite song – I like so many different songs. But, in the end, I picked the song that I was singing when I arrived here at the Club. I like to sing that song when I’m on my motorbike – I wear such a colorful helmet that I picture people shouting out to me, “Where did you get that hat?”

How wonderful. In case people at the Club didn’t catch all of the words when you came in, could you say them again now, as if they were a poem?

QUEENIE: Of course …. Let me clear my throat so that I can project this loud and clear.

Here goes …

Where did you get that hat?

Where did you get that tile?

Isn't it a nobby one and just the proper style?

I should like to have one just the same as that

Where e'er I go they shout: "Hello, where did you get that hat?"

I love that Queenie. You know, all of this talk of poems and songs fits perfectly with our theme for today, which is MUSIC! By any chance did you bring a poem with you for me to read out?

QUEENIE: I did. It’s in my pocket … hang on. Here you are …. Oh, after you’ve read the poem, can we hear the answer to last week’s riddle from my teacher, Rhyming Rita?

Of course we can. So, let’s first hear the poem that you brought for us. Oh, I like this one. It’s all about how to make money doing music. I’m not sure that I’d ever make money from my musical talents … but perhaps the person can in the poem. Let’s see in the poem called, “Making Money from Music”:

First, they put me in the strings

with the cellos, violas and other things.

But my bow went up

as others’ went down,

and I was easy to spot

as the source of the sound

of a lonesome cat

shrieking all of the night,

with a scraping that induced

such a fearful fright

that I was taken off of the violin

for making such an awful din.

Next, they tried me in the choir –

not a great decision, it did transpire.

As I sang out loud,

and all could see

I had the vocal qualities

of a chimpanzee,

and the kids around me

were brought to tears

and stuffed their fingers

in their ears.

Now, the teacher pays me just enough

to be elsewhere and not show up.

QUEENIE: HaHa! That’s such a funny poem, Little Dazzy Donuts. It sounds like that poor kid is so bad at music that the teacher pays her to not turn up! That doesn’t sound right to me. Someone should be able to play whatever instrument they want, and also sing what they want. It doesn’t matter how good you are – music is such fun!

You’re right, Queenie. Music is fun – and we’ll have another music poem in a few minutes, but first let’s hear the answer to the riddle read out last week by Rhyming Rita the Poetry Teacher. By any chance did you figure out the riddle during the week?

QUEENIE: I think so. But can you read it again so I can double check?

Definitely. Here goes …. Remember, this was written by Jonathan Swift, who also wrote the famous children’s book, Gullivers’ Travels. Here’s his poem:

We are little airy creatures,

All of different voice and features;

One of us in glass is set,

One of us you'll find in jet.

T'other you may see in tin,

And the fourth a box within.

If the fifth you should pursue,

It can never fly from you.

So, did you work out what Swift’s riddle was about?

QUEENIE: I think so. Is it about vowels? As in A, E, I , O, and U?

You’re right – it is. It’s the A in the word Glass. The E in the word Jet. The I in the word Tin. The O in the word Box, and the U in the words Persue and You! Well done, Queenie. You are clearly really good at riddles. You’ve solved both of the riddles that we’ve had recently at the Club.

Oh, gosh. Somehow we have made it to the final poem of the episode.

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Well, do you remember our topic of the week …. Yes, it’s Music … and so far, we’ve heard a poem about a one-kid band and one about making money at music.  Now, it should be time for us to read out our third poem. But, it hasn’t arrived yet. I wonder where it is!

QUEENIE: Well, that could be my fault! When you ordered the poems for today’s episode, I added something special for the final poem so that you’d have a nice surprise. But, I think that could have delayed things.

Well, I do love surprises. That said, if it doesn’t arrive soon, it will be here too late for the episode. What sort of surprise did you ask for?

QUEENIE: Well, I knew about today’s topic, and so I asked for the poem to come with some music. Specifically, I asked for it to come to the sound of a marching band. I just love marching bands!

Well, I do hope it arrives in time. Oh hang on, I can hear something. Perhaps the poem is arriving in time after all. Can you make out what the sound is? How’s the poem arriving?

It sounds like it came by skateboard. That’s a first …but, where’s the poem. It’s still not here.

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QUEENIE: Oh, there’s somebody at the door – let me see who it is.

POSTIE DALE: Hi Queenie. Hi Little Dazzy Donuts!

It’s Postie Dale from the Poetry Postal Service. How’s your first class mail?

POSTIE DALE: All’s going really well, thank you.  Already today, I’ve taken a Limerick poem to Limerick, and I’ve loaded the Seagulls ready for their poem delivery along the coastline. I then got to your poem. I’m so sorry it’s late.

No worries – the timing is perfect. I’m not surprised it was late if you went to Limerick, and also had to load all of the seagulls.

POSTIE DALE: Oh no. That’s not why I was late. I’m late because of the marching band. You did order a poem with a marching band, didn’t you?

QUEENIE: Ummmm …. I thought I’d asked just for marching band music. I wasn’t expecting the actual band. Oh my gosh, I must have checked the wrong box.

POSTIE DALE: Oh well. They’re all here now. Let me send them in.

POSTIE DALE: Here’s the drum line.

Oh my. There are so many of them. Queenie, can you get out more chairs for them all.

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Well, I’m glad they’re all settled now and I can finally read the poem.

POSTIE DALE: Not quite … that was just the drum line. Here’s the rest of the marching band.

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Well, thank you, Postie Dale for bringing the poem … and also for transporting a whole marching band on skateboards. That sounds quite the feat. Oh, while you and Queenie are both here, can I ask you both a favor? On Thursday, there will be an important letter arriving at the Club about the April competition. But I can’t be here to sign for it. Queenie – will you open up the Club so that Postie Dale can bring you that important letter, and also read it out so that everyone knows about the new competition?

QUEENIE: Oh my gosh, YES! That means another bonus special – I had so much fun with the last one announcing the winners of the gray competition.

POSTIE DALE: It would be my honor to help. By the way, did you two ever find the chicken?

QUEENIE: Not yet. We know it’s still around here somewhere as we keep finding eggs all over the place. Oh my, is that the time?  I better dash off home and start on my homework. It was so nice to see everyone here at the Club. Toodle pip Little Dazzy Donuts … and see you on Thursday, Postie Dale.

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POSTIE DALE: And I better head off too. These poems won’t deliver themselves you know.

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Well, I guess that just leaves me … and the marching band to listen to the final poem for today. It’s called Trumpeteer.

“Trumpeteer”

I want to be a trumpeteer,

and blow a trumpet all the day!

In the morning, I’ll march from home to school,

and blow a trumpet all of the way.

I’ve ruled out being a fluter,

and tromboner’s just not me,

while being a celloist feels lost in the pack,

and a drummist is way too noisy.

So, now I’ve made my decision,

the next two steps are quite clear:

first, buy a trumpet, and then blow a lot,

as the world’s best trumpeteer.

Well, that was our final poem for this episode.

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Don’t forget that there are lots of ways to join in with the club. If you go to kidspoetryclub.com, you’ll see a wonderful drawing by our Club illustrator, Dot Cherch. You can also see the PodSnack video for the episode and download the episode’s PodPack of activities. They’re all free. Plus there’s information on how to send your poems and drawings into the club, and also how you can be the STAR of the episode who reads out our introduction poem. You’ll find everything you need at kidspoetryclub.com.

It has been so lovely to spend time with you! Thank you for joining me, Queenie, and Postie Dale and his first class mail.  I hope you enjoyed yourself, and hope you’ll be back for more next time the Club meets. Join us again next week when we’ll have a new topic and more fun. Plus, don’t forget that Queenie and Postie Dale will be here on Thursday with a special bonus episode.

Before I figure out what to do with this marching band, let's finish with our short goodbye poem

We've had some fun 

with things that rhymed

goodbye Kids 

until next time!

This is Little Dazzy Donuts saying .... keep rhyming!!!

MUSIC

Marching Band music