children's literature

The Great Sky Parade
(An add-your-own-image poem)
by Imelda Morales Aznar

A man whose robe
had slipped beneath
the trunk of jewels behind him

Became a snake
with one great bell
dangling from its tail-like steam

That faded white
into a witch
with pointy hat on her head

Which covered hair
That reached her shoes,
A sharp-nosed pair on a bed

Of cotton fluff
and snow feathers
And the softest angel wing

Attached to one
Smiling seraph
Upon his head a round ring.

Now it’s your turn
To add a shape
To this parade of sky cast

But just make sure
To make each form
Connect to the next and last!

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