Award-Winning Poem About Gum by Janelle

I was chewing gum in bed,

While laying down my head.

My mom kissed me goodnight.

I tried with all my might,

To not let her see,

The gum that was inside me.

As she went out,

I let my breath out trying not to shout.

I was doing a test,

Because I was kind of a pest.

Could I chew gum all night?

If it worked, I would treat myself to a kite.

I soon fell asleep,

After counting some sheep.

I slept until morn.

What I saw was forlorn.

There was gum,

Way down to my bum!

"This can't happen to me!"

I started to plea.

I learned a lot, laying on my cot.

I learned my lesson,

And stopped my gum obsession!

My thoughts upon reading Janelle's poem:

1. I would KNOW if she were hiding gum from me - I'm no rookie at these tricks

2. I'm glad she recognizes that sometimes she's "kind of a pest"

3. I don't understand rewarding yourself for successfully being "kind of a pest", and with a kite? Those things never work! How about with a ...nevermind. I can't rhyme anything else that makes sense either.

4. I love that she rhymed "gum" and "bum" :)

5. Clever use of the synonym "cot" for "bed"

6. Janelle - You're pretty awesome :)

(She won a national "Funny Me Poems" award sponsored by Scholastic books - top 10 out of thousands!)