7 KABOOM!; 8 Simile

KABOOM!

Kaboom!

Ka-blast
Way in the past
the miners mined for ore.
They searched for copper, iron and salt,
for that and much, much more.

Kaboom!

The bite
of dynamite
cut deep inside the earth.
The charge explodes revealing lodes
of minerals of worth.

Kaboom!
The dust,
the air so mussed
went swirling through the sky.
It was a sight, the dynamite
that made the mountains fly.

Kaboom!

The earth
was filled with mirth
so tickled by the boom.
The miner's pleasure,
each newfound treasure
that followed each

Kaboom!

by Denise Rodgers

 

On this one, Daniel left of the entire last stanza. I don’t know if he just missed it in copying and pasting or if his source didn’t include it or what. I can see him actually liking this poem—he was interested in such things as bombs and explosions.

 

 

Similie

What could possibly

have been said
to make us like two fighting
dogs
who circle each other
warily
tails down
ears pricked
sniffing
and watchful
for the other to make
the first move

I could find this poem nowhere online. I looked up ‘similie’ and ‘simile,’ the first line and almost the entire poem. Even when I used the name Daniel included in his Literary Terms, nothing came up that would indicate a poem of any kind.