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House Hunting
by Veera Das
copyright 02-02-2006


Age Rating: 1 to 9

 
Mr. Crow is building a house in a tree,
He's really quite busy,
"Mr. Crow, Mr Crow, in exchange
For a mop and a broom,
Can I can I, can I stay in your room?

Crow said,
"Either you're too big, or I'm too small,
And if you came, my house would fall,
You wouldn't fit, wouldn't fit at all!"

Mr.Snail carries his house along,
And so I sang him my little song,
"Mr. Snail, Mr. Snail, in exchange
For a mop and a broom
Can I, can I, can I stay in your room?"

Snail said,
"Really wish that you could stay,
But the entrance is only one way,
And I'm in it, I live there all day!"

Mrs. Rabbit's house is by far the best,
Its made of mud,not like the rest.
"Mrs. Rabbit, Mrs. Rabbit in exchange
For a mop and a broom
Can I, can I, can I stay in your room?"

Rabbit said,
"I have children here,twenty-two!
And there really wouldn't be
room for you!"




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02-08-2006 William Muth    

I could see, and I mean this as a compliment, this poem illustrated as a children's book and a great way to introduce them to poetry. It's clever, with good rhyme, and the repetitions give it a bounce. original and most enjoyable.
02-04-2006 Gregory Christiano    

Veera: this is a delighful poem with fresh language and appropriate parallels. You are so right about not wanting strangers living in your house! I can picture the Snail, Crow and other animals. The imagery is vivid and alive! Really enjoyed this one.
02-04-2006 Mike Macdonald    

Ahh, refreshing. Good read, although I wonder if this is the complete poem or if it's a work in progress because it feels a bit open-ended to me.
02-04-2006 Veera Das    

Although a readership of one to nine years is specified, it could easily extend to ninety.
The poem is also suitable for reading aloud to children or for elocution competitions
02-04-2006 Veera Das    

This poem expresses an inner search to find a place one can belong to-although others are different and have their own lives to lead.
Nobody likes to invite a stranger to live with them - as we all value our own space, just as much as we need to share it.
Have used humor to highlight this paradox, through the replies of Mr. Snail, Mr. Crow and Mrs. Rabbit-as at the end of the day, we all live in one big house anyway!
02-04-2006 Veera Das    

This poem was submitted while I was actually house-hunting in Bombay-(one of the most difficult places to find accommodation in the world.)
Hope you enjoy reading it as much as I did writing -or should I say,'Letting it write itself.' Which is really what happened.
02-02-2006 Roger Crique    

This is a very nice rhythmic and melodic children's poem. I like the hesitations, it breaks the fluidity, just like children like it. Very nice imagery as well. You capitalized the letter, I in the word, either. This is the typo that Jim is referring to.
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