Here is Lola running very fast – is she running away from something (like a komodo dragon?), or towards something? What do you think? Or is she just enjoying leaping through the buttercups?
Komodo dragons kill their prey with a venomous bite – a bit like like a snake. It is one of the few venomous lizards in the world.
You could write a poem about a monster. Describe your monster. What does it look like? Why is it so scary? What is its super-power? What does it eat? What colour is it, and what sound does it make? When you have written your poem, look at each line and think about how to make it more interesting. What colour did you choose? If it was brown, try and compare that brown to something else with a simile. Is it the same colour as ploughed fields? Or sludgy rivers? Or shiny conkers?
Today’s komodo poem is by Brian Moses – Brian’s website gives a poetry-writing idea every single day!
Komodo
You’d better not take a selfie
with the dragon they call komodo
or hocus-pocus, diplodocus,
you’ll be more dead than a dodo.
He won’t be a photo in your family book
even if you ask him nicely.
The look he gives you shouldn’t be ignored,
his expression is simply icy.
He won’t be your dancing partner
in your holiday video,
he can’t be tamed & ridden
in some wild west rodeo.
It’s no good trying to persuade him,
he’s always in a bad mood,
and don’t call round when he’s eating,
asking to share his food.
It’s senseless to risk being headless
when he closes his mighty jaws
or find that you’re suddenly swiped
by a flick from his wicked claws.
Oh komodo, no komodo,
if what I hear is true,
nothing but another komodo
should risk getting close to you.
© Brian Moses
Here’s a joke:
Q:What do komodo dragons have that no other animal has?
A: sǝıqɐq opoɯoʞ
Here is Brian’s pet dog, Honey:
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