Sun up high,
sky so blue,
went for a walk,
nothing to do.
Branches sighing,
birds a-twitter,
down on the grass
saw something glitter.
Picked it up:
a simple penny,
nothing special,
one of many.
Kept it with me
all the same,
went on careless
till i came
Upon a lake
that lay in trance,
threw my penny,
watched it dance,
Spin and flicker
through the air,
down to meet
the water, where
Sleeping surface
gasped awake
as that penny
hit the lake,
Sending out
a circling shiver,
ripples racing,
liquid quiver,
Till at last
the glassy pane
slept n silence
once again.
Lake asleep
and penny gone,
made a wish
and then walked on.
by Tony Mitton
This poem is written in ten verses of four lines each and every second line rhymes.It is very easy to read as it is flowing and rhymes.
this poem is about something that anyone can understand and has properly experienced.
I liked this poem.
Tony Mitton
Tony Mitton was born in 1951 in North Africa his father was a soldier.
Until he was 9 he lived mostly in Africa, Germany and Hong Kong.
Tony
went to state boarding school in Suffolk and then on to do an English Literature degree at Cambridge University.
He trained to be an English teacher before changing to primary school teaching.
Tony started work as a primary school teacher at the age of 25 and ended at 49, but for the last 13 years of that period he taught part-time.
Tony started work as a primary school teacher at the age of 25 and ended at 49, but for the last 13 years of that period he taught part-time.
During that period he began to spend 2 or 3 days a week working at his writing, and wrote poems and stories for school reading books and also for trade market books. He now writes full-time and visits lots of schools, libraries and events to talk about his work.
He lives in a small house in the middle of Cambridge with his wife and two children, and a cat called Tiggy.
He lives in a small house in the middle of Cambridge with his wife and two children, and a cat called Tiggy.
"What I probably most like doing is writing poems and verse. I love tinkering with the words until I've got them just right."
I have written 3 poems about pennies and they are all different kinds of poems.
Pennies help to pay for
Everything
Nellie gets some every week
Never seen a copper, shiny penny
You should go to the bank
Ginny-RuadhHaiku
Pennies are copper
Pennies are true. not like you
Take a walk - get lost
Ginny-Ruadh
Cinquain
The copper penny
Shiny, simple
Forgotten, lost and droppedNothing really special, one of many
Worthless coin
Ginny-Ruadh
By Me
Tony Milton has written lots of poems and books here is a link to some of them...
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