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POEMS
Created: 27th August, 2015

Today I read a bus stop

TYPE

Poem

POETIC DEVICES

Rhyme

Today I read a bus stop
and then I read a van,
a poster and three carrier bags,
some shop signs and a man
who had a crazy T-shirt on.

I'd already read the cereal box,
a mug, and the jam label
and the headlines of the paper
that was lying on the table.

I read some writing in the sky,
I even read the road,

a tree, a sign stuck in the grass,
some number plates that whistled past,

a bag of crisps, a birthday card,
(it had my name on it so that was easy).

I was reading a text message
when I should have read the door
so then I pushed instead of pulled
and dropped my mobile on the floor.

Then I started on he poem
and went out for another look

because

reading is amazing
and all the world's a book.

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Kathy Henderson - Today I read a bus stop

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