What To Do With Autumn Leaves

Kick them.
Catch them.
Pick them.
Snatch them.
Romp them.
Stomp them.
Hurl them.
Heave them.
If you want to,
Even leave them.

-Douglas Florian

That is a poem in Autumnblings, a collection of fall poetry with terrific paintings, by Douglas Florian.

Julie borrowed Autumnblings from the library, and did autumnal action poems with the Lower Elementary dance class. The class read some of Florian's work, and then composed poems of their own, packing them with action words. The class enacted their fall poetry through dance.

Really neat!