And then there was Dan at Kedington Primary, who did a wonderful list of all the things you can find in his corner of the county, then put the whole lot into this wild and inventive poem. You often get asked in the classroom, 'Am I allowed to...?' or 'Can I...?' but Dan didn't need permission. He saw 'dog' and 'bird' at the top of his list, got the idea and couldn't stop himself.
DOGBIRD
Yesterday I saw a dogbird, wearing a bottle cap sitting on a chair, in the park with trees drawing on paper, with pens drinking beer with a straw, shooting people with toy guns, in Scotland painting a bear’s face while talking to a table with ink at 12 o’clock at night on Friday missing the walk at 3.00 on Saturday wearing my missing gloves and my Mum’s socks with my sister’s penguin.
Dan, Year 5, Kedington Primary School
