Windshield Wiper
by Eve Merriam
fog smog fog smog
tissue paper tissue paper
clear the blear clear the smear
fog more fog more
splat splat downpour
rubber scraper rubber scaper
overshoes macintosh
bumbershoot muddle on
slosh through slosh through
drying up drying up
sky lighter sky lighter
nearly clear nearly clear
clearing clearing veer
clear here clear
Cullinan, Bernice E., ed. Andi MacLeod, illus. Portraits by Marc Nadel. 1996. A jar of tiny stars: poems by NCTE award-winning poets. Honesdale, PA: Boyds Mills Press.
Extension: Divide the students into two groups. Have one group read one side of the poem and the second group read the other side. Ask the students to read the final two lines all together. Create a beat that mimics windshield wipers by tapping your hand on a desk or your foot on the floor and have the students read the poem aloud to the beat. Start fast like the wipers are working hard during a downpour and slow down as the poem progresses following the clearing sky as described.
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