Rainforest Poems

Treasure of the Rainforest

R is for the rain that trickles down my face

A is for the anaconda that slithers round the branches of a tree

I is for the insects that run about the vines

N is for the noises that enchant everyone that listens

F is for the frog that jumps in the swamp

O is for the orange claw of the fiddler crab

R is for the red plant that smells of rotten meat

E is for everyone that watches silent and still

S is for the storm that floods all the trees

T is for the treasure of all rainforests.

In the Rainforest

In the middle of the rainforest

Trees are reaching up so tall

In the middle of the rainforest

I feel so small

In the middle of the rainforest

I am the only person there

In the middle of the rainforest

All the animals screech and stare

In the middle of the rainforest

Vines hang straggled, long

In the middle of the rainforest

Animals sing their rainforest song.

What We Saw in the Rainforest

A flying lizard on a rock, still as a stone

Huge buttress roots like monsters' claws

Curling vines, tight around trees like miniature flumes

A tarantula scuttling – demented

Bush babies, little balls of fur with huge watchful eyes

Snakes slithering slowly, softly, gracefully up trees.

Then a tropical thunderstorm came

–Ptchoum! Pattering rain.Kabourm!

– the lightening came

And we were scared

And could feel the water

trickling

down

our skin.