Poems

My Parents Have The Flu Today. BY: Andy Spatchek

Jack Prelutsky is the poet of “My Parents Have The Flu Today. He is famous for winning the children’s Lauret award. (Prelutsky, 2000) Also, he is famous for his children’s poems that children absolutely love! Some of his most famous poems are “Dora Diller” and “The Visitor.” The poem is about all the things kids could, and would do if they didn’t have parents. Also, its about the things kids would make happen without adult supervision. That is what I think this poem is all about.

My Parents have the flu today, They are both sick in bed, And thoughts of things to do today, Are swimming in my head. My nimble brain is burgeoning. With ways to misbehave, I’ll give my brothers teddy bear, A haircut and a shave.

Perhaps I’ll make a mud pie, In my sisters stupid hat, Attach my mother’s earrings, To the puppy and the cat, Hang carrots form the ceiling, Stuff bananas into shoes, Then set the clocks to different times, It’s certain to confuse.

I’ll switch the salt and sugar, Scatter meatballs on the rug, Hide spaghetti in a closet, And refrigerate some bugs, I’ll paint my fathers favorite underwear, An iridescent blue. My options are unlimited, My parents have the flu.

References Jack Prelutsky. (2011 April 8) retrieved from Http;//enwikipedia/wiki/Jack_Prelutsky

Prelutsky, J. (2000) My parents have the flu today) New York, New York: Harper Collins Publishers

(“Jack prelutsky. “2011”) (Prelutsky, 2000)