About this poem – The challenge: write a poem inspired by the world of cinema. Written aged 5. Youngest prize winner in the Young Poets Network national poetry competition.
Listen to Incy reading her poem here:
Kevin is Home Alone
I want to be like Kevin,
and want to jump up on the bed,
and I want to go down the stairs,
rushing with my sledge.
I want to jump on the bed,
like I’m on a trampoline,
with popcorn exploding out of the pot
reaching to the screen.
I want to watch scary movies,
and not to look away
but sometimes I will,
when Kevin covers his face.
When Kevin put the spider
on Marv’s face, it made me laugh.
He screamed and screamed and screamed,
and it made me laugh again.
When Harry touched the doorknob,
he got a bad shock.
When Marv pulled the light,
an iron fell on his head.
When Kevin put shaving cream
Wrong one, on his face,
it was funny when he yelled,
he didn’t concentrate.
This movie is exciting,
I love it very much,
now I’ll go and watch more Home Alone,
thank you very much!
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