Have you ever thought of a polar bear?

Naturally                                                               

Have you ever thought of a polar bear

in the middle of holidays?

Have you ever said hallo to a stray dog

or how are you to a squirrel?

Have you ever met a frog on your way

to school, and wish him well?

Have you ever smiled at sparrows, touched

a puddle, hugged a tree?

Have you ever waved your hand

at the stars, or looked some distant galaxy

in the eye? Have you ever dreamt of a single grain

of desert sand, have you seen a raindrop

sink into the ocean, have you ever wondered

how it’s like to be

 a snowflake

on top

of Mount Everest?

                                                                                 

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                                   A Perfect Summer Day

                                             Have you ever:

walked barefoot on the grass

   drunk cool lemonade

on the porch with your friends

           swum in the lake or

collected seashells

sunbathed on the beach

or eaten ice cream

with your family

       and laughed just because

                  you felt

                         so relaxed and happy?

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Now, after we've had some practice with "Have you ever...?", you can try your hand at being a modern poet and  turn the questions into a nice poem :). Have you ever written a poem? No? Great, here’s your big chance!

How do you do it?

1.     Choose a topic. For example, family, food, travelling, love, animals, sport, etc.

2.     Then write some questions all around that topic.

For example, if your topic is sport, then you can ask “Have you ever played (+ a game)?” “Have you ever done (+ sport type)?” “Have you ever practised (+ a sport)?” Have you ever been to (+ a... match)?”, “Have you ever bought (+ one example of sports equipment or gadget)?”

3.     You can play with the layout of lines if you want to (see the Summer Poem above).

4.     Choose a suitable title that summarises or points to your topic, e.g. “A Sports Fan”.

Good luck, dear writers!