A Car FULL

I went on a trip and with me I took
all the critters that live in my book!
Normally, when this game we play
we must repeat all, as we wend on our way.
Here is how our game played out--
the time passed quickly without a doubt!

I went on a trip and with me I took
an abandoned amoeba someone forsook,
a beautious butterfly, a calico cat,
a dotted dalmation ('cause I ike 'em like that!)
I went on a trip and I just had to take
an egregious elephant, and a fantastical fake
falcarius--it's okay, he's extinct,
and a grumpy ole gyrfalcon to be sussinct!
I went on a trip and just HAD to bring a
humahumanukunukuapua'a!
I brought an impatient impala to speed our way,
and a jaunty jacana to brighten our day.
Couldn't forget my 'kool' kangaroo
(I bet we'll be able to use her pouch too!
That's where the llama can take his nap,
and maybe the manatee will sit on his lap.
Now, nary a wanderer can hit the road
without a number of Natterjack Toads.

I'm still on my trip, and I'm feeling the squish
but I know I can fit in an oranda fish!
A praying mantis to keep us safe from harm,
and a quetzal, our colorful lucky charm.
A Robin, of course, can't leave me home(!)
and a shiloh sheperd, a must when you roam!
Can't fit too much more, but what the heck,
in the glove compartment is a Tailiess Tenrec.
A useful uakari should add to the fun
as we gadabout in the sun.
Also, so we can say that we did,
we'll borrow Roald's Vermicious knid.

A warbling whinchat will lead us in song
and an Xantus' hummingbird can hum along!
A yellowhammer, the bird with a beat,
And last but not least, claiming shotgun seat,
is an oddball creature (of course):
It's a zorse, half zebra, half horse!

So we've arrived, I'm exhausted and then,
I hear from the back seat--"Can we play it again?"






















The Alphabestiary, Poetry Form
The Alphabestiary a type of Acrostic or more specifically an Alphabet poem, which dates back to Greece in the 2nd and 3rd centuries but truly came into its own in medieval England. There is no required line length, meter, or rhyme scheme. The only requirement is that each letter of the alphabet is described poetically as an animal or in human terms.