Groundhog Day is February 2nd and I know just the thing to celebrate…even if Punxsutawney Phil does see his shadow and predicts six more long weeks of winter!
Get your February off to a fun start with a Groundhog Day poem written from the perspective of the groundhog!
My Groundhog Day
In my hibernating slumber,
I never made a sound,
I felt so comfy cozy
in my burrow underground.
It’s February second,
a frosty winter’s day,
a dapper man awoke me
and put me on display.
A gathering of people
stood watching me with care,
“He saw his little shadow!”
I heard the man declare.
“It’s six more weeks of winter!”
I heard the man proclaim,
The crowd of people shivered
and said it was a shame.
It’s nice to get attention
because it’s Groundhog Day,
but now I really mean it—
don’t wake me till it’s May!
© Lorrie L. Birchall
Teaching ideas for using the poem:
- Discuss first person perspective: The poem is written from the “I point of view” of the groundhog.
- Vocabulary: Think of synonyms for hibernating, slumber, burrow, dapper, display, proclaim
- Identify the adjectives modifying a noun: (hibernating slumber, frosty, winter’s day, dapper man, little shadow, Groundhog Day
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