I love teaching figurative language: puns, idioms, personification and general #wordplay which are so much fun to explore through poems.
How many different types of #figurativeLanguage can you find in my silly poem called #GettingShirty? And how many words can you find to do with shirts?
Getting Shirty
Tonight
I’m getting shirty
Sleeve me alone!
I’m not yoking!
Button it!
Placket in!
Or I’ll dart off
and you’ll never collar me
cuf’ I’m quicker than you
and arm-hole lot stronger too!
We used to live
in each other’s pocket
We used to crease
each other up
but these days
we just can’t seam
to iron out our differences
If you see hem again
or do the dirty
I’ll take you to the cleaners
I’m at boiling point
because you keep
spinning the truth
that we’re all-white
And just because
I’ve been labelled inside
as the one who knows
how to care
I’m not sure
I can stop the cycle
of us shrinking
or fading
Mark Bird
