Fruit Rainbow

Red rosy apples are always in style,

The orange satsumas fit in my hands.

Yellow bananas are shaped like a smile

And the green juicy grapes taste just grand.

Blue little blueberries have a perfect name

And indigo raisins are tiny and sweet,

The round, violet plums are part of the game,

So eat the fruit rainbow, it’s a healthy treat!

©Bernie Delaney

The Poem

I must miss teaching my little 4 and 5 year old children more than I realised.

Fruit Rainbow is a poem written for young children. It includes all the colours of the rainbow in order and associates each one with a particular fruit.

I kept this really simple rhyme wise and also in language. There are a few new words for them like indigo and violet because I know that children that age love showing off new vocabulary. Indeed, for some of the children, several other words would be unfamiliar, even common fruit names.

 

Notes

Other poems for children: Halloween Banshee

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