Stretch With a Chain of Events Poem

It's time to “work out” your writing muscles. Take a deep cleansing breath and stretch! 
 

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Seven phrases are used in this concrete build-upon poem. This form is called "chain of events." The phrases build upon one another to show the location or action of one object, person, or animal.

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Think of the House That Jack Built--This is the cat that chased the rat, that ate the cheese that lay in the house that Jack built.

Another example is the song, Hush Little Baby--Hush, little baby, don't say a word.
Papa's gonna buy you a mockingbird.And if that mockingbird won't sing,Papa's gonna buy you a diamond ring...

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The sequence can move from small to large, 

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large to small,

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or person to person.

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Here is my stretch:


This is the bird
perched on the black hat
that sat on the snowman
who saw the gold star
Shining in the night
And made a wish
For peace on earth 

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