Celebration of Poetry | Mouse Hunt

Featuring a finalist in the One Book One Community Student Poetry Contest. Mouse Hunt is co-authored by Karley Whelan and Alex Di Bello 7th grade students at Ingomar Middle School.

Mouse Hunt

Lying in a field my dinner awaits.

I look for a victim who in unaware

Of my striking power.

Sitting in the hole I look around.

Looking for something I can feed on.

Alas! I have found something to eat!

There is a field mouse

Perfect for swallowing.

There are some berries

Perfect for nibbling

I'll slither around unknown

Until the perfect moment.

I'll scamper over quickly,

And hope I'm not seen. Around the

tree and take off quickly across the field.

Ready, Set, Go!

Hey look! There goes that mouse.

Be on the move, I must.

Oh dear!

There's a snake!

I must run faster!

There's an escape hole

Right past the berry tree.

Oh no! I must not let the mouse get

back to his hole.

Run faster, run faster,

He's right on my tail!

Just a little farther,

I'm almost there!

NO!

YES!

HE MADE IT!

I MADE IT!