Words are like people. They are great on their own and sometimes better with their friends. The word GREAT is a great word standing there saying look at me - i am GREAT. But sometimes great is not so great, sometimes great wants to join AMAZING and BIG and FAT so that it can say that something was A GREAT BIG FAT AMAZING Parrot. So the parrot is no longer just a word it is now a great big fat amazing parrot - how brilliant is that.

There are words that sit, like SPLODGE and words that dance like SKIP or BOING, and sometimes words like to dance together like Words are like people. They are great on their own and sometimes better with their friends. The word GREAT is a great word standing there saying look at me - i am GREAT. But sometimes great is not so great, sometimes great wants to join AMAZING and BIG and FAT so that it can say that something was A GREAT BIG FAT AMAZING Parrot. So the parrot is no longer just a word it is now a great big fat amazing parrot - how brilliant is that. There are words that sit, like SPLODGE and words that dance like SKIP or BOING, and sometimes words like to dance together like

the rattling tram ran and ran and the man in the can began to bang the clanging changalanglang to wake the dark & drowsy town. 

Sometimes words have twins or soundalikes; words like brain and chain and rain and gain.

Sometimes words have opposite’s like plop and rattle, slumber and thunderstorm, bong and ping.

Sometimes words wrestle and sometimes they skip and sometimes they slide and sometimes they perform great ballets.

And when they do all these things, they become more than just words - they become poetry.

So see them dance and jump and slide and then make some poetry of your own.

Enjoy.