Week 6 Reading Response

This week's poem is by James K Baxter: The Tree House

John and Judith and Billy and me,
We have our own house in a willow tree.
It's built of boards and battens and tin
From the packing case that the tractor came in.

Up the slippery trunk of the tree we climb
With a rope to help us, one at a time;
But once we're up and safe inside
Only the wind knows where we hide.

Down in the paddock the brown horse neighs
And in stormy weather the whole house sways
Like a ship at sea while the branches roar
And birds fly past at the open door.

Today we designed our dream tree houses and shared these designs with our groups.