Description: This was an assignment for my 5th grade daughter's Social Studies class. I helped her with parts but did not correct the technicalities of her rhyme scheme and structure.... It's supposed to be informative, but it shows her humor too.
Hannah has a few others her that are a couple years old...she doesn't let me look at too many of her poems anymore...
Columbus did What? -------------------------------------------
Columbus
Columbus was a merchant’s son
Who longed to sail the seas
His father finally let him go
Saying, “Sell these things for me.”
He went to Prince Henry’s Navigation School
And thought it was rather neat
He learned to map and plan a route
And learning new languages was a treat.
Finding the Orient by a new route
Was Chris’s fondest dream
From Spain he set out traveling west
Because the world is not flat as it seems.
Traveling with his three Spanish ships
On the Atlantic he got a bit lost
Strong winds came up and blew them about
They were lucky to get across.
But instead on the Indies, with its spices and gold
He washed up on a small piece of land
It was lush and green, with spectacular views
Where the people were nice and their nose-rings grand
But still he traveled looking for gold
Tricked by Indian words like “Cubacanan”
He thought he was nearing the great Chinese nation
And the kingdom of Kublai Khan.
Loaded with gold and jewels of all kind
The Santa Maria went aground.
But Columbus went on with the other two ships
To tell Isabella in Spain what he’d found.
Now he was a hero in Spain
Given riches and glory and fame
He went back with people to Hispanol
But they found nothing but a totem pole
No Chinese culture did he find
Though he looked and looked three more times
Nothing but bad luck and jail for crimes
His Asian dream he never did find.
Hannah is a skilled writer. She does has a sense of humor! I found this to be truly insightful and funny. I loved the quick history lesson I got. And I felt Hannah spanned most of Columbus life in this neat poem. Kudos to Hannah!
This is really well done I loved the ending In the ending you showed that would Columbus really be proud today of how we are destroying this beutiful creation of Gods that he found I honestly dont think so Your daughter is extremely talented Please tell her to keep writing God Bless Ron
I agree with the other tell her to keep writing and that I feel she did a very wonderful job of writing this hope her teacher gave her a good grade for it adnil
i like this, it's an english and history lesson all in one. Your daughter did a great job, I wish I could have been able to write like that when I as younger but alas it has taken me many years to get this far and probably many more to perfect it.
your daughter seems to have inherited the poet's hand, eh? quite amazing for a fifth grader, i'd say. humourous and informative, i thoroughly enjoyed it! tell her to keep writing, she's quite good!!
xD Fun. I wish there were more poems like this, informational and telling of legends ...ooh. yes. gets me sorta excited, just thinking about it! Tell your daughter to keep writing :3~
I thought it was an interesting write. You should have mentioned how he died, from Gonareah. I have to agree with you when you say "But we say he discoverd America" How could he discover something that their were people on that were doing just fine. If anything he ruined the way of life America should of been, we would have some interesting cultures around still if Columbus would never have discovered "America."
Sorry I'm late. been working too hard that I just fall asleeo in my rocking chair. wow this is really neat. looks and sounds loke moms work, but that's because she has your talent genes. she's just like her mom when it comes to writing.she's got your sense of humor too.
Submission Name: Columbus did What?
