London Bridge

Oh you ophidian of fire
catastrophe and cataclysm
I watch the Thames swallow you down
destiny of death
you rusty route
floodng and filthy

Oh you venomous viper
crumbling and crustaceous
I row under your flowing arches
cracking
murderer
You who floods, tips and fires destroy
you hideous beast

Synonyms for disaster

catastrophe
disaster
condemnation
vrdict
tragedy
calamity
cataclysm
downfall
destiny

Synonyms for bridge

path
route
thoroughfare
avenue
highway
pass
boulevard
byway
groove
beaten path
trail
artery
passage
lane

Descriptors for The River

murky
filthy
glowering
hungry
foily
roiling
black
nebulous
somber
uneasy
shaky
pity
wander
doom
tomb
cobbles
path

Synonyms for snake

snake
dragon
basilisk
ophidian
crocodile
serpent
viper

London Bridge

Oh you carnivorous crocodile
crumbling and decaying
I see your downfall
Firey
Pitiful
You crocodile of fear
Scare monger
Smoke maker
Burn messenger
I watch your flowering from fall
into the hungry Thames

This poem is to personify the burning of London Bridge in 1666

Eiffel Tower

Like a centurion (or solider or monolith) standing guard over Paris the Eiffel tower protects it's people.  In moonlight the steel shrinks into shadow.  Parisians gaze up in wonder at the giants strength.  Steel girders weave like snakes high in the sky.  It's eye's never flinching staring past the Trocodaro into the horizon. I am the Iron Lady it screams.

The Seinne

The Seinne is a serpent.  It slithers through sandy corridors.  It's scally back shimmers in the sunlight.  Scared seagulls shreek at its sight.  Salty streams stem from it's shelly shores.  Selfishly it slides toward the Sorbonne.


In this descriptive piece the children had to "over alliterate".  It was fun to see how many s sounded words they could use.  I wrote lists for them under verbs, adverbs, adjectives, places in Paris.