Riddle-Ku! [slurp-burp]

Riddle-ku (National Poetry Month 2014)

 

Riddle-Ku of the Day

Suck up! Make me a
mini milk vacuum cleaner
Sip soda?Slurp?Burp!
–Laura Purdie Salas, all rights reserved
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HINT 1:

 

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HINT 2:

 

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Photos by Laura Purdie Salas

TITLE (AND ANSWER):

STRAW

 

[Educators, please click here to see a roundup of the entire month’s riddle-ku and also to get suggestions for using these riddle-ku with your students.]

UPDATE: My riddle-ku are now available in Kindle and paperback as Riddle-ku: Haiku for Very Close Reading (along with tons of great auxiliary materials for teachers), part of the 30 PAINLESS CLASSROOM POEMS series.

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Riddle-ku: Book 2 in the 30 Painless Classroom Poems series

 

Hi, 15 Words or Less community! I’m home and looking forward to reading your poem drafts!

48 Responses

  1. Look out, speed bumps ahead,
    she said, as we race
    through the snowstorm
    home.

    1. I heard that rattle/hum of speed bumps as I read this. And we got 8–10″ of snow yesterday, so it rang true. Rattled true?

  2. Look out, speed bumps ahead,
    she said, as we race
    through the snowstorm
    home.

    1. I heard that rattle/hum of speed bumps as I read this. And we got 8–10″ of snow yesterday, so it rang true. Rattled true?

  3. Xylem and Phloem

    All day
    long
    all night
    long
    trees
    silently
    suck
    and sip
    their
    straws
    of life.

    Diane Mayr, all rights reserved

    1. This is amazing. Love the form and the metaphor of xylem and phloem as straws. “straws of life” — super

  4. Xylem and Phloem

    All day
    long
    all night
    long
    trees
    silently
    suck
    and sip
    their
    straws
    of life.

    Diane Mayr, all rights reserved

    1. This is amazing. Love the form and the metaphor of xylem and phloem as straws. “straws of life” — super

    1. Love the *feeling* you packed into this totally unemotional (in a conventional way) moment. Drama. Genius.

    1. Love the *feeling* you packed into this totally unemotional (in a conventional way) moment. Drama. Genius.

    1. Diet Coke Slurpees while driving down the highway–memories of my teenagerness in Florida. I miss Slurpees in Minnesota, and they don’t have any diet ones even for the knockoffs. I like the way you referenced the pic of the straws laid out and how they remind you of highways.

    1. Diet Coke Slurpees while driving down the highway–memories of my teenagerness in Florida. I miss Slurpees in Minnesota, and they don’t have any diet ones even for the knockoffs. I like the way you referenced the pic of the straws laid out and how they remind you of highways.

  5. Sip Sip
    Through the straw
    Drip Drip
    Down my maw
    Slip Slip
    All gone- Aw!

    Didn’t realize 15WOL was still going on through the riddles 🙁 whoops! Glad I found it! Hope everyone has a good Easter!

    1. Glad you did, too! You’re not the only one, I’m sure, as lots of people are missing. Love the fun rhyme and the ending Aw:>)

  6. Sip Sip
    Through the straw
    Drip Drip
    Down my maw
    Slip Slip
    All gone- Aw!

    Didn’t realize 15WOL was still going on through the riddles 🙁 whoops! Glad I found it! Hope everyone has a good Easter!

    1. Glad you did, too! You’re not the only one, I’m sure, as lots of people are missing. Love the fun rhyme and the ending Aw:>)

  7. Licorice

    Twizzle-sticks

    Pretzel-stick

    Straws

    Blowing bubbles in milk

    Making sly scraper buildings

  8. Licorice

    Twizzle-sticks

    Pretzel-stick

    Straws

    Blowing bubbles in milk

    Making sly scraper buildings

  9. How to Use a Straw

    Sip
    Suck
    Slurp.
    Don’t forget to say
    ‘Excuse me’ when
    you burp.

    ~~Barbara Turner

  10. How to Use a Straw

    Sip
    Suck
    Slurp.
    Don’t forget to say
    ‘Excuse me’ when
    you burp.

    ~~Barbara Turner

  11. Hey, Laura. It just dawned on me that I practically copied yours. So let’s try this again.

    Toothpaste

    Spearmint
    Cinnamon
    Bubble gum, too
    Some so tasty
    You want to chew.
    Or not.

    Barbara Turner

  12. Hey, Laura. It just dawned on me that I practically copied yours. So let’s try this again.

    Toothpaste

    Spearmint
    Cinnamon
    Bubble gum, too
    Some so tasty
    You want to chew.
    Or not.

    Barbara Turner

  13. Can’t help but wonder
    with today’s turmoil
    what would a straw poll show?

    1. Oh boy. Good question. We have no issues simple enough for straw polls these days, I don’t think…

  14. Can’t help but wonder
    with today’s turmoil
    what would a straw poll show?

    1. Oh boy. Good question. We have no issues simple enough for straw polls these days, I don’t think…

  15. 15 WORDS OR LESS

    STRAW MAN (A NEW SUPERHERO)

    Parched land
    is quenched
    By liquid currents
    heading northbound
    faster than a
    Volcanic eruption.

    © Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.

    1. Ha! Who knew a simple straw could be so heroic! I like the land/water metaphors!

  16. 15 WORDS OR LESS

    STRAW MAN (A NEW SUPERHERO)

    Parched land
    is quenched
    By liquid currents
    heading northbound
    faster than a
    Volcanic eruption.

    © Charles Waters 2014 all rights reserved.

    1. Ha! Who knew a simple straw could be so heroic! I like the land/water metaphors!

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