eMammal Animals Inspire "Poems for Your Pocket"
In honor of "Poem in Your Pocket Day," students of Lena Deskins' 5th grade class at Sandy Ridge Elementary School took to their pens using eMammal camera trap photos as their muse. Students were inspired by coyotes, deer, squirrels, and turkeys. They are participating in an experiment to see how animals react to novel objects (in this case, a plastic lawn flamingo!). Not only did they get fantastic animal shots, but they also observed a coyote biting the flamingo, a man trying to take the flamingo, and a boy messing with the camera. Below are their poems and some of the camera trap photos that inspired them!
#WildSelfies
Selfie Time
Pose for the camera
Turkey Time
Nosy Fox
Deer looking for food
But just one more selfie
The call of the wild
Fake Thanksgiving
A lone coyote bites into his midnight snack
A coyote taking selfies
Time for a midnight snack
Enjoy...your fake meal
Yummy flamingo
Coyotes like tasty flamingos
Tastes like chicken
Whoops! It's plastic- he runs
Property Thief
School Property roaming
Idiots thinking they¹re sly
You can¹t get the camera! Ha!
Pokemon thief
People looking suspicious
Call the cops!
Birdy Love
Home is where the heart is
Turkey meets Flamingo Gloria
Goose meets flamingo too?
Jump for joy
Birdy Love!
Work It Out Nighttime
Deer hogs camera
Selfish Deer!
Coyotes at camera
Prowl the Night
Bad Skully
Roaming around school grounds
Nuzzles flamingo
Tries to eat Flamingo Gloria
Fox eating exotic food
Nice try Skully but
Gloria wins!
Animal Diaries
Fox trying to eat flamingo
Fox fooled by something plastic
Opossum
Where did my cousin go?
You¹re not supposed to take the animals
People thieving
Stop in the name of the law!
Coyotes in the moonlight
Shiny coyote fur
So much food
Deer love scratching themselves
Ha, ha! We caught you scratching your body!
When We¹re Not Looking
Don¹t jump to conclusions
You¹re not as sneaky as you think
Think twice before you steal
People love those camera traps
Deer like to hog the camera
Don¹t eat everything you see
Possums are awesome
Don't eat plastic!
Never steal
Many foxes and deer
Some wild turkeys
Don¹t jump to conclusions!
Don¹t jump to conclusions
Deer walking around at night
Deer at night not at fright
The deer is lying down
Like nothing is around
Coyotes wandering here at night
As the wind blows
The flamingo must go
Guy took our flamingo
Don¹t jump to conclusions!
Authors: Makiah Noel, Makeda Moore, Ada Taylor, Adelina Cornada Barbee, Mac Garris, Miranda Childers, Sydney Speller, Wendy House, Miacarol Agustin, Faye Allen, Lily Allen, Elias Ammon, Javier Childers, John Cross, Elizabeth Dupree, Timira Hoggard, Olivia Hurley, Arleth Martinez Reyes, Yadira Martinez Reyes, Maya Martinez Wayman, Sophia Overholt, and Danayla Williams.