Judging from how the story is told, I think 'Poopy Pants & Butterflies' really inspired me to be a poet just from hearing Susan's story of speaking before a group of Year 2 kids about her story about an incontinent girl and her poems, which are my favourite part of the story.
My favourite part of this inspiring story is about the main character, Susan, sharing poems with her son's class about the Tooth Fairy, chocolate cake that causes bellyache and a fat cat who fell off a chair. I wish I could hear those poems. Well, I've heard of Tales Of The Tooth Fairies, which features a cast of magical rodents delivering small delights to children who place a tooth under their pillow, but having Susan write about the Tooth Fairy will make her fans excited about brushing their teeth and going to the dentist more - even me, as I would enjoy my trip to the dentist more thanks to Susan. Next, there's the chocolate cake poem. I remember almost picking up a book by Michael Rosen about chocolate cake and the sounds you make when you eat it - I bet his mum criticised him for using sounds and imagery in this poem, yet the sounds were too erotic for the poem but made it into publishing anyway. Then there's the fat cat that fell off the chair, which begs life's most difficult question: Susan never mentioned she had a pet. Did she have a cat back home which she and her son look after? The question is yet to be answered, my friends, it's yet to be answered. I now realise thanks to this story that poems! Are! PLOTLESS! Thanks, Wordsworth.
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