My seven year old has decided to memorize and perform a long poem for a poetry exhibition that her school is doing for National Poetry Month. At first, she thought she’d do “Septimus Bean’s Amazing Machine” or “The Pied Piper of Hameline”, but there’s already a couple of kids doing those poems, and my little Cordelia simply cannot be part of a crowd. So what do you people think? Any longish poems that would be fun for a cerebral seven year old to apply to memory?
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Kelly Barnhill 
It might be a bit TOO long, but I have always loved The Walrus in the Carpenter ever since I first heard Harriet the Spy recite it… Maybe you could cut out a few verses?
Actually, that’s a perfect length! I’ll offer that one as a suggestion.