Poem Written with Elementary School Students Over Video Conferencing

Monkeys are cute as they swing through the woods,

Wearing their fur like cloaks and hoods,

Saying, “Koo-koo-ah-ah!”

With a flexible jaw,

Made for eating bananas—

RAW.

They’re jumpy and squeaky,

Sometimes dirty and leaky,

But they groom each other quite—

NEATLY.