Yes, we know,
we are rather slow,
but what is all the fuss?
You would take your time as well
if you lived as long as us.
While you may
grow old and grey
and live till your life is through.
We will keep on plodding for
a century more than you.
© Kristin Martin 2016
Hey Kristin,
Goooiinng slooooow is a great way to relax if you are fast fast fast. I like tortoises because they are slow and always seem relaxed.
I wonder what your next poem is going to be about!!!
Hi Caleb,
I have been going slow all morning. And then I remembered I hadn’t replied to any comments for a few weeks, so I sped up and went to my computer. I’m sorry it has taken me so long. Let me know if you read my replies to your comments.
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
You are sooo creative!!! I love all your poem but this one is soooo amazing !!! I love writing acrostic poems, haiku poems, normal rhyming poems, all types of poems !!! I can’t wait to read another poem!!!!
Clara ❤️
Thanks Clara!
Hi Kristin,
I like how you described tortoises in general without saying the word ‘tortoise’ and you did it only ten lines AND it was rhyming! I wish I could write poetry that well you truly are amazing. I look up to you and hope to be a nationwide poet like you
—Aden
Hi Aden,
I don’t think anyone has ever told me that they look up to me! Thank you!
Do you write poetry? I’m sure that you can could be a poet one day. All it takes is practise!
Kristin
Dear Kristen
That was a great poem! That poem was factual and funny.Where you get the information on Aldabra Giant tortoises?
From the zoo!
Hi Kristin
I loved this poem. It was so factual but creative. If you lived as long as an Aldabra giant tortoise, what would you spend the majority of your life doing?
Sleeping!
Hi Kristin,
Beautiful poem and you have mentioned about main features of a Tortoise in very short.
Hi Chamith,
Thanks! I like tortoises. Do you?
Kristin
Hi Kristin,
I like tortoises too. I’d love to do a painting of a tortoise one day.
hi kristin i loved that poem so much.
Thanks, Tharuja.
I liked this poem because I like tortoises. I would like to see one up close one day. I really liked the start of your poem when you said Yes, we know,
we are rather slow,
but what is all the fuss?
You would take your time as well
if you lived as long as us.
Hi Ollie,
Thank you for your lovely comment. I wrote this poem about the tortoises at the Adelaide Zoo. Do you have a zoo nearby?
Kristin
Hi Kristin I would not like too be slow as tortoise but that poem was great!
Hi Omesh,
Thank you. I’m glad you like my poem. I wouldn’t like to be slow either, though some days I feel like going slowly!
Kristin
Hi Kristin
This poem was short but I still liked it because of all the rhymes you made. I loved to be a turtle but I would not like to be slow.
Dinidu
Hi Dinidu,
Thanks! I’m glad you like my rhyming poem. Only tortoises are slow- turtles can be quite fast. One of my pet turtles is called Speedy!
Kristin
I’m 6 and I chose this poem because I like turtles.
I like the sentence about living for a century longer than people!
I’t made me think, If I was a turtle i’d like to live to be 60,000 years old!
Hi George,
6 is a great age!
I like turtles too. What would you do if you lived for 60.000 years?
Kristin
Amazing rhyming!
Thanks, Mikayla!
I know tortoises are really slow but I love them also love your poem great rhyming.
Thanks Nae!
i LOVE IT
Thanks
Yes, Tortoises are slow. But when I read your poem I realize more than their slowness you are trying tell us their good things like long life etc. My mam always says look at good side of anything or anybody than bad side. Then we start like them. I like this poem.
Thanks Dinethri! Your mum sounds smart!
The turtles are slow but they can win races still. How old are your turtles?
-Thisama
Hi Thisama,
My turtles aren’t as old as the tortoises at the zoo. I’m not sure how old they are because they were all given to us. One we have had for ten years.
Kristin
Wow, that’s amazing!
-Thisama
I like tortoises. I think that if I am ever 150 i would be very slow. Gr8 Poem.
Thanks Tae,
Did you see the tortoises at Adelaide Zoo? That’s where I saw them.
Kristin
Yes, I did!
If you lived s long as an aldabra giant tortoise, what would you spend the majority of your life doing?
Tharusha
Reading!
If you lived for as long as a aldabra giant tortoise, what do you think majority of your life will be spent doing?
Hi Thenumi,
That’s a great question. I think I might spend a lot of my life reading books.
Kristin
Hi Kristin
How long dose a turtle live?
Hi Methuli,
The Aldabra Giant Tortoise can live for over 200 years!
Kristin
That was so funny.
Tharinsa
Thanks!
If I were a turtle I woulld be so slow and I would never win a race.
Tharinsa
If we lived to 150 years maybe we all would slow down
I’d like to think that we would, Ruby.
hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha. that was absoultly great i loved it as weel as emilee.
Thanks!