A Shark Is Sun by Stephen Swinburne

 A Shark is the Sun

Shark eats tuna,
Tuna eats mackerel, 
Mackerel eats sardine,
Sardine eats zooplankton,
Zooplankton eats phytoplankton,
Phytoplankton eats sun. 
So…shark eats sun. 

Check out this website for other food chain poems by Stephen Swinburne including his book Ocean Soup.

Visit the Student-led Research Module of Grade 1 Curriculum to see curriculum connections.

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