I'm a Poet

I'm a Poet is the first half of the twenty-eighth episode of. Together with The Scare-Your-Pants-Off Club!, it originally aired on May 19th, 1997. This episode centers on poetry. It was written by Joe Fallon and the storyboards were done by Kevin Currie.

Summary
Fern is the only person who volunteers to enter the Poetry Competition, which is will be judged by Jack Prelutsky. When the others start making fun of her, Fern reveals a new side to her quiet character, and challenges them all to write poems for the competition. If they don't succeed, they will be roped into a year's membership of the school Poetry Club.

Special guest star

 * Jack Prelutsky as himself

Trivia
In Arthur's Poem the ape's name is Jimmy but in the chapter book based on the episode and on the Arthur Poetry Section on the PBS Kids Website the ape's name is Joey.