Posts tagged Pinch of Poetry

A Pinch of Poetry – Grumpy Eyes by Michelle A. Taylor

I have grumpy eyes.
They should go back to sleep.
This morning woke up early
From all that counting sheep.

Night time is still dreaming
Somewhere in my bed.
And right behind my eyelids
Lies the day ahead…

By Michelle A. Taylor from her book If the World Belonged to Dogs.

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A Pinch of Poetry – Riddle by Lorraine Marwood

Two pieces of string
under one over one, tuck like an elbow
curve like a wing
meet in the middle.
Worms! Stop that wriggle.

Practice, practice
over under, through and through
tying laces
to get me places.

By Lorraine Marwood. Lorraine kindly sent us this poem for our blog. Check out her books including Ratwhiskers and Me, and Star jumps.

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A Pinch of Poetry – My Dog May Be a Genius by Jack Prelutsky

My dog may be a genius,
and in fact there’s little doubt.
He recognizes many words,
unless I spell them out.
If I so much as whisper “walk,”
he hurries off at once
to fetch his leash…it’s evident
my dog is not a dunce.

I can’t say “food” in front of him,
I spell f-o-o-d,
and he goes wild unless I spell
his t-r-e-a-t.
But recently this tactic
isn’t working out too well.
I think my d-o-g has learned
to s-p-e-l-l.

By Jack Prelutsky from his book My Dog May Be a Genius.

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A Pinch of Poetry – My Best Pal by Colin McNaughton

There’s a boy in our class
Name of Billy McMillan,
And everyone knows
He’s a bit of a villain.

My mum doesn’t like him,
No more does my dad,
They say he’s a hooligan;
This makes me mad.

Okay, so he’s scruffy
And hopeless at school,
But that doesn’t mean he’s
An absolute fool.

He’s brilliant at spitting,
And juggling with balls,
And no one can beat him
At peeing up walls.

He’s my best mate
And I think he’s just fine,
You can choose your friends,
And I will choose mine.

By Colin McNaughton from his book, There’s an Awful Lot of Weirdos in our Neighbourhood.

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