Centipedes have one hundred feet, Don’t you think that is kind of neat? An arachnid makes do with eight, Which seems to work out really great. All of the insects each have six With which they do all sorts of tricks. While cows and dogs get by with four And never have a need for […]
Entries from December 2022 ↓
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Feet
December 25th, 2022 — Poems for Children
A Kangaroo Came Hopping By
December 19th, 2022 — Collaborative Poetry, Poems for Children
A kangaroo came hopping by, A heading for the zoo. I said, “Let me get my pogo stick; I’ll hop along with you.” A kangaroo came hopping by, Singing an Outback song. I said, “Let me get my new song book, And I will sing along.” A kangaroo came hopping by, Eating an ice cream […]
Never Waste a Good Fire
December 18th, 2022 — Poems for Children
We were out in our back yard Roasting marshmallows on sticks, Around an outdoor fire pit, That our dad had made of bricks. That’s when we heard the siren And saw flames just down the street. Like moths drawn to a street light, We rushed there on flying feet. The owners, standing, watching The fire […]
Little Boy Blue
December 17th, 2022 — Mangled Nursery Rhymes
Why do you suppose Little Boy Blue turned blue When the cows got into the corn? Do you think, maybe, It had something to do With the way that he blew his horn?
God is Watching
December 16th, 2022 — Poems for Children
“Just one apple per student,” A sign was placed there to say. In bold print, “God is watching, Put only one on your tray.” Then on the cookie table, A sign painted by the same nun, “A clean plate earns a cookie, But you must take only one.” “Take all the cookies you want,” The […]