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Author: PRELUTSKY, JACK Matches Found: 378 Prelutsky, Jack Poet's Biography 378 poems available by this author A CENTIPEDE WAS THIRSTY Poem Text Last Line: And so the centipede Subject(s): Centipedes A DRAGON'S LAMENT Poem Text First Line: I’m tired of being a dragon Last Line: I guess I’ll just terrify you Subject(s): Dragons A GOPHER IN THE GARDEN Poem Text First Line: There's a gopher in the garden, and he's Subject(s): Gophers A PIZZA THE SIZE OF THE SUN Poem Text First Line: I'm making a pizza the size of the sun Subject(s): Food & Eating A PUZZLED PYTHON Poem Text First Line: A puzzled python shook its head Subject(s): Pythons A REMARKABLE ADVENTURE Poem Text First Line: I was at my bedroom table Subject(s): Education; Schools; Students A VALENTINE FOR MY TEACHER Poem Text First Line: My teacher's very special Last Line: Before this afternoon Subject(s): Teachers; Valentine's Day A WOLF IS AT THE LAUNDROMAT Poem Text Subject(s): Wolves AARDVARK First Line: The aardvark knows a lot of things Last Line: And reveal what's on his mind Subject(s): Aardvarks AH! A MONSTER'S LOT IS MERRY Last Line: That a monster's lot is merry, %so I'm merry all the time ALLEY CAT WITH ONE LIFE LEFT Last Line: I'm an alley cat with one life left, %and glad that life is mine ALLIGATORS ARE UNFRIENDLY Last Line: They won't even fetch your slippers %...Though they just might eat your feet AN AUK IN FLIGHT Poem Text Subject(s): Birds AN IRRITATING CREATURE Poem Text First Line: There's an irritating creature ARCHIE B. MCCALL First Line: The shrewdest salesman anywhere Last Line: He talked me into buying this- %I wonder what it is ARMADILLO First Line: The ancient armadillo Last Line: But spends his time in contemplative, %armadyllic thought Subject(s): Animals; Armadillos AS SOON AS FRED GETS OUT OF BED Poem Text Subject(s): Clothing & Dress; Boys AUK IN FLIGHT Last Line: An auk walks aukwardly Subject(s): Animals BALLAD OF A BONELESS CHICKEN First Line: I'm a basic boneless chicken Last Line: I stick closely to the hen house, %laying little scrambled eggs BALONEY BELLY BILLY Last Line: Just imagine what he'd swallow %for another fifty cents BE GLAD YOUR NOSE IS ON YOUR FACE Poem Text Subject(s): Noses BE GLAD YOUR NOSE IS ON YOUR FACE Last Line: Not pasted on some other place- %be glad your nose is on your face! BEAVER First Line: The beaver is fat Last Line: For his children, himself, and his wife Subject(s): Animals; Beavers BEES First Line: Every bee Last Line: And partly %- buzz Subject(s): Bees; Insects BENEATH A BLUE UMBRELLA Last Line: That the melon seller had Subject(s): Desserts BENGAL TIGER First Line: The bengal tiger likes to eat Last Line: Avoid the bengal tiger's glances Subject(s): Animals; Tigers BETTY ATE A BUTTERNUT BLACK BEAR First Line: In the summer, fall and spring Last Line: And there he snores - and snores - and snores Subject(s): Animals; Bears BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM Poem Text First Line: I am ebenezer bleezer, Subject(s): Ice Cream BLEEZER'S ICE CREAM First Line: I am ebenezer bleezer Last Line: Taste a flavor from my freezer, %you will surely ask for more BLODERS ARE EXPLODING Last Line: You are bound to go to pieces %when you dine on tnt BOING! BOING! SQUEAK! Last Line: A bouncing mouse is in my house, %it's been here for a week BULGY BUNNE First Line: Bulgy bunne (the wonder builder) Last Line: Bulgy built it in his bedroom %...It won't fit through bulgy's door BULLFROGS, BULLFROGS ON PARADE CARPENTER RAGES First Line: The carpenter rages, the carpenter rants Last Line: For those carpenter ants, with incredible flair, %have eaten the carpenter's pants CARPENTER, CARPENTER Poem Text First Line: Carpenter, carpenter, build us a house Last Line: Carpenter, carpenter, build our house, please Subject(s): Carpenters CAVE BEAST GREETS A VISITOR First Line: Ah! Welcome to my chamber Last Line: What's that? It lacks in savor? %then I'll flavor it with you!!! CHAMELON First Line: The changeable chameleon Last Line: Automatically in style Subject(s): Chameleons CHEETAH First Line: The speedy cheetah loves to run Last Line: Before he's here, he's there Subject(s): Cheetahs CHERRIES' GARDEN GALA Last Line: And potatoes wept with pleasure %at the cherries' jubilee CHIPMUNK First Line: Chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter Last Line: (which he hopes will make him fatter) Subject(s): Chipmunks CHOCOLATE CAKE First Line: I am lying in the darkness CHOCOLATE-COVERED SALAMI Last Line: Then it is a snack made for me Subject(s): Desserts CHUCK Poem Text First Line: I'm chuck, the chore evader Subject(s): Procrastination CINCINNATI PATTY CLARA CLEECH First Line: The poorest juggler ever seen Last Line: Yes, clara juggled all of these %...But just one at a time CLOUDS I WATCHED THIS AFTERNOON COME SEE THE THING First Line: Come see the thing that dad has caught Last Line: It is not dead as dad had thought, %and we are minus father COURT JESTER'S LAST REPORT TO THE KING First Line: Oh sire! My sire! Your castle's on fire Last Line: Your army has fled, there are bees in your bed %and your nose has come off ...... April fool! Subject(s): Spring COW First Line: The cow mainly moos as she chooses Last Line: Or may chew just to chew as she muses Subject(s): Cows COW'S OUTSIDE First Line: A cow's outside is mainly hide Last Line: Undoubtedly this leather %retains a cow's insides inside, %and holds a cow together CREATURE IN THE CLASSROOM First Line: It appeared inside our classroom Last Line: And glopp...It gobbled teacher Subject(s): Education; Schools CROCODILE First Line: Beware the crafty crocodile Last Line: Beware the crafty crocodile Subject(s): Crocodiles CUCKOO! First Line: The cuckoo in our cuckoo clock Last Line: She laid a single wooden egg, %and hatched a cuckoocloctopus DAINTY DOTTIE DEE First Line: There's no one as immaculate Last Line: Is washing all the garbage %before she throws it out DARKLING ELVES First Line: In wildest woods, on treetop shelves, Last Line: And they are always hungry DAUNTLESS DIMBLE First Line: Dauntless dimble was the bravest Last Line: Dimble tripped upon the carpet, %where he cracked his dauntless head DECEMBER DAYS ARE SHORT First Line: December days are short, and so Last Line: Then suddenly, the sun went down... %december days are short DEEP IN OUR REFRIGERATOR Poem Text Subject(s): Food & Eating; Time DIATONIC DITTYMUNCH Last Line: It ate a three-act opera, %and loudly passed away DO OYSTERS SNEEZE? First Line: Do oysters sneeze beneath the seas Last Line: And can we tell, when, in its shell, %an oyster is asleep? DON'T EVER SEIZE A WEASEL BY THE TAIL Poem Text First Line: You should never squeeze a weasel Subject(s): Weasels DON'T EVER SEIZE A WEASEL BY THE TAIL First Line: You should never squeeze a weasel Last Line: And don't ever sezie a weasel by the tail Subject(s): Weasels DORA DILLER Poem Text First Line: My stomach's full of butterflies!' Subject(s): Food & Eating; Caterpillars DORA DILLER First Line: My stomach's full of butterflies!' Last Line: Her mother sighed. 'that's no surprise, %you ate a caterpillar!' DRAGON IS IN MY COMPUTER Last Line: I hope that it never gets out DRAGON'S LAMENT First Line: I'm tired of being a dragon Last Line: I guess I'll just terrify you DRAGONBRAG First Line: Once upon a happenstance Last Line: It was a four-alarmed DRAGONS ARE SINGING TONIGHT First Line: Tonight is the night all the dragons Last Line: The dragons are singing tonight DROMEDARY STANDING STILL Last Line: Appears to be a very strange %perambulating range Subject(s): Camels DRUMPP THE GRUMP First Line: I'm drumpp, the grump of the garbage dump Last Line: I'm hard as a battering ram, %but I want you to know before you go... %I like the way I am! EARLY ONE MORNING ON FEATHERBED LANE EGG First Line: If you listen very carefully, you'll hear the chicken hatching Last Line: But, wait a minute, that's no chicken - goodness, it's a goose Subject(s): Chickens; Eggs EGGS! Last Line: For you're thoroughly revolting %when you're swallowed whole and raw ELECTRIC EELS Poem Text First Line: Electric eels are rather rude Last Line: A highly tense electric eel Subject(s): Eels ELECTRIC EELS First Line: Electric eels are rather rude Last Line: A highly tense electric eel Subject(s): Eels EUPHONICA JARRE First Line: Euphonica jarre has a voice that's bizarre Last Line: Pigs peel off their skins, a tornado begins %when euphonica jarre starts to sing FENTON PHLANTZ Poem Text First Line: Fenton phlantz is fairly werid Subject(s): Elephants FIRST THANKSGIVING First Line: When the pilgrims %first gathered together to share Last Line: We're thankful today FISH Poem Text First Line: Fish have fins Subject(s): Fish & Fishing FISH First Line: Fish have fins Last Line: Fish would rather %swim than stand Subject(s): Fishing And Fishermen FLIMSY FLEEK First Line: The flimsy fleek is mild and meek Last Line: The fleek will squeak, and in a streak, %will disappear forever FLONSTER POEM First Line: The flime devoured the floober Last Line: The falkker ate them both Subject(s): Monsters FLORADORA DOE First Line: Consider the calamity Last Line: Was it something that I said?' FLOTZ First Line: I am the flotz, I gobble dots Last Line: And you'll not like my brief embrace %if you have freckles on your face FORTY PERFORMING BANANAS Poem Text First Line: We're forty performing bananas Subject(s): Bananas FORTY PERFORMING BANANAS First Line: We're forty performing bananas Last Line: We're forty performing bananas, %come see us when you are in town FORTY PERFORMING BANANAS First Line: We're forty performing bananas Last Line: You are in town Subject(s): Desserts FUDGE! First Line: Oh, it poured and it rained Last Line: And we both ate a mountain of chocolate fudge Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Food And Eating; Fudge GALLIVATING GECKO First Line: The gallivating gecko's ways Last Line: Another tail grows back Subject(s): Geckos GHOUL GIGGLING GAGGLING GAGGLE OF GEESE Last Line: The giggling gaggling gaggle of geese Subject(s): Geese GOPHER IN THE GARDEN First Line: There's a gopher in the garden, and he's Last Line: Or a watermelon five or six or seven %times his size Subject(s): Gophers GRANDFATHER GANDER FLEW OVER THE LAND GRANDMA BEAR FROM DELAWARE GRANNY GRIZER First Line: Granny grizer, greedy miser Last Line: Granny grizer, greedy miser, %is as stingy as they come GRISELDA GRATZ First Line: Griselda gratz kept sixty cats Last Line: Griselda gratz kept sixty cats, %to catch a single mouse GUSSIE'S GREASY SPOON First Line: Every day, at ten past noon Last Line: Yet, every day, at ten past noon, %I eat at gussie's greasy spoon HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DEAR DRAGON First Line: There were rumbles of strange jubilation Last Line: And %the candles %all burst %into %flame! HARVEY ALWAYS WINS First Line: Every game that harvey plays Last Line: It's that harvey always cheats HENRIETTA SNETTER First Line: Henriettta snetter knit a sweater in the night Last Line: And she wore it when she rose to greet the day HERBERT GLERBETT Poem Text First Line: Herbert glerbett, rather round, Subject(s): Food & Eating HINNIKIN MINNIKIN HIPPOPOTAMUS First Line: The huge hippopotamus hasn't a hair Last Line: And a permanent grin on his face Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses HOMEWORK! OH, HOMEWORK! Poem Text Subject(s): Homework HOMEWORK! OH, HOMEWORK! Last Line: Homework! Oh, homework! %I hate you! You stink! Subject(s): Education; Schools HOUSE MOUSE First Line: Little brown house mouse, laugh and leap Last Line: As long as you're gone when the cat's awake Subject(s): Mice HUMMINGBIRD First Line: The ruby-throated hummingbird Last Line: Is hardly bigger than this word Subject(s): Hummingbirds; Size And Shape HYENA First Line: The laughing hyena's behavior is strange Last Line: But never tells anyone why Subject(s): Hyenas I AM BOOM First Line: I am boom the thunder dragon Last Line: I am boom! Boom! Boom I AM FALLING OFF A MOUNTAIN Last Line: In the next eleven seconds, %I have got to learn to fly! I AM FLYING! First Line: I am flying! I am flying! Last Line: I am flying! I am flying! %but I fly without a plane I AM FREEZING! First Line: I am freezing! I am freezing! Last Line: For I've caught a cold... %ahchoooooooooo! I AM MY MASTER'S DRAGON Last Line: And my master treats me well I AM RUNNING IN A CIRCLE Poem Text Subject(s): Revolving Doors I AM RUNNING IN A CIRCLE Last Line: Revolving %...Volving %...Volving %...Volving door! I AM WAITING WAITING WAITING First Line: I am waiting waiting waiting for my dragon egg to hatch Last Line: When my brand new baby dragon's finally born I ATE TOO MUCH Poem Text First Line: I ate too much turkey Subject(s): Dinners & Dining; Food & Eating; Gluttony I ATE TOO MUCH First Line: I ate too much turkey Last Line: So I guess it won't hurt %if I eat just a little bit more Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Food And Eating; Gluttony I CHASED A DRAGON THROUGH THE WOODS Poem Text Last Line: And omniously roared Subject(s): Dragons I DID NOT EAT YOUR ICE CREAM Poem Text Subject(s): Ice Cream I DID NOT EAT YOUR ICE CREAM Last Line: We look a lot alike Subject(s): Desserts I DO NOT LIKE THE RAT! First Line: I praise the hippopotamus Last Line: I quite salute the simple newt- %I cannot stand the rat! I DO NOT MIND YOU, / WINTER WIND Last Line: Then I must tell you, winter wind, %I mind...I really mind! I DRIBBLED CATSUP ON MY PET Last Line: And that is why my cat's upset Subject(s): Animals; Cats; Dinners And Dining; Food And Eating; Ketchup I FOUND A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER Poem Text Subject(s): Four Leaf Clovers I FOUND A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER Last Line: Or I'll give it to my brother- %he deserves it more than me Subject(s): Four-leaf Clovers I HAVE A DOZEN DRAGONS Last Line: Who has a dragon herd I HAVE A SECRET DRAGON Last Line: It dries me with its wings I HAVE BEEN IN BED FOR HOURS I MADE A MECHANICAL DRAGON Last Line: I made it myself with my hands I MADE A NOISE THIS MORNING Poem Text Last Line: Was a little work of art Subject(s): Farts I OFTEN REPEAT REPEAT MYSELF Poem Text Subject(s): Speech; Oratory; Orators I SPIED MY SHADOW SLINKING Last Line: I tried my very hardest- %all the same, my shadow won I TOSS THEM TO MY ELEPHANT First Line: When the summer sun is blazing Last Line: I toss them to my elephant... %it always makes him sing! I WAVE GOOD-BYE WHEN BUTTER FLIES Poem Text Subject(s): Language; Words; Vocabulary I WENT TO WYOMING ONE DAY IN THE SPRING I WISH I HAD A DRAGON Last Line: Who sleeps all day...Like mine I WONDER WHY DAD IS SO THOROUGHLY MAD Poem Text I WONDER WHY DAD IS SO THOROUGHLY MAD Last Line: I wonder why dad is so thoroughly mad, %I can't understand it at all I'D NEVER DINE ON DINOSAURS Last Line: For all they've got are lots of bones, %and not a bit of meat I'D NEVER EAT A BEET First Line: I'd never eat a beet, because Last Line: I would even eat my pocket, %but I'd never eat a beet! I'M A AMIABLE DRAGON First Line: I'm an amiable dragon Last Line: But only if you dare I'M A YELLOW-BILL DUCK I'M AWAKE! I'M AWAKE I'M BOLD, I'M BRAVE First Line: I'm bold, I'm brave, I know no fear Last Line: Gangway! I'm getting out of here! I'M DISGUSTED WITH MY BROTHER Last Line: He forgot today's my birthday- %oh, how could he...He's my twin! I'M FOND OF FROGS Poem Text Subject(s): Frogs I'M IN A ROTTEN MOOD! First Line: I'm in a rotten mood today Last Line: I'm feeling absolutely rude- %I'm in a rotten mood! I'M SITTING WRITING POEMS Poem Text First Line: I'm sitting writing poems in the middle Last Line: I'm sitting writing poems in the middle of the night Subject(s): Poetry & Poets I'M SITTING WRITING POEMS First Line: I'm sitting writing poems in the middle Last Line: Is sitting writing poems in the middle %of the night Subject(s): Poetry And Poets I'M THANKFUL First Line: I'm thankful for my baseball bat Last Line: I'm thankful for so many things, %except, of course, for liver! I'M THE SINGLE MOST WONDERFUL PERSON I KNOW Last Line: There's only one thing that I can't understand- %why nobody likes me...Not ever! I'M WRESTLING WITH AN OCTOPUS Poem Text First Line: Oh, it poured and it rained Last Line: I come out second best Subject(s): Octopuses; Wrestling & Wrestlers I'VE GOT AN INCREDIBLE HEADACHE Last Line: And if I keep hitting my head with this hammer, %I doubt that my headache will stop I'VE GOT AN ITCH First Line: I've got an itch, a wretched itch Last Line: I cannot reach, to scratch it IF IT WAS SUNLIGHT SHINING IF N OT FOR THE CAT Poem Text Subject(s): Mice IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE IN DRAGONS Last Line: Choose to not believe in you INVISIBLE BEAST First Line: The beast that is invisible Last Line: It can see you very well IRRITATING CREATURE First Line: There's an irritating creature Last Line: It's entirely too tenacious- %I suspect it's here for good IT IS SO STILL IT'S HALLOWEEN Poem Text First Line: It's halloween! It's halloween! Last Line: It's halloween Subject(s): Halloween IT'S HALLOWEEN! IT'S HALLOWEEN! Last Line: For oh tonight %it's halloween! IT'S HARD TO BE AN ELEPHANT Poem Text Last Line: That fit precisely right Subject(s): Elephants IT'S RAINING PIGS AND NOODLES Poem Text Last Line: Then when it's raining rain Subject(s): Rain IT'S SNOWING! IT'S SNOWING! Last Line: And if my luck holds, %this morning they'll close down %the school ITS FANGS WERE RED First Line: Its fangs were red with bloddy gore Last Line: And with a loud, resounding roar %said, 'anyone for tennis?' JELLYFISH STEW Poem Text Last Line: Of jellyfish stew Subject(s): Jellyfish; Food & Eating JELLYFISH STEW Last Line: Yet I would glue noodles %and prunes to my shoe, %for one oozy spoonful %of jellyfish stew JILLIKY, JOLLIKY JELLIKY JEE JOHNNY HAD A BLACK HORSE JUSTIN AUSTIN KITTY CAUGHT A CATERPILLAR Poem Text First Line: The bee caught her instead Last Line: The bee caught her instead Subject(s): Insects KITTY CAUGHT A CATERPILLAR LAST NIGHT I DREAMED OF CHICKENS Poem Text Subject(s): Dreams; Chickens; Nightmares LATE ONE NIGHT IN KALAMAZOO LAVINIA NINK First Line: Lavinia nink lives serenely Last Line: It's a house to drive anyone nutty, %but it's home to lavinia nink LION First Line: The lion has a golden mane Last Line: And lets the lioness do the chores Subject(s): Animals; Lions LITTLE PINK PIG IN ARKANSAS LONG GONE Poem Text First Line: Don't waste your time in looking for Subject(s): Animals; Dinosaurs LONG GONE First Line: Don't waste your time in looking for Last Line: They all lived here before us Subject(s): Animals; Dinosaurs LOUDER THAN A CLAP OF THUNDER Poem Text Subject(s): Snoring LOUDER THAN A CLAP OF THUNDER Last Line: Louder than a giant's rattle, %that's how loud my father snores! MA! DON'T THROW THAT SHIRT OUT Last Line: If you dare to throw that shirt out- %it's my all-time favorite shirt! MABEL, REMARKABLE MABEL First Line: Oh, mabel, remarkable mabel Last Line: Oh, mabel, you may make me mutter, %but it's wonderful watching you dine MAN ON THE FLYING TRAPEZE First Line: Sporting and capering high in the breeze Last Line: As he stands on his left hand and waves with his right MEAN MAXINE First Line: There's no one mean as mean maxine Last Line: I'd like to pack her in a crate_ %too bad maxine's my sister MICHAEL BUILT A BICYCLE Last Line: Michael left no room for pedals, %and there isn't any seat MICROSCOPIC TOPIC First Line: I am a paramecium Last Line: For though I've often tried and tried, %I do it backward...And divide MILLION CANDLES MIRACULOUS MORTIMER First Line: Miraculous mortimer (master magician) Last Line: He can't recall how to reverse her condition- %has anyone here any glue? MOLE First Line: The mole's a solitary soul Last Line: The mole is right at home Subject(s): Animals; Moles MOTHER GOBLIN'S LULLABY First Line: Go to sleep, my baby goblin Last Line: Hushaby, my goblin dear MOTHER'S CHOCOLATE VALENTINE First Line: I bought a box of chocolate hearts Last Line: I hope she likes the box MULTILINGUAL MYNAH BIRD First Line: Birds are known to cheep and chirp Last Line: You'll never find a finer bird %than the multilingual mynah bird Subject(s): Animals; Mynah Birds MUNGLE AND THE MUNN First Line: The duo met to duel at dawn Last Line: They bowed and said, 'let's meet again- %it's certainly beenfun!' MY BABY BROTHER First Line: My baby brother is so small Last Line: And all he seems to do is bawl %and wiggle, sleep...And leak MY BROTHER BUILT A ROBOT Last Line: To equip it with a switch MY BROTHER'S BUG Poem Text First Line: My brother’s bug was green and plump Last Line: Was when I squashed my brother’s bug Subject(s): Bugs MY BROTHER'S HEAD SHOULD BE REPLACED Last Line: He's trying to use tomato paste %to paste tomatoes together MY BROTHER'S REALLY STINGY Poem Text Subject(s): Thrift MY BROTHER'S REALLY STINGY Last Line: Unless he licks them first Subject(s): Desserts MY DOG, HE IS AN UGLY DOG Last Line: His belly bulges to the ground, %he is the dog for me MY DRAGON WASN'T FEELING GOOD Last Line: My dragon's doing fine MY DRAGON'S BEEN DISCONSOLATE Last Line: That put his fire out MY FIRST BEST FRIEND Poem Text Subject(s): Friendship MY FROG IS A FROG Poem Text First Line: My frog is a frog that is hopelessly hoarse Subject(s): Frogs MY MOTHER SAYS I'M SICKENING Poem Text Subject(s): Mothers; Children; Childhood MY MOTHER SAYS I'M SICKENING Last Line: I wish my mother wouldn't make %so many useless rules Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Etiquette; Food And Eating MY MOTHER TOOK ME SKATING Last Line: I tried a little trick myself %and made a figure one MY MOTHER'S GOT ME BUNDLED UP Last Line: I'm the living, breathing model %of a walking clothing shop MY NEIGHBOR'S DOG IS PURPLE Poem Text Subject(s): Dogs MY PARENTS HAVE THE FLU TODAY Poem Text Last Line: My parents have the flu Subject(s): Parents; Sickness MY PARENTS THINK I'M SLEEPING MY SISTER IS A SISSY Last Line: She's scared of almost everything- %how come I'm scared of her? MY SISTER WOULD NEVER THROW SNOWBALLS AT BUTTERFLIES Last Line: And never, no, never at tigers %or elephants, %she only throws them at me MY SNOWMAN HAS A NOBLE HEAD Last Line: He looks like me!' my father says, %you know...He may be right! MY UNDERDOG IS OVERWEIGHT Poem Text Subject(s): Dogs NASTY LITTLE DRAGONSONG First Line: I'm a nasty, nasty dragon Last Line: Just a nasty half inch high NAUGHTY LITTLE BROWN MOUSE NEIGHBORS ARE NOT FOND OF ME Last Line: For when I near their door, I see %they hide the welcome mat NEVER MINCE WORDS WITH A SHARK First Line: You may quarrel with centipedes, quibble with seals Last Line: But a shark will deflate your attempts at debate, %and before you are done, you are through NEW KID ON THE BLOCK First Line: There's a new kid on the block Last Line: That new kid's really bad, %I don't care for her at all NEW YORK IS IN NORTH CAROLINA Last Line: Those are a few of the answers I wrote %when I flunked the geography test NIGHT IS HERE NINE MICE First Line: Nine mice on tiny tricycles Last Line: Still sitting on their tricycles %...Nine white and shiny micicles! NO, I WON'T TURN ORANGE! Last Line: Well, what do you know, %I did! NOISY, NOISY Poem Text First Line: It's noisy, noisy overhead, Subject(s): Noise; Birds NOTHING-DOINGS First Line: Meet the lazy nothing-doings Last Line: For the nothing-doings vanish %when there's work that must be done OGREBRAG Poem Text First Line: A callow knight in armor Last Line: A callow knight in armor Subject(s): Monsters OH PENNINGTON POE OH, TEDDY BEAR Poem Text First Line: Oh, teddy bear, dear teddy, Subject(s): Childhood Memories OH, TEDDY BEAR First Line: Oh, teddy bear, dear teddy Last Line: It's been ages since I've seen you, %but I miss you, teddy bear ONCE THEY ALL BELIEVED IN DRAGONS Last Line: We are dragons! We are real ONE DAY IN OKLAHOMA ONE LAST LITTLE LEAF First Line: There's a leaf clinging fast to %a branch Last Line: Then autumn remains in the world, %and winter must wait in the wings OSTRICH First Line: The ostrich believes she is hidden from view Last Line: So the ostrich is easily found Subject(s): Ostriches OUNCE AND BOUNCE First Line: Bowen ounce and owen bounce Last Line: Bowen ounce just bounced and bounced, %for he was round and rubbery OWL First Line: The owl is wary, the owl is wise Last Line: But mostly he sits - and he sits - and he sits Subject(s): Birds; Owls OYSTERS Poem Text First Line: Oysters / are creatures Subject(s): Oysters OYSTERS First Line: Oysters %are creatures Last Line: Any feature Subject(s): Oysters PACK RAT First Line: The pack rat's day is spent at play Last Line: He does it as his hobby Subject(s): Pack Rats PANCAKE COLLECTOR First Line: Come visit my pancake collection Last Line: And bake up a few hundred more Subject(s): Pancakes PARROT WITH A POMEGRANATE PIZZA THE SIZE OF THE SUN First Line: I'm making a pizza the size of the sun Last Line: My wonderful pizza the size of the sun Subject(s): Food And Eating POLAR BEAR First Line: The polar bear by being white Last Line: To set out after polar bears Subject(s): Animals; Bears POOR POTATOES UNDERGROUND PORCUPINE First Line: The porcupine is puzzled Last Line: That what he finds enjoyable %to others is a pain Subject(s): Porcupines PUMBERLY POTT'S UNPREDICTABLE NIECE Poem Text Subject(s): Automobiles; Food & Eating; Cars RABBIT First Line: Hip-hop hoppity, hip-hop hoppity Last Line: They let him hear the slightest sounds Subject(s): Animals; Rabbits RAIN First Line: I was having trouble sleeping REMARKABLE ADVENTURE First Line: I was at my bedroom table Last Line: Isn't here with me today Subject(s): Education; Schools RIDE A PURPLE PELICAN ROMANCE AND SEX: WE'D BEEN APART FOR MANY YEARS Last Line: And I had laryngitis RUDY RODE A UNICORN RUMPITTY TUMPITTY RUMPITTY TUM SEYMOUR SNORKKE First Line: With chopsticks did I sip my soup,' Last Line: But that was much too difficult, %so now I use a fork.' SHADOW THOUGHT First Line: The winter sun stays close to me Last Line: And my shadow is the shadow %of a giant on the snow SHEEP Poem Text First Line: Sheep are gentle, shy and meek Subject(s): Sheep SHEEP First Line: Sheep are gentle, shy and meek Last Line: And left alone they live in peace Subject(s): Sheep SIDNEY SNICKKE First Line: Serving supper, sidney snickke Last Line: By dessert, his mom and dad %appeared, to sidney, hopping mad SIR BLUSHINGTON BLOONE First Line: Sir blushington bloone is a knight of the court Last Line: Oh, a knight with no peers is sir blushington bloone SKELETON PARADE First Line: The skeletons are out tonight Last Line: They march on halloween SNAIL First Line: The snail doesn't know where he's going Last Line: At two or three inches a day Subject(s): Snails SNAKE First Line: Don't ever make Last Line: Might be awake Subject(s): Animals; Snakes SNEAKY SUE First Line: I am standing by this lamppost Last Line: Sneaky sue, come out of hiding, %I will wait just one more week!' SNILLIES First Line: In the middle of a lily Last Line: Every day they're growing thinner, %yet they can't imagine why SNOWFLAKE FELL First Line: A snowflake fell into my hand Last Line: I breathed, the snowflake vanished, %but for moments, it was mine SNOWMAN'S LAMENT First Line: My snowman sadly bowed Last Line: Now I'm thinner than %a splinter, %winter's melting into spring! SOMEONE SWIPED THE COOKIES' Poem Text Last Line: My luscious chocolate chips Subject(s): Cakes SOMEONE SWIPED THE COOKIES' SOMEONE SWIPED THE COOKIES' Last Line: My luscious chocolate chips Subject(s): Desserts SOMETHING SILKY First Line: Something silky, scarcely there Last Line: Stole our socks and underwear, %and had a ghastly laugh on us SONG OF THE GLOOPY GLOPPERS First Line: We are gloppers, gloopy gloppers Last Line: And when we swarm upon your form, %we know we'll find you gloppable! SPAGHETTI NUT First Line: Eddie the spaghetti nut Last Line: So much for their spaghettiquette SPAGHETTI! SPAGHETTI! Poem Text First Line: Spaghetti! Spaghetti! / you're wonderful stuff Last Line: You're wonderful stuff Subject(s): Dinners & Dining; Food & Eating; Pasta; Spaghetti; Lasagna; Noodles; Macaroni SPAGHETTI! SPAGHETTI! First Line: Spaghetti! Spaghetti! %you're wonderful stuff Last Line: You're wonderful stuff Subject(s): Dinners And Dining; Food And Eating; Pasta SPIDER First Line: The spider, sly and talented Last Line: To whom she'll not apologize Subject(s): Animals SPOOKY SORT OF SHADOW First Line: There's a spooky sort of shadow STRINGBEAN SMALL Poem Text First Line: Stringbean small was tall and trim Subject(s): Basketball; Sports STRINGBEAN SMALL First Line: Stringbean small was tall and trim Last Line: The coach screamed, 'stop! Don't nibble it! %I wanted you to dribble it!' Subject(s): Basketball; Sports STUCK IN THE SNOW Last Line: I guess it's my %bad luck instead SUPER-GOOPY GLUE First Line: Permit me to present to you Last Line: I'd demonstrate it for you, but %my glue has glued my gluepot shut SUZANNA SOCKED ME SUNDAY Poem Text SUZANNA SOCKED ME SUNDAY Last Line: Well, then I won't!' suzanna said- %that saturday, she bit me TELEPHONE CALL First Line: I was mad and I was sad THE ARMADILLO Poem Text First Line: The ancient armadillo Subject(s): Animals; Armadillos THE AVERAGE HIPPOPOTAMUS Poem Text Last Line: The average hippopotamus Subject(s): Hippopotamuses THE BALLPOINT PENGUINS Poem Text First Line: The ballpoint penguins, black and white Last Line: They aim their beaks and write and write Subject(s): Pens & Pencils THE BEAVER Poem Text First Line: The beaver is fat Subject(s): Animals; Beavers THE BENGAL TIGER Poem Text First Line: The bengal tiger likes to eat Subject(s): Animals; Tigers THE BLACK BEAR Poem Text First Line: In the summer, fall and spring Subject(s): Animals; Bears THE BOGEYMAN Poem Text First Line: In the desolate depths of a perilous place Subject(s): Imagination; Fancy THE BUNNY BUS Poem Text First Line: All aboard the bunny bus Last Line: Rabbit transit gets you there Subject(s): Buses; Rabbits THE CHICKEN CLUB Poem Text First Line: We are members in good standing Last Line: And we're sprouting chickens Subject(s): Chickens THE CHIPMUNK Poem Text First Line: Chitter-chatter, chitter-chatter Last Line: Which he hopes will make him fatter Subject(s): Chipmunks THE COURT JESTER'S LAST REPORT TO THE KING Poem Text First Line: Oh sire! My sire! Your castle's on fire Subject(s): Spring THE COW Poem Text First Line: The cow mainly moos as she chooses Subject(s): Cows THE CREATURE IN THE CLASSROOM Poem Text First Line: It appeared inside our classroom Subject(s): Education; Schools; Students THE CROCODILE Poem Text First Line: Beware the crafty crocodile Subject(s): Crocodiles THE EGG Poem Text First Line: If you listen very carefully, you'll hear the chicken hatching Subject(s): Chickens; Eggs THE GIGGLING GAGGLING GAGGLE OF GEESE Poem Text Subject(s): Geese THE HIPPOPOTAMUS Poem Text First Line: The huge hippopotamus hasn't a hair Subject(s): Animals; Hippopotamuses THE HOUSE MOUSE Poem Text First Line: Little brown house mouse, laugh and leap Last Line: As long as you're gone when the cat's awake Subject(s): Mice THE LION Poem Text First Line: The lion has a golden mane Subject(s): Animals; Lions THE MANATEE Poem Text First Line: I'm partial to the manatee Last Line: And hasn't any enemies Subject(s): Manatees THE MULTILINGUAL MYNAH BIRD First Line: Birds are known to cheep and chirp Subject(s): Animals; Mynah Birds; Mina Birds; Myna Birds THE NEW KID ON THE BLOCK Poem Text First Line: There's a new kid on the block, Subject(s): Bullies; Girls THE OWL Poem Text First Line: The owl is wary, the owl is wise Subject(s): Birds; Owls THE PACK RAT Poem Text First Line: The pack rat's day is spent at play Last Line: He does it as his hobby Subject(s): Pack Rats THE PANCAKE COLLECTOR Poem Text First Line: Come visit my pancake collection Last Line: And bake up a few hundred more Subject(s): Pancakes THE POLAR BEAR Poem Text First Line: The polar bear by being white Subject(s): Animals; Bears THE PORCUPINE Poem Text First Line: The porcupine is puzzled Subject(s): Porcupines THE RABBIT Poem Text First Line: Hip-hop hoppity, hip-hop hoppity Last Line: They let him hear the slightest sounds Subject(s): Animals; Rabbits; Hares THE SNAIL Poem Text First Line: The snail doesn't know where he's going Subject(s): Snails THE SNAKE Poem Text First Line: Don't ever make Last Line: Might be awake Subject(s): Animals; Snakes; Serpents; Vipers THE SPAGHETTI NUT Poem Text First Line: Eddie the spaghetti nut Subject(s): Pasta; Spaghetti; Lasagna; Noodles; Macaroni THE SPIDER Poem Text First Line: The spider, sly and talented Subject(s): Animals THE THREE-TOED SLOTH Poem Text First Line: The three-toed sloth is in a deep Subject(s): Sloths THE TURKEY SHOT OUT OF THE OVEN Poem Text Subject(s): Turkeys THE TURTLE Poem Text First Line: The turtle's always been inclined Subject(s): Turtles; Tortoises THE VISITOR Poem Text First Line: It came today to visit Subject(s): Monsters THE WITCH Poem Text First Line: She comes by night, in fearsome flight, Subject(s): Witchcraft & Witches THE ZEBRA Poem Text First Line: The zebra is undoubtedly Subject(s): Zebras THERE IS A THING Last Line: Beneath the stair %with slimy face %and oily hair THREE-TOED SLOTH First Line: The three-toed sloth is in a deep Last Line: Is not for three-toed sloths to know Subject(s): Sloths THROCKMORTON THRATTE First Line: Throckmorton thratte has charm and class Last Line: Small wonder that his looking glass %is holding him for ransom TIMBLE TAMBLE TURKEY TIMMY TATT, TIMMY TATT TODAY IS A DAY TO CROW ABOUT Last Line: For the crows have frightened the scarecrow, %and the scarecrow is running away TODAY IS VERY BORING Poem Text Subject(s): Boredom; Ennui TODAY IS VERY BORING Last Line: And I think I felt an earthquake, %it's a very boring day TONIGHT IS IMPOSSIBLY NOISY TOUCANS TWO Poem Text First Line: Whatever one toucan can do Subject(s): Toucans TOUCANS TWO First Line: Whatever one toucan can do Last Line: Do what four or three or two can Subject(s): Toucans TURKEY SHOT OUT OF THE OVEN Last Line: With popcorn that hadn't been popped TURTLE First Line: The turtle's always been inclined Last Line: You'll find the turtle home Subject(s): Turtles TWICKHAM TWEER Poem Text First Line: Shed a tear for twickham tweer Subject(s): Food & Eating TWO ROBINS FROM CHARLOTTE TWO-HORNED BLACK RHINOCEROS Last Line: And there's nothing but a grumble on his mind Subject(s): Rhinoceroses UNASSUMING OWL Last Line: Responded with an overblown %and condescending %'whoooooom!' UNCANNY COLLEEN First Line: Uncanny colleen (unaccountably green) Last Line: No doubt she'll come out in the wash UNCLE BUNGLE Poem Text First Line: Uncle bungle, now deceased Subject(s): Food & Eating UNDERWATER WIBBLES Last Line: As they execute their dives, %oh, the underwater wibbles %live extraordinary lives VISITOR First Line: It came today to visit Last Line: And softly went away Subject(s): Monsters WALLABY First Line: Oh come and see the wallaby Last Line: The willy wally wallaby Subject(s): Wallabies WALRUS First Line: The widdy, waddly walrus Last Line: And floats fast asleep on the tide Subject(s): Walruses WE EACH WORE HALF A HORSE Last Line: Which half of it I played WE EACH WORE HALF A HORSE Last Line: And you can guess, of course, %which half of it I played WE HEARD WALLY WAIL First Line: We heard wally wail through the whole Last Line: She made wally holler, she made wally whoop, %for what he had spelled in the alphabet soup WEE WOOLLY WITCHIE OF WHISTLEWOOD WAY First Line: I'm the wee woolly witchie of whistlewood way Last Line: I'm the wee woolly witchie of whistlewood way Subject(s): Witchcraft And Witches WHAT HAPPENS TO THE COLORS WHAT NERVE YOU'VE GOT, MINERVA MOTT! Last Line: Minerva mott! How could you dare %to name your dog for me? WHEN DRACULA WENT TO THE BLOOD BANK Last Line: He drew out a pint and a half WHEN DRACULA WENT TO THE BLOOD BANK Last Line: For rather than make a donation, %he drew out a pint and a half WHEN I AM FULL OF SILENCE Poem Text Subject(s): Silence WHEN I'M VERY NEARLY SLEEPING WHEN MOLLY DAY WEARS YELLOW CLOTHES WHEN SNOWFLAKES ARE FLUTTERING First Line: When snowflakes are Last Line: I truly wish then, that I'd never again %see those little white fluttering flakes WHEN TILLIE ATE THE CHILI Last Line: As she said, 'what tasty chili, %I should like another bowl.' WHEN YOUNG, THE SLYNE First Line: When young, the slyne, from noon to nine Last Line: But does not stand upon its head, %it stands, instead, on mine WHITE CLOUD FLOATED LIKE A SWAN WHY DO I HAVE TO CLEAN MY ROOM Poem Text WILD WITCHES' BALL Poem Text First Line: Late last night at wildwitchhall Subject(s): Witchcraft & Witches WILD WITCHES' BALL First Line: Late last night at wildwitchhall Last Line: How many witches can you see %at our annual wildwitch witches' spree? Subject(s): Witchcraft And Witches WINTER SIGNS First Line: Winter signs are everywhere Last Line: My winter nose is dripping WINTER'S COME First Line: Winter's come, the trees are bare Last Line: Winter's come, the trees are bare, %no leaf now whispers to the air WOLF IS AT THE LAUNDROMAT Last Line: That's only there to clean its clothes- %it is a wash-and-wear-wolf WOZZIT First Line: There's a wozzit in the closet YAK Poem Text First Line: Yickity-yackity, yickity-yak Subject(s): Animals; Yaks YAK First Line: Yickity-yackity, yickity-yak Last Line: Smiggildly-snaggidly, sniggildy-snag Subject(s): Animals; Yaks YOU NEED TO HAVE AN IRON REAR Last Line: Or otherwise, at least a year %of very painful practice YUBBAZUBBIES First Line: Yubbazubbies, you are yummy Last Line: Yubbazubbies, I love you ZANY ZAPPER ZOCKKE First Line: The greatest ace of video space Last Line: That he spun into a time warp- %zapper zockke's in hyperspace! ZEBRA First Line: The zebra is undoubtedly Last Line: Or rather, white on black Subject(s): Zebras ZOO DOINGS First Line: In the zoo do view the zebu Last Line: View what zebus and kudus do Subject(s): Animals; Zoos ZOOSHER First Line: Beneath a bush, the zoosher lies Last Line: As here beneath a bush it lies, %with mashed potatoes on its eyes |
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