December 3rd, 2006 — Poems for Children
My sister bit into an apple:
An apple; red and round and firm.
Inside to her surprise she found
An ugly, wiggly, squirmy, worm.
To eat an apple with a worm
Had caused my sister much despair.
I told her it would have been worse,
Had she found only half a worm there!
Would you like to add a verse to a Family Poet poem? Here's your chance to show off your own poetic wit! Wayne is inviting submissions of additional verses for the poem A Kangaroo Came Hopping By. Your verse should have four lines, and the second and fourth line must rhyme. Click the poem title for more information!
Wayne Edwards is a native Texan, graduate of Texas A&M University, and retired Air Force officer. He lives, with his wife Ruth, on a fish farm in Texas, in an underground house he built himself. Wayne can be reached via e-mail at wayne@familypoet.com.
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