Consider the chameleon, The master of disguises. The enemy of insects, The butterfly despises. He sits on a leaf And turns himself green. And though he sits there, He seldom is seen. His tongue is long, And covered with sticky. He’ll eat any bug, He’s certainly not picky. If there’s nothing there, When you look […]
Entries from September 2023 ↓
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Consider the Chameleon
September 14th, 2023 — Consider...
Cafeteria Food
September 12th, 2023 — Poems for Children
The best food that I ever ate Was food I had one day at school I liked the green and slimy stuff And all the yellow lumpy gruel. I licked the saucer and the bowl And made it shiny clean as new And then they filled it up again With some really smelly stew. **You […]
My Calendar
September 11th, 2023 — Poems for Children
My calendar Is no more good, Said Miss Sally Underwood. I lent it to Young Tommy Gates, That silly kid Ate all the dates. January He ate at noon, And burped quite loud When he ate June. February What a treat. Its taste, he said, Could not be beat. March and August, Made him sick […]
Jenny Rose Lee
September 8th, 2023 — Poems for Children
I love Jenny Rose Lee. And though she has braces, And lumps in wrong places, I know she’s the right girl for me. I love Jenny Rose Lee. The braces don’t matter And what if she’s fatter, I know she’s the right girl for me. I love Jenny Rose Lee, With freckles too many But […]
Piece of Cake
September 7th, 2023 — Poems for Children
I won’t open our ‘frigerator, Not even on a double-dog-dare! ‘Cause Sissy told me there’s a monster Who just now moved his family there. They can eat all the beans and spinach, I told Sissy that I wouldn’t care. But they best not eat the piece of cake That Sissy told me to hide in […]

