Olive eats omelette
Joey eats jam
Hattie eats halibut
Harry eats ham
Minah eats mushrooms
Rav eats rice
Femi eats frogs' legs
Insisting that they're nice
Jacob eats jelly
Pavel eats peas
Sonia eats celery
Charlie eats cheese
Pia eats pizza
(Cooked or raw!)
But Eddie eats anything
'Cos he's an omnivore
I'm often called the most boring shape of all
My body is as wide as it is tall
So my four sides look exactly the same
Other shapes laugh and call me names
My angles are identical - ninety degrees
You'll find me in your burger's slice of cheese
Rubik’s Cubes, waffles, building blocks
Chessboards, chocolate bars, a pizza box
And although I possess lines of symmetry
I wish I was an octagon but that was not to be
Instead I’m quite common and not really rare
My life is unexciting because…I'm a Square
Dentist
Football
Walk dog
MY BIRTHDAY!
Homework
Tidy room
Find out what’s happening Thursday
See Nan
Haircut
Computer gaming
Spelling test
Cinema
Tidy room (!)
Swimming
Well-earned rest
Buy new book
Sleepover
Feed cat
Visit to Zoo
Tidy room (!!)
When all done
Write new list of
Things to Do
I’ll make you think about something
Quiz, query and enquire
E.g. who, what, when, where, why, how
My aim is to inspire
I’ll help you unlock mysteries
Illuminate the dark
Your journey will begin with me
I am a question mark
Unlike my exclamation friend
Who shouts and screams a lot
Less common than the comma
And ubiquitous full stop
Please don’t use dashes, hyphens, brackets
But use me instead
I’ll set my puzzles for you
Then you’ll ponder, scratch your head
Found at the end of sentences
Found at the end of words
Though you might read them out aloud
I’m silent - never heard
Are you hungry for knowledge?
I’ll provide that vital spark
A perfect punctuation piece
I am a question mark
In the mud, mud, mud
In the muck, muck, muck
In the murk, murk, murk
In the yuck, yuck, yuck
See us
Stomp, stomp, stomp!
In the swamp, swamp, swamp!
In the damp, damp, damp
In the bog, bog, bog
In the mist, mist, mist
In the fog, fog, fog
Hear us
Stomp, stomp, stomp!
In the swamp, swamp, swamp!
In the dirt, dirt, dirt
In the grime, grime, grime
In the sludge, sludge, sludge
In the slime, slime, slime
Smell us
Stomp, stomp, stomp!
In the swamp, swamp, swamp!
In the wet, wet, wet
In the rain, rain, rain
Until playtime ends
Once again, gain, gain
Join us
Stomp, stomp, stomp!
In the swamp, swamp, swamp!
Stomp, stomp, stomp!
In the swamp, swamp, swamp!
Do you sleep for hours
Watch movies on TV
Play computer games
Drink strong coffee and tea?
Do you party hard
Sing karaoke songs
Invent new punishments
For when kids do wrong?
Do you eat boxes of chocolates
Fresh cream cakes too
Hold fancy dress competitions
Or practise kung fu?
It's off limits for us children
So can you please answer this
What do teachers really do
In the staffroom, Miss?
1. F-I-Z-Z
2. S-O-U-P
3. I-T-C-H
4. L-A-M-B
5. P-R-E-Y
6. L-U-R-K
7. J-A-I-L
8. F-L-E-A
9. B-L-E-R
10. L-I-O-N
One incorrect
Nine out of ten
You won’t find me In the bathroom
You won’t find me in your bed
I’m not in the kitchen cupboard
And I’m not inside the shed
You won’t find me in the living rooM
The garage or the Hall
If you look around the garden
You won’t find mE there at all
Try and spot me in the attic
That’s a total waste of time
But if you search veRy carefully
You’ll find me in this rhymE
I'b a cold ib by doze
I'b tucked ub ib by bed
So I feel like ad anvil's
Ob tob of by head
By throat's dry as a desert
I'b dot id school today
And I'b dot well edough
To go outside to play
Both by dostrils are blocking
While by eyes water too
I'b a cold ib by doze
Ah, ah, ah, ah, ahCHOOOOOOOO!
Miserable drizzle
Will you turn into heavy rain
Or remain a mere trickle?
Miserable drizzle
Please make up your mind
'Cos appropriate clothing
Is what I need to find
Tomato green
Tomato red
Tomato shaped just like my head
Tomato juice
Tomato sauce
Tomato healthy food of course
Tomato whole
Tomato sliced
Tomato grilled
Tomato fried
Tomato baked
Tomato raw
Tomato yum
Tomato more!
Tomato round
Tomato fat
Tomato drops
Tomato SPLAT!
My horse likes sipping coffee
My horse loves slurping tea
He'll give a neigh, roll in the hay
Then guzzle milk with me
He'll often down a pint of beer
Sup smoothies through straw
A glass of wine suits him just fine
For cola he'll yell “More!”
He's happy lapping lemonade
Though if I fill the sink
I'll take my horse to water
But I can not make him drink!
You stand on the shelf
by my books near my bed
Your face cuts the darkness
displaying bright red
Your digits transforming
as each second dies
Relentlessly changing
until it's sunrise
You’re my morning conscience
my noisiest mate
Without you I'm certain
I'd always be late
If I'm feeling lazy
deciding to doze
You don't let me lie in
relax or repose
Instead you come calling
when I'm sound asleep
Disturbing my dreams
with your earsplitting BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
BEEP!
Like a finger misses a th mb
Like a baby misses a m m
Like a silence misses a so nd
Like a penny misses a po nd
Like a teapot misses a spo t
Like an inside misses an o t
Like the winter misses the s n
Like a poet misses a p n
Like a crossword misses a cl e
Like a rainbow misses the bl e
I miss yo
My big sister's so smart:
She knows how to make sausage pizza for dinner
The name of each team that's an FA Cup winner
The difference between an alpaca and llama
The number of teeth on an adult piranha
The signs of the Zodiac (in the right order)
A way to play rap music on the recorder
The alphabet backwards in Turkish and Russian
The method of treating a fish with concussion
The chemical formula of a cucumber
And every dance move for tap, ballet and rumba
The distance in miles from Berlin to Jakarta
My big sister's so smart – but I think I'm smarter!
Pockets are great for storing things
Tissues, tickets, coins, key rings
Gloves, bits of paper, five pound notes
Chewing gum, small stones, buttons for your coats
Handkerchiefs, shoelaces, sherbet dips
Wallets, phones, hair ties and hair clips
Chocolate, pens, pencils, shopping receipts
Apple cores, sunglasses, dog biscuit treats
And if your hands are feeling restless with nothing to do
Then you put both of them in your pockets too
Grab your things we're going some place
Pack your rucksack and your suitcase
Destination – deepest dark space
Let's go to the Moon
Let's go to the Moon
Rev that rocket till it zooms
Let's go to the Moon
Strap in tight, admire the great view
Venus, Mercury and Mars too
Though your friends are bound to miss you
Let's go to the Moon
Let's go to the Moon
Rev that rocket till it zooms
Let's go to the Moon
Silver stars are brightly shining
Massive asteroids are flying
OMG, electrifying!
Let's go to the Moon
Let's go to the Moon
Rev that rocket till it zooms
Let's go to the Moon
Atmosphere – it's really empty
Gravity – there isn't plenty
It's the trip of any century
Let's go to the Moon
Let's go to the Moon
Rev that rocket till it zooms
Let's go to the Moon
Be a Luna navigator
Gather moon rock, find a crater
Goodbye Earth, we'll see you later
LET'S GO TO THE MOON!
I love my Comfort Zone
It's warm, snug and fluffy
I know its exact boundaries: height, width, depth
Here I feel safe, secure and confident
Doing all the things I've done before
That I know I do extremely well
So much so, that I've no reason to travel outside it
Because beyond is my DIScomfort Zone
A strange, mysterious place
Full of new challenges and experiences
When I imagine visiting it
I fill with a fiery flush of anxiety and uncertainty
Like I'm starting my first day of school
Diving off the swimming pool's top board
Or stepping onto a dark, distant planet
Although these thoughts terrify me
My teacher insists that I need to go there
And when I tell her that I'm unsure of what will happen if I do
She just smiles widely and replies
“Exactly”
Like a sock needs a shoe
A sky needs the blue
A keeper needs a zoo
A kung needs a fu
An old needs a new
A ship needs a crew
An a needs a choo
A cow needs a moo
A ghost needs a wooooooooo
A Winnie needs the Poo
A panda needs bamboo
A detective needs a clue
A baby needs a goo-goo
A sausage needs a barbecue
An Aussie needs a didgeridoo
An Indian restaurant needs a vindaloo
And a one needs a two...
I need you
Soft noodles tangled up my hair
Egg fried rice spread across the chair
Crispy prawn balls rolled on the rug
Wontons plopped in Dad’s coffee mug
Sweet and sour pork fell to the floor
Hot soy sauce decorated the door
The carpet was ruined by a chow mein stain
So I’m not gonna use chopsticks again