Smart

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

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

Let's Go to the Moon

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!


My Comfort Zone

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”

The Needy Poem

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


Cats, Dogs

There are lions on the lawn

Beagles bouncing off my bed

Panthers prowling down the path

Dachshunds dashing past the shed


Tigers tearing 'round the road

Spaniels sprinting to the street

Lynxes loping in the lounge

Foxhounds falling at my feet


Tabbies tumbling through trees

Boxers bashing 'gainst the wall

Siamese slinking up the stairs

Collies crawling 'cross the hall

And the weather is appalling

There's no snow or sleet or fog

But I'm clutching my umbrella

'Cos it's raining cat and dogs

Smile Like a Banana

Don't smile like a Cheshire cat

Or like a circus clown

Or like today's your birthday

And, please, please, please don't frown

Are you tense, strained and stressed out?

The best way to be calmer

Place one big grin above your chin

And smile like a banana



Don't smile like a hyena

Or like you are amused

Or like you're being tickled

Or like you've had good news

When life is getting far too much

Show teeth like a piranha

Then wear a cheer from ear to ear

And smile like a banana



Don't smile like you're saying “Cheese!”

Or like a World Cup winner

Or like you're off on holiday

Or eating Christmas dinner

Next time you're feeling pressure

Become a people charmer

Unclip them zips upon your lips

And smile like a banana



Want to be more mellow

Like that fruit that's coloured yellow?

Just smile like a banana!

Imagination

I can hear a pin drop

Rainy days that plip plop

Sister singing hip-hop

In my imagination

I can taste a choc ice

Crusty bread - a thick slice

Juicy strawberries - so nice

In my imagination


I can feel a breeze blow

Water in a stream’s flow

Frozen, crispy, cold snow

In my imagination


I can smell a strong cheese

Saltiness of vast seas

Earthy moss on dead trees

In my imagination


I can see a tube train

Last year’s holiday (Spain)

Visualise my own brain!

In my imagination


Every sense

Every sensation

You’ll find them too

In your imagination

Remember, Remember...

I shut my eyes

I cover my ears

Hide under a table

Petrified with fear


While fountains fizz

Rockets zoom around

My super-keen hearing

Magnifies their sound


As bangers bang

And barrages boom

I lie trembling alone

In the living room


Though you all say

“Spectacular sight!”

I'm terror-stricken

By the blinding light


So on November 5

Please don't forget

To spare a thought for me...

Your frightened family pet

My Little Homophone

My love lea little homophone

Sew savvy, smart and suite

Words sound the same butt spellings change

A reel impressive feet


Eye think a bout yew day lea

Eye dream of yew each knight

Bee coarse your all ways on my mind

When eye sit down too right


A peer ring inn my storeys

And inn my poems two

Sum pea pull off ten get con fused

If they encounter ewe


Found inn awl salts of plaices

Ex arm pull: none and nun

My love lea little homophone

Your such a special won



If

If I was a taxi you could be my fare

If I was a ship you could sail anywhere

If I was a car you could take the back seat

If I was a plane you’d fly ten thousand feet

If I was a rocket you’d go to the moon

I’d carry you high if I was a balloon

If I was a train I’d take you down the tracks

But, as I’m human, I can only give you…piggy back

P.E. Teacher

Our school's P.E. teacher

Is an unusual creature

The other staff don't dress like he is dressed

No t-shirt, jeans or black suit

But trainers and a tracksuit

Or modelling a pair of shorts and vest


Some think he's quite an oddball

Pretends he's ace at football

No passion for maths, French or history

Or English, science or music

So 'games' – he had to choose it

He says he'll make an athlete of me


With superhero-strong build

Sprints swiftly round the sports field

While all my class must follow in the rain

He'll flex is muscles proudly

Then blow his whistle loudly

And gives us extra laps if we complain


Our school's P.E. teacher

Is an unusual creature

Who shouts a lot if we forget our kit

As tough as a gorilla

Or possibly Godzilla

He’s sure to be the one to get us fit, fit, fit

Grandfather Clock

I'm a grandfather clock

Two hands fixed to my face

Silky, smooth, polished skin

Coats my oak wooden case


My home’s here by the door

At the end of your hall

Like a giant standing guard

Watchful, wise, tough and tall


See my pendulum swing

While I keep perfect time

Without fail every hour

Hear the sound of my chime


As I live, as I breathe

I will tick, I will tock

Proud, antique and unique

I'm a grandfather clock

Teacher

You taught me much of what I know

When I felt small you helped me grow

Sometimes you were a needed chum

Sometimes you were more like a mum

Encouraging me on my way

To make me what I am today


You were my shining guiding light

If I did wrong you’d set me right

If I said ‘can’t’ then you said 'can’

I truly am your superfan

Inspired by the things you do

I want be a teacher too

In My Helicopter

Flying - 5,000 feet

Tightly strapped in my seat

It's a thrill you can't beat

In my helicopter, helicopter

Whir, whir, whir!


An incredible view

From a sky bright and blue

With white fluffy clouds too

In my helicopter, helicopter

Whir, whir, whir!


As I gaze to the ground

Metal blades spinning round

To my favourite sound

In my helicopter, helicopter

Whir, whir, whir!


Breezes blow through my hair

I can go anywhere

Freedom's up in the air

In my helicopter, helicopter

Whir, whir, whir!


In my helicopter, helicopter

Whir, whir, whir!


The Zoo That Rocked

Foxes foxtrotted

Flamingoes fandangoed

Raccoons did the robot

Tarantulas tangoed

Porpoises pogoed

Tortoises tried the twist

Seahorses salsaing

Such a sight not to be missed

Camels can-canned

Hippos hip-hopped

The residents were raving

In The Zoo That Rocked


Terrapins tried tap

Jellyfish jived to jazz

Rhinoceroses rumbaed

With a certain razzamatazz

Quails and quetzals quickstepped

Badgers boogalooed

Walruses waltzed

Bats attempted ballet too

Lambs did lambada

Moved, grooved and never stopped

All animals were animated

In The Zoo That Rocked


Salamanders sambaed

Conger eels chose the conga

Cheetahs cha-cha-chaed

Till they couldn't any longer

Jackdaws jitterbugged

Snakes selected swing

Brown bears thought that ballroom

Was just their kinda thing

Meerkats moonwalked

Baboons body popped

Every creature danced, danced, danced

In The Zoo That Rocked