There was a young woman named Kite, Whose speed was much faster than light, She set out one day, In a relative way, And returned on the previous night. Poems, what a silly thing. They're meaningless and boring, Pointless and rhyme. Who wastes their time, Thinking up ludicrous writing. There once was a grumpy dog,... Continue Reading →
Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop! by Roald Dahl
'Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop! The great big greedy nincompoop! How long could we allow this beast To gorge and guzzle, feed and feast On everything he wanted to? Great Scott! It simply wouldn't do! However long this pig might live, We're positive he'd never give Even the smallest bit of fun Or happiness to anyone.... Continue Reading →
Jack Sprat by Anonymous
Jack Sprat could eat no fat His wife could eat no lean And so betwixt the two of them They licked the platter clean Jack ate all the lean, Joan ate all the fat. The bone they picked it clean, Then gave it to the cat. Jack Sprat was wheeling, His wife by the ditch.... Continue Reading →
Morning has Broken by Eleanor Farjeon
Morning has broken, like the first morning Blackbird has spoken, like the first bird Praise for the singing, praise for the morning Praise for the springing fresh from the word Sweet the rain's new fall, sunlit from heaven Like the first dewfall, on the first grass Praise for the sweetness of the wet garden Sprung... Continue Reading →
Solomon Grundy by Unknown
Solomon Grundy, Born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday: This is the end Of Solomon Grundy. Charles Perrault published the first edition of his Tales of Mother Goose in France in 1695, which contained the first stories which we... Continue Reading →
TBPL Staff Poetry Favourites ” Jabberwocky” by Lewis Carroll
JABBERWOCKY ’Twas brillig, and the slithy toves Did gyre and gimble in the wabe: All mimsy were the borogoves, And the mome raths outgrabe. Beware the Jabberwock, my son! The jaws that bite, the claws that catch! Beware the Jubjub bird, and shun The frumious Bandersnatch!” He took his vorpal sword in hand; Long time... Continue Reading →
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