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Oh I know that

 


 "BEES AND BUTTERFLIES" 

 

Bees and knees and butterflies

all in stripes and pink bow ties

flowers and bowers and April showers

buzzing round the Spring's gay flowers

tasting pollen from their bowers

honey here and honey there

landing on your fine brown hair

look a butterfly is there

bees and buzz and all that fuzz

insects too can solve the quiz

fizz and pop and flip and flop

lick the spoon and then wash up.

 

 "TURKEY" 

 

Turkey wobble gobble gobble,

chin and cheek and mandibubble

hanging down his face in pink

wonder what the others think

not a beauty, not a bore

follows Callum to the door

wobble wobble, gobble gobble

weird you are like colywobbles

prancing dancing wig wag wancing

he's a prude oh I know THAT.

 

 

 "SNAKE" 

 

Did you know that snow is white

Did you know the China hat

Did you know I thought of that

Did you know how long a snake

Did a dance across the lake

wiggle wiggle no don't giggle

he can solve just any riddle

while he plays upon his fiddle

in his big fat ugly middle!

 

 

 "FISH" 

 

Swish the fish in browning beck

was caught one day on a curvy hook

she eyed the man who hooked her up

and jumped back in to that there brook

she met a mate a fish like her

and eggs became a shoal of young

And now its time to end my song

Did you know THAT?

 

 

 "FLY" 

 

Handible mandible bangdible drum

he plays music on my thumb

you would think he's deaf and dumb

fly in your eye a buzz and a thud

washing his wings like washing suds

crashing the lights and window sills

till he finds that sugar spills.

 

 


— Nordic cloud, Apr 18, 2009

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Region, Country: Oslo and Flatdal, Norway., NOR

Favorite Poets: Too daunting this.

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Cloudthings

Cloudthings

17 years 1 month ago

this wonderful set of jolliness has brightened me so much

Hah, YAYYYY! I was just about to go & look to see if you'd posted anything, I've been so busy I've missed you dearest Ann of forest wonder... & now THIS... or should I say THAT.... Oh dearest one, so much I DON'T know & I have been awake since 4 am when my young lad got up & I thought I'd post a thing I fell asleep trying to post & now it's 6 am & I have to work most of the day, (sigh!) & it's Sunday. But this wonderful set of jolliness has brightened me so much I feel like hopping up to do a little jig!!! You are a gem of wondrous delight dear Ann, I best try to get just a skerrick of sleep, but I'm glad I was awake to discover this xxx Anni ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "...We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented, and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? ... Your playing small doesn't serve the world..."
Kailashana

Kailashana

17 years 1 month ago

Ann, you never fail to

Ann, you never fail to enchant she said with a bemused wry smile. Did you know that? Shakes her head with appreciation. ~A "The way you make love is the way God will be with you." Rumi
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orgami

17 years 1 month ago

Amazing talent Ann

richness in word usage rymhyming delightful such a hard master childrens verse I think is a difficult challenge most have minds that have hardened I shall have to limber too