Five New Poems - May 2008

The Lift

At the second floor
the voice inside the lift said,
'Second Floor, going up.'
But the Second Floor
was the top floor.
Where was the lift going?

 

A Dangerous Raisin (but my daughter Elsie is helpful)

A raisin has escaped
from the raisin jar.
It's whooshing across the table
like a shooting star.
Now, it's leaping in the air
like a kangaroo.
'Look out Dad,
it's coming for YOU!'

 

Alligator Problem

If an excavator excavates
A motivator motivates
An activator activates
A rotivator rotivates
A cultivator cultivates
And an operator operates
What does an alligator do?

 

The Difference

In Glasgow
The hotel gave us something called
'Soap'.
In Edinburgh
The hotel gave us the same stuff
and it was called:
'Skincare Bar'.

 

Angry

Here comes the man
With the angry dog.

Here comes the dog
With the angry man.

Angry dog
Angry man

Angry man
Angry dog.

 

Bear in the Cave

"My latest book is a sequel to We're Going on a Bear Hunt but this time the Bear goes to the city hoping to have a good time. I read the words on the CD that goes with the book."

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