First Poems

As scrumptious as a dark chocolate bar,
As brown as a muddy swamp
As juicy as a red apple
As sweet as honey!

As hot as an oven
As crumbly as a fallen down statue
As slippery as a snake
As spicy as a hot red chilli
As yellow as the brightest African sun
As sweet as the ripest red strawberry

As hot as a cup of tea,
As slimy as a slug,
As burning as the hot sun,
As hard as a metal lock.

Kay is pretty
Puppies are pretty
Kittens are pretty
But a yo-yo is not pretty

Sometimes small plates are pretty
Sometimes painted pots are pretty
Sometimes paintings are pretty
But doors are not pretty

Tell Tale Tilly said
I rode on a seahorse and
found a pot of gold.
I galloped on a unicorn
and found what it was
like in days of old.
She told that to Mandy
who told it to Sandy
who told it to Lily who
told it to the boy next door
and he told it to teacher
and teacher said
what a funny tale
Have you heard it, Tilly?

(this poem won the poetry category award in Telling Tales Nottingham Kids Festival of Imagination 2014)

My teeth a cherry would sweeten
like berries
I hate berries
and celery

There was a zombie at my door
I felt very poor
He gave me a bad sore
Right on my paw
I never said a word
I never heard
The zombie on Spooky Island

This pencil is tall
Some pencils are small
This pencil’s name is Lilly
She can be very silly
She lives in the school
She can be very cool
She’s not mean
But very clean
She isn’t cruel
But she loves the pool

Nodding Noah needs nothing
Lazy Luca licks lizards
Organized Orla offers oranges
Jolly James juggles jellies
Relaxed Raffy writes on rats