Humpty Dumpty

Humpty Dumpty

jumped in the sea.

Humpty Dumpty

sank instantly.

All the young mermaids

and their mermen

couldn’t get Humpty

to surface again.

Katherine Gallagher

• Submitted in response to Poetry Prompt #26

Katherine says: I like the note of  panic hinted at in your #26 prompt. It reminded me of my poem ‘’Humpty Dumpty’ which is jokey,  a  cry for help in a sense,  but very  tongue-in-cheek. I’ve enjoyed some sessions with children in which we tried to put a new slant on nursery-rhymes.