I watch him play,
Anticipation in his eyes
As the ball’s thrown high,
He lunges into air,
Retrieving it.
He drops the ball
Next to my feet,
Looks up at me,
Tail wagging desperately
For another throw.
Category Archives: Australian children’s poetry
“Distances” by Katherine Gallagher
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“There was a little boy called Mike” by Helen Evans
Leave a commentThere was a little boy called Mike
Who couldn’t ride his bike
He tried every day
But no matter which way
He couldn’t master that trike
“There once was a girl who ate chips” by Dannielle Viera
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and anything else near her lips.
She soon grew so wide
from the junk food inside
that she caused a full solar eclipse!
“A lively young girl from Kerang” by Katherine Gallagher
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liked life to go with a bang.
She could run like a cheetah —
indeed, no one could beat her
as she went with her yin and her yang.
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