Have You Ever? by Warren Cox

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Have you ever seen a turtle swimming with a whale?
Have you ever seen an elephant dancing with a snail?
Have you ever seen a grasshopper hopping with a frog?
Or a big fat walrus barking like a dog?

Have you ever seen a wagtail without a tail to wag?
Have you ever seen a hippo and a rhino playing tag?
Have you ever seen a kookaburra eating Christmas cake?
Or a lion and a tiger, laughing at a snake?

Have you ever seen a billy goat flying through the air?
Have you ever seen an alligator sitting on a chair?
Have you ever seen a goldfish splashing in your pool?
Or a baa baa black sheep on its way to school?

Have you ever seen an emu nesting in a tree?
Have you ever seen a butterfly bathing with a bee?
Have you ever seen a panda bear sliding on a sled?
Or a big bad wolf standing on its head?

Have you ever seen a rooster slipping down a slide?
Have you ever seen a peacock at the sea-side?
Have you ever seen a kitten give a puppy dog a hug?
Or a huge great dane shaking paws with a pug?

Have you ever seen a monkey dressed up like a clown
Have you ever seen a kangaroo hanging upside down?
Have you ever seen a rabbit thumb its nose at a fox
Or a two humped camel with its head inside a box

If you’ve never watched a wombat make dinner for a goat,
or a rooster and a rabbit drinking coffee on a boat.
If you’ve never seen a turkey doing ballet with a duck,
then I’ve got to say, “Dear children, you are just plain out of luck.”

A Sensible Hat by Jeanie Axton

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A sensible hat is sensible

if worn in a sensible way

by a sensible type of person

at a sensible time of day.

A sensible hat can be silly

ugly, tattered or old

a sensible type of hat

is just that, sensible “so I’m told!”

Goose On The Loose by James Aitchison

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Hey, hey, the goose got away,

down the street

on its two webbed feet!

“Honk, honk! Out of my way

I want to do my shopping today!”

(Teacher’s note: Apart from flock, what other collective nouns apply to geese? It all depends where they are.  Geese on the ground are a gaggle, or if they are flying, a skein, a trip or a team.  If flying in formation, they’re a wedge.  Geese flying close together are a plump.  Some other choices: a chevron, a nide, a lag, a sord, and the poet’s favourite, a christmas of geese!)

The Pillow That Couldn’t Sleep by James Aitchison

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There once was a pillow

that couldn’t sleep,

not even when

it counted sheep. 

It stared at the ceiling

all through the night,

until over the sill

came dawn’s bright light.

In My Dreams: a nonsense poem by James Aitchison

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When I go to sleep at night,

I dream of lots of things.

Blue spaghetti and bowls of fruit,

A four-legged man playing a flute,

A buffalo with purple wings,

A refrigerator taking flight.

That’s why I like to stay awake

And think of triple-layered cake.

Sneezin’ Season by James Aitchison

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Have you ever heard a kangaroo

Go ah-choo, ah-choo, ah-choo?

Have you ever seen a koala

Wearing a balaclava?

Cold kookaburras like to laugh,

But have you ever seen one wearing a scarf?

Owls make hoots

But don’t wear boots,

And as for wombats,

They don’t need hats.

So how come you and I will sneeze,

In the midst of winter’s icy freeze?

Poem of the Day

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MADimal

by Sally Odgers

 

AlPACas PACk their lunch with spoons

The OWL decides to hOWL at noon

The HORSE feels HOaRSE when he yells of course

The aARdvARK digs in the old cARpARK

The pONY hates the stONY rOAD

(Quite unlike his friend, the tOAD)

Nonsense poems make me SnOOZe

But they amuse my friends in ZOOS!