One day I’m going to build a house
with cheery yellow candy.
I’ll put ice creams on the roof,
and fruit gums nice and handy.
Then I’ll add two cup cakes,
with lollypops galore,
liquorice allsorts in the corners,
and chocolates by the door.
Teacher’s note: This house can be found in the storybook corner of the Hunter Valley Gardens, Pokolbin.
Here’s a list of special treats I’m sure you’d love to eat.
You might want to add some more to make the list complete:
Marvellous marshmallows, yielding and chewy;
Soft-centred chocolates, so creamy and gooey;
Fabulous fairy floss, wispy and sticky,
(Keeping your face clean’s especially tricky!);
Honeycomb crunchy and boiled lollies brittle:
None of this easy to stop at a little.
Yes, truly this sweet stuff is lovely to taste,
But too much is bound to add weight to your waist.
There’s one further warning: I’ll keep it quite brief.
Make sure that you never stop cleaning your teeth!
Author Comment: Connecting texture with food provided the belated inspiration for this poem, with sweets in particular of great interest to children (and not a few adults).
Australian Children’s Poetry 