Contents

The Power of Poets

The Reader of This Poem

Bad Jokes

Apostrophe

In Case of Fire

Cautionary Tale

The Colour Collector

I’m a Grown Man Now

The Perfect Present

Sky in the Pie!

Mrs Moon

Snuggles

Pillow Talk

The Hair Fairy

Wouldn’t It Be Funny If You Didn’t Have a Nose?

Reward and Punishment

Take a Bow, Cow

Love a Duck

Jellyfish Pie

Stop, Thief!

Pull the Other One

Seagulls

Aquarium

Teapet

The Tofu-Eating Tiger

The Kleptomaniac

The All-Purpose Children’s Poem

Bookworms

How to End a Poem

Lost and Found

The Feather Boa Constrictor

Didgeridoo

Fruit Bats

The Brushbaby

An Ass

5 Ways to Stop Grizzly Bears from Spoiling Your Picnic

Ostrich

Beware the Allivator

A Domesticated Donkey

The Snowman

The Kitten’s First Spring

A Meerkat Lullaby

Old Hippos

I’ve Got a Cold

No Room to Swing a Cat

Mafia Cats

Cool Cat

Cabbage

The Rolling Meatball

Rainbow Menu

Good Enough to Eat

Just Desserts

A Weak Poem

A Llama

Downhill Racer

Uphill Climb

The Midnight Skaters

The Nutcracker

Mr Pollard

Trees are Great

Why Trees Have Got It All Wrong

Animals with Long Ears

Joy at the Sound

The Sound Collector

My Brilliant Friend

Imaginary Friend

Bubble Trouble

The Tongue-twister

M. Barra-Sing

The Going Pains

A Poem Just for Me

Emus

Bee’s Knees

You Tell Me

Simple Questions

Words

Give and Take

The Man Who Steals Dreams

Tomorrow Has Your Name On It

As Young as You Feel

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