Peter Piper Picked a Peck of Pickled Poems

"Bed in Summer" by Robert Louis Stevenson In winter I get up at nightAnd dress by yellow candle-light.In summer, quite the other way,I have to go to bed by day. I have to go to bed and seeThe bi...

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"The Pancake Poem" by Shel Silverstein Who wants a pancake,Sweet and piping hot?Good little Grace looks up and says,"I'll take the one on top."Who else wants a pancake,Fresh off the griddle?Terribl...

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"The Caterpillar" by Douglas Florian The caterpillar's not a cat.It's very smallAnd short and fat,And with those little beady little eyesWill never win a beauty prize.The caterpillar's brain is small...

17 Touko 20241min

The Duke of Plaza-Toro by W. S. Gilbert In enterprise of martial kind,When there was any fighting,He led his regiment from behind(He found it less exciting).But when away his regiment ran,His place w...

10 Touko 20243min

Spring Cricket by Frances Rodman He put away his tiny pipe Last autumn, when the gale was chill: And now in rusty coat and brown He tries his strength upon the hill With fiddle tucked beneath a wing...

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Today is Very Boring by Jack Prelutsky Today is very boring, It’s a very boring day, There is nothing much to look at, There is nothing much to say, There’s a peacock on my sneakers, There’s a pengui...

26 Huhti 20243min

Father William by Lewis Carroll "You are old, father William," the young man said,    "And your hair has become very white;  And yet you incessantly stand on your head —    Do you think, at your age,...

19 Huhti 20244min

Rain Music by Joseph Seamon Cotter, Jr On the dusty earth-drum   Beats the falling rain; Now a whispered murmur,    Now a louder strain. Slender, silvery drumsticks,     On an ancient drum, Beat the ...

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