Tuesday, April 18, 2006

This post is for Debu

Thanks for the lovely birthday gift you gave me exactly 7 months and 24 days later. This makes it the second birthday gift I get this year. Well, thats just how popular I am. Its fantabuloustically funny.
"Wicked Poems". And it has great illustrations too! So, i decided to post your favourite poem from the book.

The Kleptomaniac

Beware the Kleptomaniac
Who knows not wrong from right

He’ll wait until you turn your back
Then steal everything in sight.

The nose from a snowman
(Be it a carrot or coal)

The stick from a blindman
From the beggar his bowl

The smoke from a chimney
The leaves of a tree

A kitten’s miaow
(Pretty mean you’ll agree)

He’ll pinch a used teabag
From out of a pot

A field of potatoes
And scoff the whole lot

(Is the baby still
there in its cot?)

He’ll rob the baton
From the conductor on stage

All the books from the library
Page by page

He’ll snaffle your shadow
As you bask in the sun

Pilfer the currants
From out of your bun

He’ll lift the wind
Right out of your sails

Hold your hand
And make off with your nails

When he’s around
Things just disappear

F nnily eno gh I th nk
Th re’s one ar und h re!

Roger McGough

2 comments:

  1. That was teriffic! Have you read Roald Dahl's Revolting Rhymes? You must if you haven't

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  2. I love Roald Dahl's rhymes and short stories.

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