These poems are short. They are not very long. They stop very quickly. They do not go on. (Just like that one)
Yawn
When a yawn is newly born It’s here and then it’s gone. But as it dies one more will rise, And so it will go on.
Clever Stairs
Stairs go up And stairs go down. They’re useful For both ways, I’ve found.
Water
True and Not True
Cow
The Trifle Tower
I tried to climb the Trifle Tower To the very top. But half way there, I do declare, The Tower just went flop.
Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!
“Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!” said the bee to the fly. “That’s all I can say but please don’t ask me why.” “Buzz! Buzz! Buzz!” said the fly to the bee. “It’s exactly the same for me.”
Trees
At a quarter to five all the trees come alive In the forest outside my front door. Needless to say, when I go out to play, I am back home by four forty-four.
A horse in a car
A horse in a car Won’t get very far, But quite a lot further Than a slug in a jar.