HUMOROUS POEMS

THOONA OR LATER
Edel Wignell ©
First published in Puffinalia, Journal of the Australian Puffin Club

There was a young laddie from Thoona,
Who liked to wake later - not sooner;
  He slept and snored,
  Snorted and roared,
Snug as a bug in a doona.

TOGETHERNESS
Edel Wignell ©
Commended, FAW Bendigo Regional Branch 'Pieces of Eight' Mini-Literary Competition

'I'm a girl octopus,
  Swimming in the sea.'
'I'm a boy octopus -
  Do you love me?'
They swam along together
  With a swishy-fishy band,
Singing eight times over,
  'I wanna hold your hand.'

'I'm a girl centipede,
  Dancing in the dark.'
'I'm a boy centipede,
  Hiding in the park.'
They rocked along together
  At the Disco Centipeg,
Singing a hundred times over,
  'Oh, oh! Shake a leg!'

PIRANHA
Verse for two voices
Edel Wignell ©
First published in Write4Kids, Children's Book Insider (USA), print magazine and web archive: www.write4kids.com

(A squatting child reaches to feed a fish, food held between forefinger and thumb. On the last verse, the thumb touches the water!)

What a pretty fish,
The glistening piranha.
What would you like to eat?
A snack of sultana?

Nah-nah,
Nah-nah sultana.

What a pretty fish,
The glistening piranha.
What would you like to eat?
A slice of cabana?

Nah-nah,
Nah-nah cabana!

What a pretty fish,
The glistening piranha.
What would you like to eat?
A piece of banana?

Nah-nah,
Nah-nah banana!!

What a pretty fish,
The glistening piranha.
What would you like to...?
Ow! You won't get my thumb!

Nah-nah-nah-nah!