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Serious Like Me

March 17, 2015

I was born to be a grownup
And I really dislike
The senseless sound and frolic
Of a gaggle of tykes

I’m a serious man
I do serious things
Got no time for games
Got no songs to sing

The stupid mirth and vigor
Of a roomful of youth
Annihilate my comfort
Like you’re drilling my tooth

I’m a serious man
I got books to read
Can’t tolerate those noisy
Little buckets of need

Living in a world
Of squalor and pain
Kids can make amusement
But it’s not very sane

So cut the happy hoopla
And the hullabaloo
Be serious like me
And miserable, too

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:Children's Literature, children’s poetry, grumpy grownups, happy kids, Humor, humorous poetry, Poetry
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Etiquette preserves our nation
Manners keep our culture strong
Rules defend our civilization
From hordes of folk who don’t belong

Select utensils one by one
Outside-in from plates and dishes
Don’t scandalize your lovely Mum
With a salad fork to eat your fishes

A striped tie with a checkered shirt
Constitutes a fashion crime
When you dress wrong my eyeballs hurt
No white pants in the wintertime

Don’t wash hands in the kitchen sink
Don’t serve steak with Chardonnay
Match your meals with your drinks
And you’ll make partner some sweet day

Don’t peel your eggs from big end down
Always start with the end that tapers
Don’t eat food that’s hit the ground
Don’t blow your nose with toilet paper

Mind your manners
Follow the rules
Pick the right friends
And pick the right schools
You won’t feel happy
You won’t be free
But you will be
Correct like me

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:Big-endians, Children's Literature, children’s poetry, etiquette, Humor, humorous poetry, Irony, Jonathan Swift, Little-endians, manners, Poetry
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I Refusal Your Bamboozle

January 29, 2015

You can hoodwink. You can fluster
You’re a mighty gifted huckster

You’re a guy who likes to muddle
You’re a walking pile of trouble

You love to mystify and faze
Go find somebody else to daze

Better jump back on your saddle
I ain’t the kind of guy you addle

You won’t catch me in a snoozle
I refusal your bamboozle

You can baffle and confound
It won’t work when I’m around

Hang on to your hornswoggle
My mind ain’t fit to boggle

Your deception will not do
I’ve seen a thousand crooks like you

I ain’t gonna be your chump
You can bet your lying rump

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:bamboozle, children's poetry, Children's Literature, conmen, frauds, hucksters, Humor, humorous poetry, Poetry
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Don’t Wake Me Up for Anything

January 10, 2015

Don’t wake me up for anything
Don’t even say my name
This ain’t the time for pestering
My weak and weary frame

Don’t wake me up for anything
My bedroom is a shrine
Don’t disrupt my napping
My stupor is divine

Don’t wake me up for anything
Don’t halt my brief vacation
No good comes from bedeviling
My blesséd hibernation

Don’t wake me up for anything
I can’t afford to lose
Time set aside for slumbering
Don’t interrupt my snooze

Don’t wake me up for anything
My dreams are grandiose
If the world is ending
Just leave me comatose

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:Children's Literature, children's poetry, Humor, humorous poetry, Poetry, sleep
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Things That Aren’t Childish

August 25, 2014

Sooner or later
You gotta grow up
Your body’s gonna do it
Like it or not
But there’s a whole
Bunch of things that
Shouldn’t be forgot:

Puppy dogs and rainbows
Summer afternoons
Lazy Sunday mornings
Ridiculous cartoons
Teddy Bears who listen
Family treks to the park
Silly laughs with friends
Playing soccer after dark
All your daddy’s hopes
Your grandmother’s love
Castles in the sand
Castles floating up above

Feed your happy wishes
And dream every day
These things are never childish
Don’t put them away

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:Children's Literature, Poetry, puppy dogs, rainbows
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Hadley McNutter

August 12, 2014

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When Hadley McNutter
Mumbles and Mutters
He makes the ground tremble
And gives me the shudders

This ogre from hell
Ain’t your typical tyrant
When Hadley explodes
He erupts like a hydrant

He tramples and tromps
Like a like a lumbering giant
He rumbles and romps
Like monster defiant

When Hadley is hungry
We both rush to feed him
Such a wonderful burden—
How much we need him

He gets what he wants
And I don’t mean maybe
It’s hard to believe
That he’s merely a baby

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:babies, children's poetry, Children's Literature, humorous poetry, Poetry, TheGreatSultan, tyrants
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Happy-Spangled Day

May 1, 2014

Fresh and springy
Sunny day
Flowers pushing
Up to say
“Live your
Happy-spangled day
And mosey on
Your special way”

Burst it out
And don’t be coy
Smell the colors
Live the joy
Be a playful
Bouncy boy
The universe
Will be your toy

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:Children's Literature, children's poetry, happy, happy kids, Poetry, spring
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Non-Apology Apology

April 17, 2014

bad manners

I ate your lunch, but don’t you see?
You left it right in front of me
I’m sorry that you’re feeling cross
I’m sorry but you’re not my boss

All my friends thought it was funny
When I dipped your phone in honey
I’m sorry you can’t take a joke
I’m sorry you’re a stodgy bloke

I’ll raise some hell and make a fuss
I’ll fart and belch and shout and cuss
I’m sorry if you think I’m rude
I’m sorry you’re a silly prude

As long as everyone is free
I’ll be the man I want to be
I’m sorry you’re hung up on rules
I’m sorry you were raised by fools

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:bad manners, Children's Literature, Humor, humorous poetry, Poetry, rude people
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Grab a Breath

July 27, 2013

kidsromp

Grab a breath
Let it out
Make some noise
Stomp and shout

Clickity-clack, snicker-snack, holly-jolly, sing song
Whickity-whack, pitter-pat, golly-molly, ding dong
Bippity-bap, sunny-snap, wimple-wumple, voodoo
Dippity-dap, bunny-tap, fimple-fample, hoo-doo

It’s your day
Don’t be shy
Act before
It passes by

Clickity-clack, snicker-snack, holly-jolly, sing song
Whickity-whack, pitter-pat, golly-molly, ding dong
Bippity-bap, sunny-snap, wimple-wumple, voodoo
Dippity-dap, bunny-tap, fimple-fample, hoo-doo

Now’s the time
Wait no more
Live your rhyme
Let it roar

Clickity-clack, snicker-snack, holly-jolly, sing song
Whickity-whack, pitter-pat, golly-molly, ding dong
Bippity-bap, sunny-snap, wimple-wumple, voodoo
Dippity-dap, bunny-tap, fimple-fample, hoo-doo

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:Children's Literature, children’s poetry, fun, Language, stomp
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Alliterative Animal Kingdom

April 8, 2013

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Round the rampant rugged rocks
Rude and ragged rascals run.

—W.H. Auden

Queasy koalas quarrel and quibble
Noisy gnus nag and nibble
Hefty horses heave and hoe
Shameless sheep shop and show

Playful pigs prance and preen
Careful cats cook and clean
Dancing dogs dally and drink
Thirteen thoroughbreds thank and think

Buoyant bunnies broil and bake
Rampant rhinos rush and rake
Slippery seals splash and splish
While wayward weasels wonder and wish

by Richard W. Bray

Tags:alliteration, bunnies, cats, children's poetry, Children's Literature, dogs, gnu, horses, Humor, humorous poetry, koala, Language, pigs, Poetry, rhinos, seals, sheep, thoroughbreds, W.H. Auden, weasels
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Posts Tagged ‘Children’s Literature’

Serious Like Me

Correct Like Me

I Refusal Your Bamboozle

Don’t Wake Me Up for Anything

Things That Aren’t Childish

Hadley McNutter

Happy-Spangled Day

Non-Apology Apology

Grab a Breath

Alliterative Animal Kingdom

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