When the alligarter snaps her jaws She really should receive applause When showing all her spiky teeth, For hidden deep beneath Her tongue, so very strong, Are garters made of...
All his buildings are long and thin, they snake Through jungles, over mountains, they make The most continuous homes on earth. If you’re a snake you’ll want to use them...
You can hear him in the tallest trees, Quarrelling, quarrelling, all the day, Like all the squarrels, he loves to tease, It can cause a quarrel, wouldn’t you say? He...
Hear me howling at the moon; The moment cannot come too soon When something really has to change Out here on the lonely, open range. No lack of shelter or...
Her ears are made of the rarest silk, Her tusks are solid gold, Her skin as white and bright as milk, With richness in every fold. But when you look...
In this bright heaven of gleaming lakes, This paradise of silver streams, We join our hearts, our minds, our hopes, And all our shining, precious dreams. And by these waters...
If within us there’s a gene for rhyming, And one, perhaps, for a subtle timing, A third that bends to philosophical, A fourth that tends to metaphorical, A fifth that...
You are the boy who never walks but always runs, The king of all the grids, And stones, and pans and lids, Still to be blessed by the warmth of...
From the deepest purples to palest blues You light our lives in iridescent ways, Olivia of the lovely red shoes. Through your life all colours are yours to choose, Blaze,...
Claire Louise, Claire Louise Whisper her softly As a breeze Claire Louise, Claire Louise A poet In his wordy splendour Might breathe Such magic sounds as these. Claire Louise, Claire...
