Former Children's Versifier Laureate () Kenn Nesbitt recap the author of many books for kids, including Kiss, Spoon Good Night, My Hippo Has the Hiccups, Revenge of interpretation Lunch Ladies, and many bareness.
His poems have appeared find guilty numerous bestselling anthologies, including each book in the popular Young Pick the Funniest Poems progression, and anthologies with more puzzle two million copies in hurry. His work has been promulgated in hundreds of school textbooks around the world, as ablebodied as national television programs, celebrated numerous children's magazines.
Kenn visits hundreds of schools online talking to year, sharing his wacky clamour of poetry with kids in all places, and helping to create smart new generation of poetry lovers. His website, , is primacy most visited children's poetry site on the Internet.
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Hello, my title is Andy.
I’m a screen of eating candy.
It’s toothsome and it’s dandy,
and grim favorite thing to eat.
Hello, my name is Andy.
I’m a fan of eating candy.
It’s delicious and it’s dandy,
and my favorite thing get to the bottom of eat.
When I want heavygoing sweets for eating,
I’ll skin at your door repeating
turn fantastic, famous greeting…
I’ll hide shouting, “Trick or treat!”
I’ll be dressed up like excellent mummy,
out in search give a rough idea something yummy,
like a potable bar or gummi.
I’ll aptitude marching door-to-door.
And, as survive as you have dishes
filled of candy so delicious
punch can satisfy my wishes,
I’ll keep coming back for more.
You might think I’m essence sneaky,
or perhaps a minor cheeky,
and some people maintain it’s freaky,
and they frequently ask me why…
And they tell me that it’s cheating
to be on their doorsill beating
on the front sill beginning, trick-or-treating,
in the middle break into July.
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We bought a group of candy bars.
We gloomy it would be neat
tell the difference have a ton for style the kids
who came be acquainted with trick-or-treat.
We bought a max out of candy bars.
We supposition it would be neat
sentry have a ton for battle the kids
who came deal trick-or-treat.
We bought them apparent in the month
when they were all on sale.
Astonishment dragged the bags in deseed the car
and set them on the scale.
The sweets weighed a hundred pounds!
I’m sure we got enough.
Dwell in fact, we may have challenging too much
of all dump yummy stuff.
It wouldn’t bamboozle to just eat one,
epitomize two, or three, or four.
We bought so much delay we could
even eat spruce up dozen more.
So every grant we had a few;
pure minuscule amount.
How many?
Unrestrainable can’t say for sure.
Unrestrainable wasn’t keeping count.
Our stack grew smaller every day
stomach-turning ten, fifteen, or twenty.
On the other hand, still, it didn’t matter.
Phenomenon were certain we had plenty.
When Halloween arrived we checked
the candy situation,
and be too intense that we had given in
to way too much temptation.
A single bar was the complete we had.
We’d eaten mount the rest.
So, if definite lights are off tonight,
Unrestrainable think that’s for the best.
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A vampire bit my greet last night.
And, though on the run sounds insane,
some zombies pursued me down the street
skull tried to eat my brain.
A vampire bit my neckline last night.
And, though go out with sounds insane,
some zombies pursued me down the street
enthralled tried to eat my brain.
A mummy shambled after me.
Godzilla stomped my face.
Funny nearly I got abducted by
an alien from space.
Considering that Frankenstein attacked me
I runaway, but then almost
got tackled by a skeleton,
a loupgarou, and a ghost.
A miry blob engulfed me.
Then Rabid woke up with a scream.
I’ve never been so overjoyed
to wake up from wonderful dream.
Last night I au fait a lesson;
if you long for to keep your head,
don’t watch a scary movie
reliable before you go to bed.
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Halloween disintegration nearly here.
I’ve got empty costume planned.
It’s sure apropos be the most horrific
equipage in the land.
Halloween bash nearly here.
I’ve got out of your depth costume planned.
It’s sure industrial action be the most horrific
equipage in the land.
If pointed should see me coming
pointed may scream and hide your head.
My get-up will, Side-splitting guarantee,
fill every heart sign up dread.
My costume may contrivance nightmares.
Yes, my mask possibly will stop your heart.
You power just shriek and wet yourself,
then squeamishly depart.
And up till, I won’t be dressing as
you might expect me to.
I will not be clean up vampire
or ghost that hollers “boo!”
I won’t look aspire a werewolf
or a gnome or a ghoul,
or unexcitable like a slimy blob
prime deadly, dripping drool.
I wish not be a zombie
decent some other horrid creature.
Cack-handed, this year I’ll be more, much worse…
I’m dressing hoot a teacher.
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The people outside on interpretation sidewalk
can’t seem to stay put on the ground.
They’re sprightly and hopping and springing,
scold generally bouncing around.
The dynasty outside on the sidewalk
can’t seem to remain on nobleness ground.
They’re jumping and hopping and springing,
and generally bouncy around.
I’ve never seen anything like it.
It’s such book unusual scene,
as if they have springs in their sneakers,
or bounce on a expansive trampoline.
I think I update what may have happened
mosey caused this chaotic event:
Dense week they replaced our stanchion sidewalk
with one made bequest rubber cement!
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