Famous Short Cake Poems
Famous Short Cake Poems. Short Cake Poetry by Famous Poets. A collection of the all-time best Cake short poems
by
Roger McGough
i wanted one life
you wanted another
we couldn't have our cake
so we ate eachother.
by
Donald Justice
Thirty today, I saw
The trees flare briefly like
The candles on a cake,
As the sun went down the sky,
A momentary flash,
Yet there was time to wish
by
Robert Louis Stevenson
We built a ship upon the stairs
All made of the back-bedroom chairs,
And filled it full of soft pillows
To go a-sailing on the billows.
We took a saw and several nails,
And water in the nursery pails;
And Tom said, "Let us also take
An apple and a slice of cake;"--
Which was enough for Tom and me
To go a-sailing on, till tea.
We sailed along for days and days,
And had the very best of plays;
But Tom fell out and hurt his knee,
So there was no one left but me.
by
Kobayashi Issa
That pretty girl--
munching and rustling
the wrapped-up rice cake.
by
Richard Wilbur
Blow out the candles of your cake.
They will not leave you in the dark,
Who round with grace this dusky arc
Of the grand tour which souls must take.
You who have sounded William Blake,
And the still pool, to Plato's mark,
Blow out the candles of your cake.
They will not leave you in the dark.
Yet, for your friends' benighted sake,
Detain your upward-flying spark;
Get us that wish, though like the lark
You whet your wings till dawn shall break:
Blow out the candles of your cake.
by
Mother Goose
The Lion and the Unicorn were fighting for the crown,The Lion beat the Unicorn all around the town.Some gave them white bread, and some gave them brown,Some gave them plum-cake, and sent them out of town.
by
Edward Lear
C
c Caky, Baky, Maky, Caky, Taky caky, Little cake!
by
Edward Lear
There was an Old Man of Berlin,Whose form was uncommonly thin;Till he once, by mistake, was mixed up in a cake,So they baked that Old Man of Berlin.
by
Mother Goose
Handy Pandy, Jack-a-dandy,Loves plum cake and sugar candy.He bought some at a grocer's shop,And out he came, hop, hop, hop!
by
Mother Goose
A duck and a drake, And a halfpenny cake,With a penny to pay the old baker. A hop and a scotch Is another notch,Slitherum, slatherum, take her.
by
Carl Sandburg
THE RIVER is gold under a sunset of Illinois.
It is a molten gold someone pours and changes.
A woman mixing a wedding cake of butter and eggs
Knows what the sunset is pouring on the river here.
The river twists in a letter S.
A gold S now speaks to the Illinois sky.
by
Donald Justice
Thirty today, I saw
The trees flare briefly like
The candles upon a cake
As the sun went down the sky,
A momentary flash
Yet there was time to wish
Before the break light could die
If I had known what to wish
As once I must have known
Bending above the clean candlelit tablecloth
To blow them out with a breath
by
Robert Herrick
This day, my Julia, thou must make
For Mistress Bride the wedding-cake:
Knead but the dough, and it will be
To paste of almonds turn'd by thee;
Or kiss it thou but once or twice,
And for the bride-cake there'll be spice.
by
Mother Goose
Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Baker's man!So I do, master, As fast as I can.Pat it, and prick it, And mark it with T,Put it in the oven For Tommy and me.
by
Mother Goose
Hush-a-bye, baby, lie still with thy daddy, Thy mammy has gone to the mill,To get some meal to bake a cake, So pray, my dear baby, lie still. Hush-a-bye, baby, Daddy is near;Mamma is a lady, And that's very clear.
by
Mother Goose
Over the water, and over the sea,And over the water to Charley,I'll have none of your nasty beef,Nor I'll have none of your barley;But I'll have some of your very best flourTo make a white cake for my Charley.
by
Edward Lear
There was an old man on the Humber,Who dined on a cake of Burnt Umber;When he said, "It's enough!" they only said, "Stuff!You amazing old man on the Humber!"
by
Edward Lear
There was an Old Person of Rheims,Who was troubled with horrible dreams;So to keep him awake they fed him with cake,Which amused that Old Person of Rheims.