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Wonderful smart—thinking Dr. Theophrastus
Has sold poetry books the utterly fastest.
His lines are tricky. They rhyme and dance.
His words are sticky. They preen and they prance.

His rhyming books make people insanely happy.
They are whimsical and fun, powerfully snappy.
With a whistle and a wink, they go along sweetly.
With a thistle painted pink, they are cartooned completely.

They make us laugh, they tickle our funny bones.
They brighten giraffes, who are asking for bank loans.
They make crazy people smile and toot and sometimes laugh.
Keep 4-H kids company while they are lying with their calf.

Dr. T’s poems are creative and fun, lively and jazzy.
They are head-spinning works of art, done amazingly snazzy.
They take astronauts and fling them high above the moon.
And toss whirly whippsy wiggins in yesterday’s monsoon.

They are lively and quick, understood by the common man.
They keep us shiny and slick, and help us love poetry at hand.
They delight all my locked up nephews and my stocked up nieces.
They thrill the cocked up roosters and owls, who love them to pieces.

Written 34-2019           Contest:  Honoring Dr. Seuss
Sponsor: Michelle Faulkner
Copyright © | Year Posted 2019

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Duet Avatar
April 15, 2019 at 9:37 PM
What a fun poem, Caren! Congrats on your win.
Krutsinger Avatar
April 16, 2019 at 3:15 PM
Thank you Carole.
Agustin Avatar
April 15, 2019 at 6:42 AM
Wow! Congrats! Thanks for sharing your talent. God bless you!
Krutsinger Avatar
April 15, 2019 at 10:54 AM
Thank you Beata. I am trying to figure out why some words are double underlined now. Hmmmmm
Gilmour Avatar
April 14, 2019 at 3:56 AM
Many congratulations on your win Caren, this is truly something else - so cleverly written and each line made me smile. Your imagery is magical Caren - I love it!!! Kindest thoughts Ann xx
Krutsinger Avatar
April 15, 2019 at 12:19 AM
Thank you Ann. I truly love Seuss, so this was an easy write!
Wolf Avatar
April 13, 2019 at 10:22 PM
Please illustrate this and sell it as 'Pseudo-Suess!' LOL. This is WONDERFUL, Caren! Congrats on your win in the contest. :) gw
Krutsinger Avatar
April 14, 2019 at 12:47 AM
Thanks for letting me know. I am grateful! I really worked hard on tihs one.
Faulkner Avatar
April 13, 2019 at 4:35 PM
I love Dr. Theophrastus - especially giraffes who ask for bank loans! Congratulations on placing in my contest, Caren!
Krutsinger Avatar
April 14, 2019 at 12:48 AM
Thank you for having a contest like this one, Michelle. It made me try hard, and THINK and RE-WRITE and all of that other glorious stuff a poet is supposed to HAHAHAA want to do.
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