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Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Old Mother Hubbard, a cautionary tale
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Jim Slaughter
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humor, nursery rhyme,
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Off To Sleep Again
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Joseph May
| Rhyme |
music, nursery rhyme, song,
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Easter Peter
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Trevor McLeod
| Quatrain |
nursery rhyme, appreciation, character, cute love,
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Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Old King Cole, a very merry monarch
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Jim Slaughter
| Light Verse |
humor, nursery rhyme,
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Down at the Frog-o-Mat
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson
| Quatrain |
nursery rhyme, animal, cat, funny, nonsense,
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Halloween Pumpkin
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Kevin Shaw
| Rhyme |
nonsense, nursery rhyme, silly,
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Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Quite Contrary Mary
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Jim Slaughter
| Light Verse |
humor, nursery rhyme,
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Pollywogs
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson
| Lyric |
nursery rhyme, animal, death, fish, happiness,
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adversary rhyme
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darren risden
| Rhyme |
nursery rhyme,
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Hi, Tiddley
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Jessica Amanda Salmonson
| Quatrain |
nursery rhyme, drink, fun, games, giggle,
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Pritty
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Pritty little winks.
Pritty little winks.
What do you think
of the pritty little winks.
They love you
You love them
Each and every little wink
Is a pritty gem...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, children, fun, games, love,
Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Jack be nimble
by Jim Slaughter
Jack was nimble,
And Jack was quick,
But he miscalculated
That candlestick.
It was skinny and tall,
Jack was thick and quite small.
When he lit,
It was with an undignified bump
With...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
humor, nursery rhyme,
B28-P12-MAY BE TOMORROW
by Jerry Wells
POEM 12 MAY BE TOMORROW
MYBE TOMORROW I WILL BE SITTING BESIDE YOU STARING INTO YOUR WONDERFUL LOOKING EYES.
MYBE TOMORROW MY STOMACH DOES A...
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Prose Poetry |
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, 6th grade, 9th grade,
Tree Ring Circus
by Rico Leffanta
Donald Trump was as stumped as a man can be
"How could LeBron James be anything like me?"
A wise old owl
Commenced to howl
"Quite different branches grow...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, black african american, culture,
Rum Tum Tiddle
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Rum tum tiddle
You can fiddle
In the middle
Of the place where you piddle
In a skittle on the griddle
Rum tum tiddle
It's a brittle little riddle
As you...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, fun, games, music, nonsense,
Tiddly Hi
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Hi Tiddley Hi Ti
I sung this happy song
Hi Tiddley Hi Ti
But got the lyrics wrong
Hi Tiddley Hi Ti
The winker's life for me
I'm wearing a tie-dye
It...
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Lyric |
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, clothes, fun, games, music,
Tiddley Pom
by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
Pom Tiddley Om Pom
Buddha says to me
Pom Tiddley Om Pom
He flips me in a tree
Pom Tiddley Om Pom
I get stung by a bee
Pom Tiddley Om...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, fantasy, fun, games, insect,
What's In A Name
by Cecilia Crasto
What's in a name one might ask
Finding an answer is no easy task
If I should change my name to Jane
Must I then prefix it with...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
humorous, nursery rhyme,
Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Hey diddle diddle
by Jim Slaughter
The rhyme "Hey diddle diddle"
For me poses a riddle:
What possible need
Has a cat for a fiddle?
A cow might jump over the moon,
So I'm told,
If a...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
humor, nursery rhyme,
How Do Children Sleep At Night
by Jim Slaughter
It's a wonder young children still turn out all right
With the stuff that gets crammed in their heads every night.
Things like visions of sugar plum...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, children, humor, imagination, nursery
Refurbished Nursery Rhymes: Itsy bitsy spider, Reservations Not Required
by Jim Slaughter
An itsy bitsy spider
Is waiting for the rain
To drip its final droplets down
So he can weave his web again.
Next time he'll choose a better spot
Than...
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Light Verse |
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Categories:
dark, humor, nursery rhyme,
Humpty Dumpty Unsung Hero
by george seal
Humpty Dumpty, it was not his real name,
A nom de guerre that brought widespread fame.
...
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Couplet |
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Categories:
hero, mystery, nursery rhyme,
What Use is a Llama
by Gershon Wolf
Consider the neck-ed creature known as the llama
A species of alpaca that lives in zoos or dioramas
Some llamas look like camels, others like sheep
Tho I've...
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Categories:
animal, nursery rhyme,
HAUGHTY DISPLAY DROVE HUMPTY DUMPTY TO HIS FALL
by Beata Agustin
Humpty Dumpty starred in a nursery rhyme…
His fall accordingly was the talk at that time
Soon it was labeled as a mysterious crime
Needing solution thru wisdom’s...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, character, cheer up, faith,
Something Funny
by Trevor McLeod
Something funny for a man
Funny for a girl
Something that will make you glad
Copy for a whirl
Better than the ball and bat
Cuter than a doll
Faster than...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, 1st grade, 9th grade,
THE MYSTERY OF HUMPTY'S FALL
by Susan Ellis
This is the tale of a mighty great fall
And how it came to be from sitting on a wall
From the beginning it was never revealed
The...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
nursery rhyme,
The Mystery of Humpty Dumpty
by Gershon Wolf
Too many questions, way too few answers
Why would an egg wear blue pants, sir? And
Wherefore his fall? Perchance he was struck with a lance, sir...
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, humorous, mystery, myth, nursery
The Cracking Case of Humpty Dumpty
by Nina Parmenter
They’ve assigned a detective called Jack,
To get poor Humpty’s case back on track,
Which he thinks he can close,
As the evidence shows,
Humpty’s isn’t a tough case...
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Limerick |
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Categories:
nursery rhyme, fun, funny, humor, humorous,
Caught in the Rhymes
by Joseph May
The detective stood at the scene of the crime
Gathering clues at the base of a wall
Bits of eggshell were strewn all around
...
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Free verse |
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Categories:
humorous, nursery rhyme,
THE MYSTERY OF HUMPTY DUMPTY HAS BEEN CRACKED
by JAN ALLISON
Humpty Dumpty never ever sat on a wall
In reality he was very much an odd ball
I understand he drank far too much alcohol
And he...
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Rhyme |
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Categories:
fun, humorous, nursery rhyme,