Sarah Muddles and Other Home-Grown Poems by G.P. McGlynn        copyright mm                 

WHAT TIME IS IT?

Bath time.
Splash time.
(Anything but math) time.

Scrub time.
Tub time.
Please don't pull the plug time.

Bed time.
"Zed" time.
Dreamin' in my head time...

DID YOU KNOW?

Did you know
That the sign of a cold
Is a dreadful, nagging cough?

Of course you did!
Just because your a kid
Doesn't mean that your brain's set to "Off!"

JENNY'S PENNY

Jenny had a penny,
She never let it go.
She kept it in her pocket
(Or so she told me so.)

Jenny had a penny,
All shiny, bright and new.
She polished it with Turtle Wax
To get off all the goo.

Jenny had a penny.
She took it everywhere!
She took it to the market
And to the county fair.

She took it to the movies.
She took it to the zoo.
She took it to her Grandma's house
And to a barbeque.

She took it on the schoolbus.
She taped it to her bike.
She took it to her best friend Jan's
And she took it on a hike.

Jenny had a penny
Until her brother Frank
Found it lying on the floor
And put it in the bank.

"$2.50, PLEASE!"

Oh, I've often heard said
From all sorts of folks
That the best things in life are free.

But I always hear different
When I go to the store
And the clerk says, "$2.50, please!"