With Nuts Only
by
J. Patrick Lewis
If you enter his arena
From here to Pasadena
And laugh like a hyena—
A cobra will not budge.
You wave a red bandanna
From here to Indiana,
Or dangle a banana—
He’s sober as a judge.
Since the time of Noah,
A cobra’s like a boa,
And neither one will go a-
Way till you say
“Fudge!”
Did you know that today, June 2nd, is Yell "Fudge" at the Cobras in North America Day? No? Well, I didn't either until J. Patrick Lewis (oh, excuse me - Children's Poet Laureate J. Patrick Lewis) sent me this piece of wonderfulness. And so, I pass on the news and the poem to you. Fudge!!!!
Thursday, June 02, 2011
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4 comments:
That is absolute awesomeness! Love it.
Um... yes, the cobras of the world... how do we know they don't like fudge!?
I love that our Children's Poet Laureate is somewhat crazy.
I chanced upon your blog thru the Poetry round up in the kidlitosphere, and I am glad that it did. I love fudge. =) And chocolate chips. And chocolate syrup. And anything chocolatey for that matter. =)
Pretty effective info, thanks for the post.
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