"Get Out of Bed! " by Diane Z. Shore

Silly children's poetry month continues...

Get Out of Bed!
by Diane Z. Shore

"Get out of bed, you silly fool!
Get up right now, it’s time for school.
If you don’t dress without a fuss,
I’ll throw you naked on the bus!"

"Oh, Mom, don’t make me go today.
I’m feeling worse than yesterday.
You don’t know what I’m going through.
I’ve got a strange, rare case of flu.

"My body aches, my throat is sore.
I’m sure I’m knocking on death’s door.
You can’t send me to school—achoo!—
’Cause everyone could get it, too.

"Besides, the kids despise me there.
They always tease and always stare.
And all the teachers know my name.
When something’s wrong, it’s me they blame."

"You faked a headache yesterday.
Don’t pull that stuff on me today.
Stop acting like a silly fool—
The principal cannot skip school!"

Found at: http://www.gigglepoetry.com/poem.aspx?PoemID=111&CategoryID=44

"Don't Bring Camels in the Classroom" by Kenn Nesbitt

Let's get 2012 off to a good start, shall we? Personally, it's only 3 days in and already one of the most stressful years of my life. Since Make Time for Poetry is the place where I take a break from job searching, wedding planning, and cleaning my ever disastrous apartment, I've decided in an effort to keep a smile on my face (and hopefully yours too) the month of January will be dedicated to silly children's poetry. So if sometime in the next 28 days you find yourself screaming or crying or just wishing you had enough energy or time for either, take a break, brew some tea, let yourself relax and enjoy a silly poem.I promise, you'll thank me later...

Don't Bring Camels in the Classroom
by Kenn Nesbitt

Don't bring camels in the classroom.
Don't bring scorpions to school.
Don't bring rhinos, rats, or reindeer.
Don't bring mice or moose or mule.

Pull your penguin off the playground.
Put your python in a tree.
Place your platypus wherever
you think platypi should be.

Lose your leopard and your lemur.
Leave your llama and your leech.
Take your tiger, toad, and toucan
anywhere but where they teach.

Send your wombat and your weasel
with your wasp and wolverine.
Hide your hedgehog and hyena
where you're sure they won't be seen.

Please get rid of your gorilla.
Please kick out your kangaroo.
No, the teacher didn't mean it
when she called the class a "zoo."

Found at: http://www.poetryteachers.com/schoolpoems/dontbringcamels.html