FOUR POEMS FROM THE SUNSET CHILD

 

I

 

TUM TUMPTY TUM

 

Tum tumpty tum 

The cat is playing the drum

Four little mice

Are shaking the ground

Dancing merrily around

Tum- tumpty- tum

The cat is playing the drum

Three little mice are dancing

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

II

 

EVERY

 

We had a snowball fight with the Widgets.

Go and wait with Boris at Ash Rock. – 

The rocks fell from the cliff.

Amanda and Rodey built a snow shelter. 

 

Rockets fly with a jet of flame.

A train puffs a cloud of steam.

My dad dug an underground tunnel.

My dad was mentioning something about Christmas.

 

We are going to do fractions in maths.

I got on a train at the station. 

The first one is a boy’s name.

This one is a lady’s name.

 

This one is the name of a seaside town.

This one is a doctor’s name. 

This one is title of a man.

This one is a question mark. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

III

 

[NO NAME]

 

Colour circles red. How many circles?

Colour triangles blue. How many squares?

Colour oblongs orange. How many triangles?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IV

 

[NO NAME]

 

MY DOG HAS GOT NO BRAIN,

MY DOG IS A TOTAL PAIN,

HE'S GOT THREE EYES

AND A BIG FAT NOSE

AND GETS HIMSELF TANGLED

WITH THE GARDEN HOSE,

HE ONCE TOOK A PILL

THAT MADE HIM ILL

AND EVER SINCE THEN

HE'S BEEN STANDING VERY STILL