Traffic  In summertime our garden walk Is like a summer street; So many bugs run up and down With tiny little feet. The ants are shiny taxicabs, Oh, my! They go so fast! Here comes a caterpillar bus Who slowly travels past. I’m very sure that bugs must have Some very special vision; For […]
Ten Fluffy Chickens  Five eggs and five eggs That makes ten. Sitting on top is the mother hen. Crackle, crackle, crackle; What do I see? Ten fluffy chickens As yellow as can be
The Plumpuppets When little heads weary have gone to their beds, When all the good nights and prayers have been said, Of all the good fairies that send bairns to rest The little Plumpuppets are those I love best. Â If your pillow is lumpy, or hot, thin, and flat, The little Plumpuppets know just […]
 The New Moon Dear mother, how pretty The moon looks tonight! She was never so cunning before; Her two little horns Are so sharp and bright, I hope she’ll not grow any more.  If I were up there, With you and my friends, I’d rock in it nicely, you’d see; I’d sit in […]
 Daddy fixed breakfast. He made us each a waffle. It looked like gravel pudding. It tasted something awful. “Ha, ha,†he said, “I’ll try again. This time I’ll get it right.†But what I got was in between Bituminous and anthracite. “A little too well done? Oh well, I’ll have to start all over.†[…]
WHEN I go up through the mowing field, The headless aftermath, Smooth-laid like thatch with the heavy dew, Half closes the garden path. Â And when I come to the garden ground, The whir of sober birds Up from the tangle of withered weeds Is sadder than any words. Â A tree beside the wall […]
A Kitten He’s nothing much but fur And two round eyes of blue, He has a giant purr And a midget mew. He darts and pats the air, He starts and cocks his ear, When there is nothing there For him to see and hear. He runs around in rings, But why we cannot tell; […]
Jump or Jiggle  Frogs jump, Caterpillars hump,  Worms wiggle, Bugs jiggle,  Rabbits hop, Horses clop,  Snakes slide, Sea gulls glide,  Mice creep, Deer leap,  Puppies bounce, Kittens pounce,  Lions stalk— But– I walk!  Evelyn Beyer
