Jim Sox
A Funny Sports Poem for Kids
From the book When the Teacher Isn't Looking
He’s “Mr. Athletic,”
the coolest of jocks,
the school’s fastest runner:
His name is Jim Sox.
He’s fearsome at football,
terrific at tennis.
At baseball and basketball
Jim is a menace.
He’s always the winner.
There isn’t a sport
where Jim doesn’t rule
as the king of the court.
He’s equally blessed
on the field and the rink,
but all of that exercise
gives him a stink.
And so in our schoolyard
the greatest of knocks
is telling a person,
“You smell like Jim Sox.”
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 4
Topics: Poems about Kooky Characters, School Poems, Sports
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Dialogue, List Poems, Pun Poems, Superlatives
From the book When the Teacher Isn't Looking
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