poem length: Short

These are short poems that take 30-60 seconds to read.

Get Off Your Sister's Homework by Kenn Nesbitt
Get Off Your Sister’s Homework
Be-were of Neighbor by Kenn Nesbitt
Be-were of Neighbor
To Learn to Juggle Prickly Pears by Kenn Nesbitt
To Learn to Juggle Prickly Pears
Icon image of octopus representing the poem Octo-Pair by Kenn Nesbitt
Octo-Pair
A Shark Is a Pet by Kenn Nesbitt
A Shark Is a Pet
Porcupine Valentine
I Thought it Was a Basketball by Kenn Nesbitt
I Thought it Was a Basketball
A Strange Old Man by Kenn Nesbitt
A Strange Old Man Fell Out of Bed
Frog Ball
Remarkable Sylvia Stein by Linda Knaus and Kenn Nesbitt
Remarkable Sylvia Stein
I Sat Down on a Seesaw by Kenn Nesbitt
I Sat Down On a Seesaw
Broccoli for Breakfast by Kenn Nesbitt
Broccoli for Breakfast
Christmas Dinner by Kenn Nesbitt
Christmas Dinner
Abrocat the Acrobat
I Built a Castle on the Beach
Einstein's Brain by Kenn Nesbitt
Einstein’s Brain
Slim Sam's Ship Shop by Kenn Nesbitt
Slim Sam’s Ship Shop
I Am Running, Running, Running by Kenn Nesbitt
I Am Running, Running, Running
Cinderella, Soccer Player
Shelley Sellers by Kenn Nesbitt
Shelley Sellers
Forty Purple Porpoises by Kenn Nesbitt
Forty Purple Porpoises
Billy
Octoproblem by Kenn Nesbitt
Octoproblem
What I Told Mrs. Morris when She Asked How I Was Feeling Today by Kenn Nesbitt
What I Told Mrs. Morris When She Asked How I Was Feeling Today

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