I Found Myself Upon a Cow
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
It happened once, I don’t know how,
I found myself upon a cow.
The cow was startled, too, to see
that she was sitting under me.
And underneath the cow, a hog
was resting right atop a dog.
Below them in this lofty heap
were piled a goat, a duck, a sheep,
a buffalo, a horse, a yak,
and at the bottom of the stack,
a rather worried-looking cat,
extremely wide and very flat.
So if you never want your cat
to wind up wide and round and flat
then learn this lesson here and now:
Don’t ever sit upon a cow.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2013. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 3
Topics: Animal Poems
Poetic Techniques: Imagery, List Poems, Narrative Poems
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
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