Charlie Has the Chicken Pox
Charlie has the chicken pox.
Fiona has the flu.
Colin has a dreadful cold
and Thomas has one too.
Carly’s got an awful cough.
Mikayla has the mumps.
Robert’s got a runny nose
and painful reddish bumps.
Lee came down with laryngitis.
Steven’s got a sneeze.
Stuart has a stomach ache
from some obscure disease.
Teacher told us just today
her birthday’s very near.
Guess what gifts our teacher
can expect from us this year?
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2005. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 3
Topics: Birthday, Health, School Poems
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Descriptive Poems, Irony
Word Count: 80
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