Floyd the Coin Collector
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
I’m Floyd, the coin collector.
It’s coins that I collect.
I’m really not too finicky
with which ones I select.
I like collecting pennies;
they’re all I get sometimes.
But often I get nickels, too,
and frequently it’s dimes.
I’ll gladly keep a dollar coin,
a quarter, or a pound.
I’d even save a rupee
or a ruble that I found.
A euro here, a guilder there,
a peso or a franc;
I’ll happily collect them all
and put them in the bank.
My hobby is a simple one;
it’s not the least bit strange.
And all you have to do to help
is give me all your change.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2012. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 4
Topics: Money, Poems about Kooky Characters
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Assonance, Descriptive Poems, List Poems
Word Count: 113
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
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