I Grew a Foot this Summer
From the book The Armpit of Doom
I grew a foot this summer
and I wish it wasn’t true.
I’m not twelve inches taller,
I just need an extra shoe.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2012. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 2
Topics: Science and Technology Poems, Wacky Weirdness, Wordplay
Poetic Techniques: Narrative Poems, Pun Poems
Word Count: 29
From the book The Armpit of Doom
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