I Listen to My Chicken
From the book The Armpit of Doom
I listen to my chicken
as she sings her cheerful song.
I’m tickled with my turkey
as he gobbles right along.
My duck sings so delightfully.
I love my rooster’s rap,
and when my Cornish game hen croons
it makes me want to clap.
I give my goose a gander
and I giggle as she chimes,
for when it comes to poultry
I prefer the kind that rhymes.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2012. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 5
Topics: Animal Poems, Music Poems
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Descriptive Poems, Pun Poems
Word Count: 73
From the book The Armpit of Doom
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