My Dog Fred
A Funny Dog and Cat Poem for Kids
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
I have a dog.
His name is Fred.
He won’t play fetch.
He won’t play dead.
He won’t shake hands
or sit or stay
or bark or beg
or run and play.
He won’t roll over,
jump or crawl.
In fact, he won’t
do tricks at all.
When people ask
I tell them that’s
because my dog
was raised by cats.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2014. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Animal Poems
Poetic Techniques: Descriptive Poems, Irony
Word Count: 64
From the book The Biggest Burp Ever
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