My Koala’s Not a Doctor
A Funny Koala Poem for Kids
From the book The Elephant Repairman
My koala’s not a doctor.
My koala’s not a teacher.
My koala’s not a pilot.
My koala’s not a preacher.
My koala’s not an actor,
or an athlete, or musician.
My koala’s not a writer,
or a lawyer, or magician.
My koala’s not a scientist.
He’s not a film director.
My koala’s not an astronaut.
He’s not a trash collector.
My koala’s pretty lazy.
He just hangs out in a tree,
and he never went to school
for a diploma or degree.
So he couldn’t get a job
at any place where he applied.
My koala’s unemployed because
he’s unkoalafied.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 2
Topics: Animal Poems
Poetic Techniques: Assonance, Descriptive Poems, Pun Poems, Repetition
Word Count: 106
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From the book The Elephant Repairman
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