My Virtual Puppy
A Funny Video Game / Pet Poem for Kids
From the book My Cat Knows Karate
I purchased a virtual puppy.
He lives in an app on my phone.
He digs in a virtual garden
to bury a virtual bone.
I feed him with virtual dog food.
I’m teaching him virtual tricks,
like giving me virtual handshakes
and fetching his virtual sticks.
He naps on a virtual sofa.
He likes to chase virtual cats.
Whenever he’s good I reward him
with virtual dog treats and pats.
He’ll bring me the virtual paper.
He’ll chew on a virtual shoe.
There’s only one virtual problem.
I clean up his virtual poo.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2018. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 2
Topics: Animal Poems, Game, Science and Technology Poems
Poetic Techniques: Irony, Narrative Poems, Repetition
Word Count: 96
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From the book My Cat Knows Karate
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