Roddy Rapscallion
I’m Roddy Rapscallion
I’m rowdy and rude.
I’m coarse and I’m callous.
I’m crabby and crude.
I’m gross and uncivil.
I’m hardly a joy.
There never was known
a more boisterous boy.
I screech and I squabble.
I bellow and bawl.
I haven’t got friends
’cause I argue and brawl.
I’m nasty and noxious.
I rant and I rave.
I’m always in trouble.
I never behave.
I like to throw tantrums
from morning till night.
Except when my mom’s around;
then I’m polite.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2000. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 3
Topics: Poems about Kooky Characters
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