Wally Wards the Sword Swallower
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
Wally Wards
swallowed swords,
daggers, dirks
and razor blades,
lances, spears,
garden shears,
sabers, scissors,
spikes and spades.
Wally’s jaws
welcomed saws,
hatchets, axes,
power drills,
arrows, picks,
sharpened sticks;
that’s how Wally
got his thrills.
All the same
it’s a shame
Wally Wards
should lose his life.
Wally croaked
when he choked
on a plastic
butter knife.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 7
Topics: Cautionary Tale, Circus, Poems about Kooky Characters
Poetic Techniques: Alliteration, Irony, Rhyme Schemes
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
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