What a Trip!
I tripped on the sheets when I got out of bed.
I tripped on the stairs and I fell on my head.
I tripped on my pants when I tried to get dressed.
I tripped on my shoelace and injured my chest.
I tripped on a crack in the sidewalk this morning.
I tripped on a tree root without any warning.
I tripped on a curbstone while walking to school.
I tripped at the park and I fell in the pool.
I tripped on my backpack. I tripped on my bike.
I tripped on my train set. I tripped on my trike.
I tripped on my camera. I tripped on my cat.
I tripped on my baseball. I tripped on my bat.
I haven’t got money to go on vacations.
I may never see other cities or nations.
If I didn’t trip I’d go nowhere at all,
but this way, at least, I take trips every fall.
— Kenn Nesbitt
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Reading Level: Grade 1
Topics: Imaginary Poems, Poems about Kooky Characters, Seasonal Poems, Wordplay
Poetic Techniques: Pun Poems, Repetition, Rhyme Schemes
Word Count: 160
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