Silly Poems for
Wee People
Written by
CHAS STRAMASH
Illustrated by
Kamila Ratajczak
Published by Smashing Press at Smashwords
Third Edition, December 2011
ISBN: 978-1-4661-8342-1
All poetry copyright © 2011 Colin Galbraith
All illustrations copyright © 2011 Kamila Ratajczak
All rights reserved.
The right of Chas Stramash (Colin Galbraith)
to be identified as the author of this work
has been asserted in accordance with
Section 77 of the Copyright,
Designs and Patents Act 1988.
To contact the author please try:
www.chasstramash.com
For Charlotte
TOAST
Have you heard of Joe from by the coast
he's considered very weird
the only thing he ever eats
is lots of crispy toast
He eats it light, he eats it brown
he even eats it burnt
and he always burps really loud
just after scoffing it down
He won't have jam, he won't have spread
not even have marmalade
only butter satisfies his taste
when he chomps it down in bed
Joe eats more bread than you or I
twenty-three loaves each day
that's why he smells of milk and flour
and is as fat as an elephant's thigh
A DOG TODAY
A dog today
he waved at me
and asked me where I'm going.
"To the pound," I said
“To buy a dog,
my last got lost while roving.”
"Take me," he said
"I have no collar,
no owner or a lease.
"Give me food
and walk me often
I'll try not to give you fleas."
And so that dog
became my friend
we're never seen apart.
Except sometimes
when guests are in
and he does a smelly fart.
COLD-FISH
My wee goldfish
lives in cold water,
if he grew a fur coat
maybe he’d be warmer.
Very often I think of him
at night while I'm in bed,
I think of him trying to keep warm
by glowing brightly red.