There’s something in this anthology collected by Joshua Seigal to tickle all funnybones – young or old!
Joshua Seigal is an award-winning poet, performer and educator who uses poetry to develop literacy skills and inspire confidence and creativity in communication.
My favourite poem was my dog, Lola’s, favourite poem. Joshua once wrote a great poem for Lola. She is one of his fans.
DogMatic
I’ve got a new DogMatic
she’s my automatic pet.
Of all the beasts I’ve ever bought
she is the best one yet.
She likes to play outside with me
but sometimes she gets wet,
and then she blows her circuitry
and ends up at the vet.
I’ve got a new DogMatic,
she’s my high-perfomance mate.
Of all the cronies I could own
it’s her I really rate.
I simply click a button
and she starts to calculate
the distance to the park, in metres,
from our garden gate.
I’ve got a new DogMatic –
she’s my electronic chum.
She’s smarter than my sister,
more efficient than my mum.
She has a byte at dinner time
and then, when she is done,
a tiny little microchip
comes plopping out her bum…
© Joshua Seigal
You can buy I Bet I Can Make you Laugh, humorously illustrated by Tim Wesson, here.
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