As red as a rose – as square as a box;

As bold as a thief – as sly as a fox.

Anon.

Back Room Boy

Back Room Boy

I wrote the poem that Tommy read

In assembly today

I volunteered to be the one

Who puts the paints away

I am the playtime monitor

I take Miss Moss her tea

If someone’s needed for a job

Then that someone is me

I passed the ball to Sarah

And Sarah scored the goal

I rehearsed the play with Tina

Prepared her for the role

I like to work behind the scenes

Not in the spotlight’s glare

But I thought I’d write this poem

To remind you I am there

Roger Stevens

A Song about Myself

A Song about Myself

There was a naughty boy,

And a naughty boy was he,

He ran away to Scotland

The people for to see –

There he found

That the ground

Was as hard,

That a yard

Was as long,

That a song

Was as merry,

That a cherry

Was as red –

That lead

Was as weighty,

That fourscore

Was as eighty,

That a door

Was as wooden

As in England –

So he stood in his shoes

And he wonder’d

He wonder’d,

He stood in his

Shoes and he wonder’d.

John Keats

A Boy’s Song

A Boy’s Song

Where the pools are bright and deep,

Where the grey trout lies asleep,

Up the river and o’er the lea,

That’s the way for Billy and me.

Where the blackbird sings the latest,

Where the hawthorn blooms the sweetest,

Where the nestlings chirp and flee,

That’s the way for Billy and me.

Where the mowers mow the cleanest,

Where the hay lies thick and greenest;

There to trace the homeward bee,

That’s the way for Billy and me.

Where the hazel bank is steepest,

Where the shadow falls the deepest,

Where the clustering nuts fall free,

That’s the way for Billy and me.

Why the boys should drive away

Little sweet maidens from the play,

Or love to banter and fight so well,

That’s the thing I never could tell.

But this I know, I love to play,

Through the meadow, among the hay;

Up the water and o’er the lea,

That’s the way for Billy and me.

James Hogg

The Magic Pebble

The Magic Pebble

My favourite thing is a pebble

That I found on a beach in Wales

It looks like any other

But its magic never fails

It does my homework for me

Makes difficult sums seem clear

School dinners taste delicious

It makes teachers disappear

It turns water into lemonade

A bully into a frog

When I’m in need of company

It becomes a friendly dog

One, two, three and Whoosh!

You’re in a foreign land

Space travel is so easy

Simply hold it in your hand

Close your eyes and make a wish