#nursery
A White Balloon
A white balloon
In a blue sky
Blooming at noon,
A white balloon
We call the moon
Goes floating by,
A white balloon
In a blue sky.
Lunch Meat
A gerbil meat sandwich with mustard and pickles
Will tickle your tastebuds with millions of tickles.
Waterford Willis
Waterford Willis wet his bed
Every night, and, God, he stunk!
So did his little brother, Ed,
Who occupied the bottom bunk.
They
They said I was a fool.
They said I must be blind.
They said I should just give up.
They said I lost my mind.
(They being the elves
That visit me at night),
They said I lost my marbles,
And they, by God, were right.
In Garbageland
In Fairyland the flowers speak;
In Neverland they fly;
In Wonderland the flowers dream;
In Garbageland they die.
Nurse Mortelle
There once was a registered nurse
Whose patients got worse, worse, and worse:
She'd give 'em injections
To treat their infections,
Then send 'em away in a hearse.
The Key of B
B major or B minor,
B♮ or B♯ or B♭,
B in a mode or B in a mood,
But don't B a brat!
Bigfoot, Big Trap
Winter, spring, summer, autumn,
I set a trap for Bigfoot and caught 'im!
A White Balloon
A white balloon
Goes floating by.
Across high noon,
A white balloon
We call the moon
In a blue sky,
A white balloon
Goes floating by.
Feb 26
Feb 26, 2026 at 8:46 PM UTC
Sevena Smith
With seven faces
(One with a beard),
The girl next-door
Is kinda weird.
Little Alice Liddell
O Little Alice Liddell went,
All on a summer's day,
Down, down a deep, dark rabbit hole,
Landed, and went her way
Adventuring through Wonderland,
Where face cards played croquet.
She made some friends, and drank some tea,
And proved a right good lass.
She barely kept her head, and then
Awoke on English grass.
When back she went to Wonderland
'T was through the looking glass.
Gunther Gutenjunge
Gunther Gutenjunge's an eellogofusciouhipoppokunurious boy
With a supercalifragilisticexpialidocious cat,
A ztyxnmweqbdvghrpakcfljious dog,
And a baby brother who's an acrasial brat.
The Skipper
The skipper is skipping and skipping and skipping
And skipping and skipping and skipping and tripping.
Nicholas Claus
A fella named Nicholas Claus
Can't ever skip Christmas because
He delivers the toys
To the good girls and boys
Whose cookies are made for his jaws.
Feb 17
Feb 17, 2026 at 4:08 AM UTC
A Little Baby Ladybug
A little baby ladybug
Was living on a leaf,
A little lady babybug
Whose life was rather brief.
A big and bulbous caterpillar
With quite an appetite
Ate leaf and all. The caterkiller
Craved yet another bite.
On Christmas Day In the Morning
Cinnamon Swiss Miss!
Good Dickens!! It's Christmas!!!
Sick Days
On Mondays I'm sick with a touch of the flu.
On Tuesdays it's Covid, and Wed-nes-days too.
On Thursdays I'm shaky. On Fridays I'm iffy.
On Saturdays, glory! I fell pretty nifty!
On Sundays I'm fine until evening, 'round 7:
I start to feel sick, with the flu by 11.
The Man on the Moon
There once was a man on the moon
Who dined with a runcible spoon:
The dinner was splendid,
And when it was ended
They played with a rainbow balloon.
Hush-a-Bye
Hush-a-bye, baby;
The world's a mad rat race.
Sleep and say bye-bye
To every bad rat face.
Feb 13
Feb 13, 2026 at 4:47 PM UTC
Number5
1,2,3,4,5!
A zombie's half alive!
6,7,8,9,10!
Play in a werewolf den!
10,9,8,7,6!
Eat a big bowl of ticks!
5,4,3,2,1!
Stare at the noonday sun!
A Doll Named Chucky
My doll's alive,
But mom doesn't know it.
When she's around,
He doesn't show it.
My doll's alive,
And, God, I'm lucky
To have a friend
Who's a doll named Chucky!
Flora ***** Fecalstank
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Corpse flowers stink,
And so does your ****
Robin Redbreast
Robin Redbreast is singing.
Robin Redbreast is winging.
Robin Redbreast just pooped
On the mailman's shoulder.
Robin Redbreast just pooped
In the eye of the beholder.
Affirmation
To be or _not_
To be?
That is the question.
The answer?
To be.
To be _a lot._
Betty
A colorful yeti named Betty,
Whose coat is like rainbow confetti,
On Everest prances,
Runs, gambols, and dances
Until she's exhausted and sweaty.
Feb 6
Feb 6, 2026 at 4:25 AM UTC
Father God
Father God
Doesn't spare the rod
Or spoil
Any boi or goil.
Twinkle, Twinkle
Twinkle, twinkle little fish,
How I wonder (as I wish
Mom would make for supper s'mores)
If a fish that's sleeping snores.
Alphabetical Order
A is for Alpha,
The very beginning.
B is for Bible:
Go read one. Stop sinning!
C's for the Church:
It's God's chosen people.
D's for the Doves
That nest in the steeple.
E is for Eyebrows:
I dare you to shave 'em.
F is for Fears:
I dare you to brave 'em.
G is for God,
Who only is good.
H is for Heaven,
The Lord's neighborhood.
I is for Idols:
Worship them never.
J is for Jesus:
The Christ lives forever.
K is for Kindness:
Do good and be kind.
L's for the Light
That gives sight to the blind.
M's for the Manna
That came down from Heaven.
N is for Numbers:
The churches are seven.
O's for Omega:
The absolute end.
P is for Peter,
Jesus's friend.
Q is for Quizzes:
They're graded by teachers.
R is for Rabbis:
They're Jews who are preachers.
S is for the Sabbath:
Observe it by resting.
T's for Temptation:
A moment of testing.
U is for Ugly:
The picture of Pride.
V is for Vineyard,
Where grapevines are tied.
W's Water
That's turned into wine.
X is for Xerxes,
Who'd dine, dine, and dine.
Y is for Yahweh,
Yehudi, and Yod.
Z is for Zealot:
Be zealous for God.
The Christmas Wreath Is On the Door
The Christmas wreath is on the door.
The Christmas cards have all been sent.
The Christmas lights are on the tree,
But why? It's almost Lent.
J is for Jam
I am I am I am I am I am
NOT a big fan of *********** jam.
A Monster That's Mostly Undead
A monster that's mostly undead
Is livingdead under your bed!
His favoritest food
Is a five-year-old dude!
His favoritest part is the head!
Abba
Abba, I pray
That mom and dad
Would have a glad
And happy day.
Feb 7
Feb 7, 2026 at 5:19 PM UTC
Father Goose
Father Goose
Rhymes like a ******** Dr. Seuss
For the fun of it.
Have all or some or none of it.
Groundhog Day
Whether Old Winter
Will slowly go,
Or Spring the Sprinter
Will rush the snow,
The hogs below
The ice will know.
Honeybee Pie
Humblebee, bumblebee,
Honeybee pie,
Don't eat the stingers;
If you eat them, you'll die
Hickory, dickory, dock
From anaphylactic shock.
Alexander Applesauce
Alexander Applesauce
Made a rope of dental floss,
Tied a rope-swing in a tree,
Started using **** at three,
Lost his teeth at four, and then
Lost his teeth again at ten.
Alexander Applesauce
Counted every tooth a loss.
Splinter
A wuss in winter
Was splitting wood.
He got a splinter:
It got him good.
It pierced his heart,
Which bled and stopped.
The rest of the wood
Was left unchopped.
Fancy Nancy
Fancy Nancy Necromancy
Dabbles madly in magick.
Her chances aren't the least bit chancy:
Her end is sure to be tragick.
Theodore Thunderbird
Abracadavera!
Theodore Thunderbird,
Dragon and dinosaur,
Flies in the sky
Breathing out fireballs
Pyromaniacally,
Aiming at terrified
People who fry!
Little Bo-Peep
Little Bo-Peep
Has lost her sheep.
The big bad wolf is full
And sleeping on a bed of wool.
Feb 5
Feb 5, 2026 at 12:57 AM UTC
Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star
How I wonder what you are
Up above in space so high
Shining brightly in the sky
We see you shining in the night
Bringing to us endless fright
Twinkle, twinkle, Blinking Star
Will you tell us who you are?
Up above the world so high
You're a menace in the sky
Twinkle, twinkle, Pulsing Star
Are we sure that's what you are?
A shining star of doom and woe,
To challenge what we think we know
So, you glimmer without pause
Defying all of nature's laws
Show us who you have inside
Bring back to us those who died
We are waiting for your move
You have nothing left to prove
You keep shining, Deadly Star
Show us what you really are
You have made us so afraid
Someone please come to our aid
Now the night sky is so dark
You have left us with your mark
Should we see another day
Leave our world in peace, we pray
We do not know why you're here
Making people disappear
Will you leave our world in peace?
Let us try to rebuild, please
Our people are dying out
You're stronger than us, there's no doubt
But when humans gather and believe
There's nothing we can't achieve
Know this, evil, Blinking Star
We know exactly what you are
Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star
You've shown us how small we are
With your light so large and bright,
Will you help us through the night?
We are tired and full of dread
Prepare us for what's up ahead
Through the dark and death you shine,
Our whole world is on the line
Bleeding wounds and fractured hearts,
Save us from our broken parts
Now, thanks to you, we have a chance
And so we take our final stance
Finally, a star retracts
In the storm, the thunder cracks
You've claimed a life in outer space
And took him to a different place
Twinkle, twinkle, Little Star
Now you've gone away so far
Dec 5, 2025
Dec 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM UTC
One couple of days Dumpty Humpty sat in air
Baa-baa red sheep mewed, what do you dare?!
Jack and Hack climbed Everest fetching a pail
Twinkle Blinkle wandered up low for snail mail !
Goosey hot cross kissed Oranges and Lemon
Rocking baby bye, London Bridge burnt heaven
Hey ****** smooched Mary’s lamb in a pink can
Rowing buses on puppy rivers, caffe latte man !
Itsy spider crawled along Ring Rosy with piggy
To market, daddy long where are you ! Ciggy ?
Hickory clock struck out Hot as a fiddle to pat
Cakes rowing boats Jingle bells on Black mat
Rain rain come here Peanuts with sailor roar sea
Go buckle my fat hat with pizza plate food free
If you happy you don’t know it flap stinky feet
Two kittens found their lost ears barking sweet !
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Nov 7, 2025
Nov 7, 2025 at 1:33 AM UTC
Eat sleep birdies chirp
tweety-tunes taily-twerks
life survive dawn surprise
tasty worms sunrise
early-birds catchy verbs
Mar 16, 2025
Mar 16, 2025 at 3:19 AM UTC
Minister! Minister!
Minister me!
Mister Minister,
Don’t forget about me!
Minister! Minister!
Minister me!
Listen! Listen!
Minister, please!
Minister! Minister!
All I’d like is some,
Munster cheese
oh, and could you also get the demons on
your way out please, thanks
Dec 7, 2024
Dec 7, 2024 at 12:16 PM UTC
Little Bo Peep
Has lost her sheep.
The big bad wolf is full
And sleeping on a bed of wool.
Sep 19, 2024
Sep 19, 2024 at 3:35 AM UTC
Not this neck of the woods again.
They say Annie Wilkes found you
and brought you here.
You know the face,
but not the name.
Leaving so soon?
You just checked in.
Death is not a parallel move.
Neither is living at the
Love will terrace apartments.
Eye of the needle and thread.
If wolf is at the door,
Guess who's in bed?
Butcher, baker, candlestick maker?
Or is it simply Norman?
Mar 6, 2024
Mar 6, 2024 at 2:10 PM UTC
Life is sometimes good
Life is sometimes bad
All that anyone can do
Is make the best of that.
Nov 13, 2021
Nov 13, 2021 at 3:04 PM UTC
These roses are dead
I guess we are too
Turns out I'm just meat
Therefore so are you
Sep 4, 2021
Sep 4, 2021 at 11:04 AM UTC
Don't know what is a snip
Never had much use for snails
Sure I love puppy dogs
But I'm not fond of their tails
I just ran out of sugar
But I got lots of spice
Sure I have everything
But it ain't all nice
Aug 29, 2021
Aug 29, 2021 at 9:14 PM UTC
Twinkle twinkle my little star
How I wonder how you got that scar
Up above the world so high
I could hear your silent cry
In this lullaby
Let me tell you a story
It's not a mystical fantasy nor just a legend spread by many
It's nothing but a harsh and cruel reality
I once got off on a damaged road
And met this child who wore a tattered coat
No slippers on his ***** foot
On his back was probably some loot
He got somewhere in the neighborhood
The cemented path was scorching hot
Oh how could I forgot?
It's 40 degrees outside and I could see sweat dripping down from his face non stop
How could I bear watch him that way?
So I approached and say if he want some ice tea
The child nodded with his tiny head
I led him to sat on the grass at the nearby park
Talked about things that made me upset
Things that snapped by bottomline thread
With a muffled voice he pretended
To be fine as he recalled scenes that made me shuddered
Who could have known a child who should be in kinder
Is working his bones for what?
A money so meager it couldn't cover his meals for dinner?
It hit me
Blindfolded eyes that couldn't see
That Jack and Jill did not just went up the hill
To fetch a pail of water
Needeed some lumber
Till the soil for the cucumbers
Catch some fishes at the river
Dig the goldmines deeper
Lights flicker, it's time for supper
Only noodles for the tummy
Where is empathy? humanity?
This was a result of poverty
Lack of responsibility
And a deaf society
His name was Juan and Juan got a sister
Who was so lovely it became her tragedy
Caught the pervert's attention
Made use of her innocence for exploitation
Robbed her dignity
She couldn't care less for your sympathy
She needed for you to stop being a silent somebody
Itsy bitsy spider
Spunning webs on tiny rough fingers
Cover the nose, chemicals in the air
The sharp tools beware
Take good care of your welfare
Ah, why do they have to bid farewell?
To stardust dreams? To fluffy teddybears?
To have notebooks instead of burdens?
To play hide and seek instead of running away from the grim reaper?
Open your eyes, people!
This is nothing simple
This is not a fairy tale
They are our children with stories to tell
Stuck at the deepest layers of hell
Being slaves to demons who don't give a care
It's time to row row row our boat
Gently but quickly down the stream
To rescue Juan and his sister
And a million more who we owed
Childhood memories and sparkling dreams
Row row row our boat
Get that voice you swallowed
Be their voice in a noisy seas
Let the world hear their pleas
To the children who had factory noises as everyday melodies
To the children who had stale breads as cookies
Who had rags as clothes and having shoes means luxuries
Show them that you care
That you are aware
And their hopeful shouts didn't led to nowhere
Twinkle Twinkle my little star
We are not so far
Up above the world so high
I could still hear your silent cry
But be ready to say goodbye
To the life worst than ants
Hold my hands
Let me listen to your heartly laughs
We rowed our boat for that
To see you away from the labor's grasps
Twinkle Twinkle My Little Star
Let me see you shine as the star you are
Jun 11, 2021
Jun 11, 2021 at 4:24 AM UTC
Come rhyme with me
In a bit of
Harmony
But suppose
We juxtapose:
Lemon drop
Bitter
Tear drop
Bawl
Sundrop
Flitter
Raindrop
Fall
Duck
Duck
Goose
A little heaven on earth
Before all hell breaks
Loose
~
May 28, 2021
May 28, 2021 at 8:07 AM UTC
Nursery Haikus
A selection of poems inspired by children I worked with throughout my time as a Nursery Practitioner.
Circle Time
If I had one wish
I would become the person
that you see me as
Theo
Happiest outside
Stomping stars, building, making
creating your world.
Norah
Come back and see me
In your bright new uniform
and tell your stories
Pre-School Huxley
I remember when
Our mornings always began
With tears, then stories.
Baby Huxley
Tutu in my lap, sequins in your pockets shine but we shine brighter
Eadie
You take my hand like
I belong to you, and for
The next term I do.
Rudi
Your contagious smile
Made my darkest days brighter;
light reflected back.
Lily
I watch you make art
and remember how it feels
to see true beauty.
Maya
Strong as your namesake
excited by the world and
the people in it.
Esme
The world is waiting
for you to come and change it
like you changed mine.
Pearl
The moon and stars are
waiting for you to take aim
and echo through you.
Cataleya
If only you knew
The power of your laughter
My little treasure.
Career goals
Glorified Nanny?
Early Years Practitioner?
They love me the same.
Jade Wright
Dec 14, 2020
Dec 14, 2020 at 8:22 AM UTC
Foul, hideous, and horrid
Unfit for natural light.
An image, none as grisly
As the man named Simon White.
Once his heart was broken
So he kept the pieces in a box.
Tethered safely to his hip
With tight chains and key-less locks.
His mind was wont to wander
To clouds too high and skies too far.
So to keep himself grounded down to earth,
He kept his brain inside a jar.
His teeth would never smile.
Traded some and sold the others
Each to an unfamiliar home
Now all without their brothers.
Oh, his tongue was such a bore!
So he minced it to a paste.
He boiled, baked, and seasoned it
Yet still it had no taste.
He grew tired of his eyes
Looking down and looking back
So he took a brush with inked tip
And painted them pitch black.
The shrieks and wails of the passerby
He could not stand to hear.
So he melted a *** of candles
And stuffed the wax in each ear.
His face had done no wrong
But with fear it one day might,
He took a knife and chopped its nose!
Less from prudence and more from spite...
Oct 8, 2020
Oct 8, 2020 at 5:06 PM UTC
Born in nineteen seventeen,
And died in sixty-seven.
His heart gave out, he became a ghost!
But did not go to heaven...
So now he haunts these hallowed grounds
From silver nights to dewy dawn.
His spectral frame glides above the grass
And drifts across the lawn.
But when morning comes and moonlight fades,
He knows it's time to leave.
To allow the other graveyard patrons
Their own time to grieve.
So he floats off to his tombstone,
Lies down in this coffin bed.
Every morning he dreams he is alive-
But each night he wakes up dead.
Oct 8, 2020
Oct 8, 2020 at 1:27 PM UTC
Dumpit Trumpit sat on a car
Dumpit Trumpit made a great wall
Dumpit Trumpit planted hate
Clashes became everyone's fate
Dumpit Trumpit divided all
Dumpit Trumpit had a great fall
All the king's donkeys and all the king's men
Couldn't elect Dumpit Trumpit again and again
Jun 7, 2020
Jun 7, 2020 at 12:55 PM UTC