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READ or LISTEN to these DOUGLAS FLORIAN POEMS.  Then VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!!

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READ or LISTEN to these DOUGLAS FLORIAN POEMS.  Then VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE!!

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By Douglas Florian

Pluto was a planet.
But now it doesn't pass.
Pluto was a planet.
They say it's lacking mass.
Pluto was a planet.
Pluto was admired.
Pluto was a planet.
Till one day it got fired.

From Comets, Stars, the Moon, and Mars, 2007.
pg. 37

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By Douglas Florian

They said, "Hold your horses!"
They told me to wait.
But horses are heavy,
And I'm running late!

From Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles, 2014.
pg. 93

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By Douglas Florian

I searched for BIGFOOT for seventeen years.
I searched for BIGFOOT despite all my fears.
I searched for BIGFOOT through mountains and valleys.
I searched for BIGFOOT
Down back roads and alleys.
I searched for BIGFOOT
In rain, snow, and sleet.
But when I found BIGFOOT
He had stinking feet!

From Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles, 2014.
pg. 140

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By Douglas Florian

I want more jokes.

I want more fun.

I want more candy

By the ton.

I want more laughs.

I want more smiles.

I want more cookies,

Piles and piles.

I want more games.

I want more friends.

I want my more

To never end.

From Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles,  2014.
pg. 12

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By Douglas Florian

The porcupine
Can climb up pine.
On bark and leaves
It loves to dine.
The porcupine
Has porcupins
That sprout out from
Its porcuskin,
And if you touch one,
You'll complain:
The porcupine's
A porcupain.

From Mammalabilia, 2000.
pg. 44

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By Douglas Florian

There lived a man who blew his nose
So strong it blew off half his clothes.
He blew his nose so strong again,
He flew from France to southern Spain.
He blew it super-dupiter ---
And found himself on Jupiter.

From Poem Depot:  Aisles of Smiles, 2014.
pg. 66

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By Douglas Florian

It's time to learn the alphabat.
Oh boy, I mean the alphacat.
Oh, goodness, no, the alphabit.
Uh-oh, that really isn't it.
I must have meant the alphabutt
(By now you must think I'm a nut).
Perhaps it should be alphabees

Oh, let's just learn the ABCs!

From Poem Depot:  Aisles of Smiles, 2014.
pg. 129

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Appetite                                             

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Appetite                                             

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By Douglas Florian

Today I have no appetite.
I do not wish a single bite
Of any food or any drink.
There's nothing that I'd like, I think.
I do not wish a meal of fish,
Nor sirloin steak upon a dish.
I do not want to eat French fries,
Or pretzel sticks or pizza pies.
I've got no yen for any eggs,
Or turkey breast or chicken legs.
Don't serve me broccoli or peas,
And please don't give me any cheese.
For soup or salad I don't care ---

What's that you say? Candy today?
I'm hungry as a bear!

From Poem Depot: Aisles of Smiles, 2014.
pg. 17