T’was the first day of school.
Ann came out of the pool.
It’s for good luck, she said.
Dumbly, scratching her head.
“It makes me look cool!”
Ann loved her nose.
Even more than her toes
She’d put it up in the air
And declare,
“My nose, my nose! What a dainty rose!”
To tell you the truth, her nose was ugly
But, she’d say it was a beauty, very smugly
Whenever she would sneeze
Snot would flick out with a breeze
She thought it extremely lovely
Ann would blow her nose on a tissue
And the next thing you knew
She’d be rubbing the tissue along her leg
Everyone would groan and beg
But she’d say, my legs are pretty, now I’ll do it to my shoe
But one sunny day
In the middle of May
When a kindergartner was crying
Heavily sobbing and sighing
Making a burden out of that day
Ann came along
And sung her a song
To make her feel better
She knitted her a sweater
And made her feel bright and strong
The girl felt happy
Happy and yappy
Everyone looked at Ann in shock
And excitedly started to talk
Ann, Ann Pappy!
Her nose was now, high up in the air
As the kindergarteners started to declare
Ann, Ann, Saviour Ann
She helped us, we’ll give her a fan
Everyone should care
People started to smile
Ann got up and picked up a tile
She handed it out to her good friend May
And grinned at the sun on a sunny Summer’s day
She felt a hand on the shoulder, with a cold green file
Ann twirled around, and her face grew a frown
Claire! Her enemy was giving her a gown?
May grinned and egged Ann on
Ann sprouted a smile and bowed like a swan
Claire threw her hands down
In the end,
At the final bend
Everyone liked Ann
Everyone loved her fan
With everyone, she started to blend.
Nowadays, you’ll see Ann in a crowd
Hogged around by girls and boys, extremely loud
Ann will be chatting away
Talking about her night and day
Seemingly being oh, so proud!
It all comes back, to that Summers day
Right in the middle of May
When Ann helped a girl and put up her nose
She started to act as sweet as a rose
Oh, Ann! I hope you go a long, long, long way!
-By Adya Agarwal Gupta
Haha! I remember being with you when you did that for school poetry day! That was soooo funny, wasn’t it!
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It wasn’t really School Poetry day, it was more of Poetry Jam, but yes! The audience did seem to enjoy it, thankfully!
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