Section: «Poems»

Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings: artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.); a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").

The Crocodile

'No animal is half as vileAs Crocky-Wock, the crocodile.On Saturdays he likes to crunchSix juicy children for his lunchAnd he especially enjoysJust..

© Roald Dahl

Excerpt –

'This famous wicked little taleShould never have been put on saleIt is a mystery to meWhy loving parents cannot seeThat this is actually a bookAbout..

© Roald Dahl

Candy Man

Who can take a sunrise, sprinkle it with dewCover it in chocolate and a miracle or twoThe candy man, the candy man canThe candy man can 'cause he..

© Roald Dahl

I Had A Little Nut-Tree,

I had a little nut-tree,Nothing would it bear.I searched in all its branches,But not a nut was there.'Oh, little tree,' I begged,'Give me just a..

© Roald Dahl

Dear Friends, We Surely All Agree

'Dear friends, we surely all agreeThere's almost nothing worse to seeThan some repulsive little bumWho's always chewing chewing gum.(It's very near..

© Roald Dahl

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle diddleWe're all on the fiddleAnd never get up until noon.We only take cashWhich we carefully stashAnd we work by the light of the moon.

© Roald Dahl

I Want It Now

Gooses, geesesI want my geese to lay gold eggs for easterAt least a hundred a dayAnd by the wayI want a feastI want a bean feastCream buns and..

© Roald Dahl

Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop

'Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop!The great big greedy nincompoop!How long could we allow this beastTo gorge and guzzle, feed and feastOn everything he..

© Roald Dahl

I'Ve Got A Golden Ticket

I never thought my life could beAnything but catastropheBut suddenly I begin to seeA bit of good luck for me'Cause I've got a golden ticketI've got a..

© Roald Dahl

My Teacher Wasn'T Half As Nice As Yours Seems To Be

'My teacher wasn't half as nice as yours seems to be.His name was Mister Unsworth and he taught us history.And when you didn't know a date he'd get..

© Roald Dahl

The Three Little Pigs

The animal I really dig,Above all others is the pig.Pigs are noble. Pigs are clever,Pigs are courteous. However,Now and then, to break this rule,One..

© Roald Dahl

Pure Imagination

Come with me and you'll beIn a world of pure imaginationTake a look and you'll seeInto your imaginationWe'll begin with a spinTrav'ling in the world..

© Roald Dahl

Attention Please! Attention Please!

'Attention please! Attention please!Don't dare to talk! Don't dare to sneeze!Don't doze or daydream! Stay awake!Your health, your very life's at..

© Roald Dahl

Little Red Riding Hood And The Wolf

As soon as Wolf began to feelThat he would like a decent meal,He went and knocked on Grandma's door.When Grandma opened it, she sawThe sharp white..

© Roald Dahl

St Ives

As I was going to St IvesI met a man with seven wivesSaid he, 'I think it's much more funThan getting stuck with only one.'

© Roald Dahl

Cinderella

I guess you think you know this story.You don't. The real one's much more gory.The phoney one, the one you know,Was cooked up years and years ago,And..

© Roald Dahl

"Mike Teavee..."

The most important thing we've learned,So far as children are concerned,Is never, NEVER, NEVER letThem near your television set --Or better still..

© Roald Dahl

Hot And Cold

A woman who my mother knowsCame in and took off all her clothes.Said I, not being very old,'By golly gosh, you must be cold! ''No, no! ' she cried...

© Roald Dahl

The Pig

In England once there lived a bigAnd wonderfully clever pig.To everybody it was plainThat Piggy had a massive brain.He worked out sums inside his..

© Roald Dahl

Television

The most important thing we've learned,So far as children are concerned,Is never, NEVER, NEVER letThem near your television set -Or better still..

© Roald Dahl

Lines On Meeting With Lord Daer

THIS 1 wot ye all whom it concerns,I, Rhymer Robin, alias Burns,October twenty-third,A ne'er-to-be-forgotten day,Sae far I sprackl'd up the brae,I..

© Robert Burns

Elegy On Captain Matthew Henderson

O DEATH! thou tyrant fell and bloody!The meikle devil wi' a woodieHaurl thee hame to his black smiddie,O'er hurcheon hides,And like stock-fish come..

© Robert Burns

Verses On Castle Gordon

STREAMS that glide in orient plains,Never bound by Winter's chains;Glowing here on golden sands,There immix'd with foulest stainsFrom Tyranny's..

© Robert Burns

Song—fragment—damon And Sylvia

YON wandering rill that marks the hill,And glances o'er the brae, Sir,Slides by a bower, where mony a flowerSheds fragrance on the day, Sir;There..

© Robert Burns

Epistle To John Goldie, In Kilmarnock

O GOWDIE, terror o' the whigs,Dread o' blackcoats and rev'rend wigs!Sour Bigotry, on her last legs,Girns an' looks back,Wishing the ten Egyptian..

© Robert Burns