THIS TOOTH (Monday Poem)

by Lee Bennett Hopkins 

 

 

I jiggled it 

jaggled it 

jerked it. 

I pushed 

and pulled 

and poked it. 

But-- 

As soon as I stopped 

and left it alone, 

This tooth came out 

on its very own! 

 

 

 

from The Bill Martin Jr Big Book of Poetry 

edited by Bill Martin Jr with Michael Sampson

2008, Simon & Schuster