All My Greatest Excuses
By: Kenn Nesbitt
but my pen ran out of ink…
My brother flushed it down the toilet
when I wasn’t looking…
My mother ran my homework
through the washer and the dryer…
An airplane crashed into our house…
My homework caught on fire…
Tornadoes blew my notes away…
Volcanoes rocked our town…
My books were taken hostage
by an evil killer clown…
Some aliens abducted me…
I had a shark attack…
A pirate swiped my homework
and refused to give it back…
I worked on these excuses
so darned long my teacher said,
I have never been a big fan of poetry especially the poetry that is supposed to have this hidden meaning somewhere in it that I can never find. When I was searching for a poem to blog about I decided to pick a funny one that used rhymes to entertain the reader. This poem is more geared toward upper elementary to middle school kids in the sense that it deals with excuses for not doing a homework assignment. When I read this poem, it brought me back to my days when I was that age and was always thinking of ways to get around not doing my homework. Not that I didn’t do it then, because it was always on my kitchen counter, but I would always just forget it right ;). Anyway I liked this poem because of how the excuses start out normal and keep going until they become completely unbelievable. I guess this could show how maybe the first few times you forgot your homework, you could use a normal excuse and get away with it, but the more it would occur, the more creative you would have to get with your excuses. Overall I enjoyed this poem because it made me laugh and brought me back to some memories of my childhood where making excuses for not doing homework was fun. In today’s light, there should be NO excuses for not blogging!!!
If I ever miss a blog, I'm just going to say that my bro flushed my computer down the toilet when I wasn't looking. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a funny poem. I think its excuses are hysterical. And I completely agree, no excuse for not blogging.
ReplyDeleteSam, this poem is so you. I could totally see you being one of those kids in middle school with all of the excuses for why they don't have their homework done =]
ReplyDeleteI was always the one using these excuses to put off my homework as long as possible, but I somehow managed to get it all done usually.
ReplyDeleteThis poem may be geared towards middle schoolers, but it sounds like me in high school. I like the comedic element.
ReplyDeleteFunny poem. Gives me some great new excuses to use. lol
ReplyDeleteThis is a funny poem. Most of them are just redickulous that no one would ever believe them, but that's what makes it so much more funny.
ReplyDeleteHaha. You would pick this poem, Sam. You definately picked a poem that fit your personality here. Like Tess said, there's no excuse for not blogging...maybe you should try using some of these when we play Mario Kart though...
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