Piggy Bank

Cherry

By Rhiannonw

Fri, 14 Mar 2014
  • 2459 reads
9 comments
 

Clonk! clank!
Piggy Bank:
from the top
pennies drop
make a puddle
in its middle.

Crunch! Click!
Key turns, flick!
Pennies slide
from inside.

Pennies went,
quickly spent;
not one penny
now in Piggy!

Hide the key,
wait and see
penny pile
in a while.

What a lot
now I’ve got,
pennies count –
right amount
for a pressie
for my Mummy?

 

Certificate U
Poem
Families
Children's
Humour

Comments

Submitted by Silver Spun Sand on

Absolutely charming, Rhiannon, and well done on the richly deserved cherry.

Tina

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Tina. Glad you liked it. I was surprised to get the cherry, I think because I was aware it was so much at a very young child's level, I wasn't sure whether it would be appreciated by a 'grown up' audience. It can be temtpting to lift it to their level instead of concentrating on the child's view!
Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Bee on

'Charming' is the exact right word. Absolutely charming. Love it!

Bee

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

I was wanting to put something fun up, and found this from way back (when my children were young I think) but it needed working on. I was not sure, as I told Tina, whether it would come over right. Glad it did. and thank you for commenting, Bee. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you Eds for the cherry. It's nice that so simple a thing for so young a readership can be appreciated! Rhiannon
 

 

Submitted by jeand on

HI Rhiannon

I too liked this, and enjoyed the simplicity of it.

 

Jean

Jean Day

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank you, Jean. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by Yvonne Anderson on

It's just the sort of book I used to buy when my son was small. I can almost see it in print, with marvellous illustrations

Best wishes. Yvonne

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Well, that's a thought! Thank you Yvonne. Rhiannon