Poems
What Is It?
author unknown
The beginning of eternity, The end of time and space, The beginning of
every end, The end of every place.
The Ptarmigan
author unknown
The ptarmigan is strange, As strange as he can be; Never sits on
ptelephone poles Or roosts upon a ptree.
And the way he ptakes pto spelling Is the strangest thing pto me.
Banananananananana
by William Cole
I thought I’d win the spelling bee And get right to the top,
But I started to spell “banana,” And I didn’t know when to stop.
Eletelephony
by Laura E. Richards
Once there was an elephant, Who tried to use the telephant— No! no! I
mean an elephone
Who tried to use the telephone— (Dear me! I am not certain quite That
even now I’ve got it right.)
Howe’er it was, he got his trunk Entangled in the telephunk;
The more he tried to get it free, The louder buzzed the telephee— (I
fear I’d better drop the song Of elephop and telephong!)
