RIC-0205 Discovering Poetry

This poem is written in doggerel – a type of comic rhyming verse. The poem reflects
feelings and has a ‘nonsense’ stanza. This is a verse that is repeated, like the chorus of
a song, to emphasise the feelings being experienced.
A Witchetty Grub in my Sandwich
Some days at school are not so good
You can’t remember things you should
Your friends don’t help—they laugh at you
Your lunch box is depressing too
There’s a witchetty grub in my sandwich
And a cockatoo in my head
And my brain won’t do
What I want it to do
And I wish I’d stayed in bed
Your bike has a flat tyre when
You need to ride it home again
And you’re not in the team they pick
You eat a pie that makes you sick
There’s a witchetty grub in my sandwich
And a cockatoo in my head
And my brain won’t do
What I want it to do
And I wish I’d stayed in bed
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It’s stinking hot, you’ve lost your hat
And someone’s nicked your cricket bat
Your friends are mean—you let off steam
The day seems like a long, bad dream
There’s a witchetty grub in my sandwich
And a cockatoo in my head
And my brain won’t do
What I want it to do
And I wish I’d stayed in bed
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