These are my 3 favorite poem.

    All My Great Excuses

I started on my homework

but my pen ran out of ink.

My hamster ate my homework.

My computer's on the blink.



I accidentally dropped it

in the soup my mom was cooking.

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 struck our town.

My notes 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 think you'll find it's easier

to do the work instead."

--Kenn Nesbitt

Where the Sidewalk Ends

There is a place where the sidewalk ends

And before the street begins,

And there the grass grows soft and white,

And there the sun burns crimson bright,

And there the moon-bird rests from his flight

To cool in the peppermint wind.



Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black

And the dark street winds and bends.

Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow

We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

And watch where the chalk-white arrows go

To the place where the sidewalk ends.



Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,

And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,

For the children, they mark, and the children, they know

The place where the sidewalk ends.

By Shel Silverstein

My Puppy Punched Me In The Eye

My puppy punched me in the eye.

My rabbit whacked my ear.

My ferret gave a frightful cry

and roundhouse kicked my rear.



My lizard flipped me upside down.

My kitten kicked my head.

My hamster slammed me to the ground

and left me nearly dead.



So my advice? Avoid regrets;

no matter what you do,

don't ever let your family pets

take lessons in kung fu.

--Kenn Nesbitt

I really enjoy these poems for a few reasons. First of all I like ''All My Great Excuses'' because it is so funny and entertaining. I like ''Where the Sidewalk Ends'' because it is so realistic and it has a lot of rhyming. Last but not least I love '' My Puppy Punched Me in the Eye'' because it is so hilarious and since when did pets use kung fu moves on people.

P.S. I would recomend you read poems by Kenn Nesbitt ans Shel Silverstein because they are great poets.