Crazy Poems

Our poems were inspired by a poem by Kenn Nesbitt called 'Mashed Potatoes on the Ceiling.

Mashed Potatoes On the Ceiling

Mashed potatoes on the ceiling.
Green beans on the floor.
Stewed tomatoes in the corner.
Squash upon the door.

Pickled peppers in my pocket.
Spinach up my sleeves.
Mushrooms in my underpants with
leeks and lettuce leaves.

Okra, onions, artichokes,
asparagus and beets;
buried neatly underneath the
cushions of our seats.

All the rest I've hidden in my socks
and down my shirt.
I'm done with all my vegetables.
I'm ready for dessert!

--Kenn Nesbitt

 

When I am asleep I hear a noise.

Is it an asteroid?

Is it a comet?

I go and see.

FRUIT and VEGES!

I see fruit on my couch.

I see corn in the corner blowing raspberries at me.

Oranges trying on hats that don’t fit and cheeky bananas eating leaves

I see mandarins playing the flute and feijoas ticking and toking like a clock.

Oh no! They’re going to explode

BANG!  Feijoa juice flying everywhere.

By Daisy

Fruit and Vegetable Poem

Furry mandarins creeping down the wall

Slobbery peas sliding down the fridge with rotten squashy pineapples on top

Hiding squashed mushrooms in my pants

Splattered tomatoes on the wall

Slimy cherries up my sleeve

By Bailey

Fruit and Vegetable Poem

I sat on a banana!

Splat, it went on my Mum.

I throw an orange and it went ka-boom!  Everywhere!

I ate a carrot; it came out my sleeve,

I put them in a bunch of rapped up leaves.

By Thomas

 

Green cabbages rolling around the room

Juicy oranges hang on a tree

Red cherries, just like lip gloss

Purple grapes racing down the stairs

By India-Rose

Fruit and Vegetable Poem

Squishy bananas on the ceiling

Rotten mushrooms sliding down the door

Yesterday’s limp cabbage is on the floor

Furry potatoes under my shirt

Juicy tomatoes sitting on my shoe

Hard brussels sprouts rolling across the floor.

By Adel

Fruit and Vegetable Poem

Smashed bananas sticking to my bottom

Gooey tomatoes rolling out of the bowl

Tickly broccoli creeping up my sleeves

Fat potatoes making holes in my pants

Spicy chillies burning my mouth

Long thin carrots poke holes in my pockets

By Tim

 

Silly tomatoes sicking on the wall

Spicy chillies swimming in the bath

Juicy sweet corn standing on the roof

By Baxter

 

Fruit and Vegie Poem

Massive guava on the ceiling

Furry mandarins squeaking down the door

Cheeky corn hiding in the fruit bowl

Weird watermelon squealing on the windowsill and pirate bananas sailing in my toy ship

Tangled brussel sprouts tucking up in my mattress

Kiwifruit playing on my recorder

Creepy apples just run away.

BANG!

Everything exploded!

I like how everything is back to normal.

By Clara

 

Fruit and Vegetable Poem

Splattered tomatoes on the wall

When I throw it, it will fall

Squishy orange sliding down the door

Furry mandarins tickle my hands and wet broccoli rolls across the floor.

By Lala

 

Spicy red burning hot chillies

Grapes are like slime balls

Broccoli like small trees

Pumpkins like oval balls

Cauliflowers like trees with snow caps on top.

By Ody

 

Spicy red chillies burn my mouth

Sweaty yellow cheese stinky in my pockets

Mushrooms are little white houses for ants

Bananas are boats with toy sails

By Ody

 

I’m a juicy red apple and my name is Jacob

And I’m hiding up someone’s sleeve

I try to escape and get back to the fruit bowl.

By Jacob

 

Fiery chillies burn my mouth

Broccoli squashed down my pants

Watery cucumber in my shoes

Crunchy pumpkin up my sleeve

By Brodie

 

Stinky cauliflower on the roof

Gigantic pumpkins falling into a volcano

Sticky brussel sprouts on the door

Watery cucumbers hiding in the shed

By Brodie

 

Fiery chillies burn my mouth

Delicious cucumbers are watery in my mouth

Crunchy corn on a cob, eating it slowly

Juicy pineapple sliding down my face

By Parth

 

Juicy pineapples jumping

Crunchy carrots rolling down the stairs

By Cindy

 

Fiery chillies burn my mouth

Cucumbers are yummy

Squishy tomatoes up my sleeve

Green cabbages rolling down a hill

By Nevaeh

 

Fiery chillies burn my mouth

Watery cucumbers are in my pants

Turnips are inside my shoes

Carrots are hiding in my T-shirt

Stinky broccoli sitting in the bowl

Sweet snow peas are dancing on the ground

By Iman

 

Slimy grapes in my hallway

They turn into slime

By David