Jack Prelutsky

“My brother's a beast, my brother's a boor, he's given to shedding his skin on the floor.”

“It's raining, it's pouring, the old man is snoring... I'd much rather be in a downpour of noodles.”

“Today I'm a monster, I'm frightfully grim, I've tentacles, talons, and teeth on a whim.”

“I am the invisible boy, I'm transparent, I'm clear.”

“I'd rather be a clarinet, a cello, or a bass, than have a human body and a silly human face.”

“Be glad your nose is on your face, not pasted on some other place.”

“Homework! Oh, homework! I hate you! You stink! I wish I could wash you away in the sink.”

“A poem is a little path that leads you through the trees. It’s a scoop of water from a brook, a cool and gentle breeze.”

“I'm making a pizza the size of the sun, a pizza that's sure to weigh more than a ton.”

“The sun is a miasma of incandescent plasma.”

“I am digging a hole in the ceiling... I am digging it deep and wide, when I'm done I'll be on the other side.”

“Don't ever wrestle with a pig. You'll both get dirty, but the pig will enjoy it.”

“My stomach's like a garbage pail, I'll eat whatever's there.”

“I am tired of being tiny, I am sick of being small.”

“A dragon's lament is a terrible sound, a mix of a hurricane, earthquake, and hound.”

“I'm thankful for my eyes to see the pretty things you do for me.”

“I am Ebenezer Bleezer, I run Bleezer's Ice Cream Store, there are flavors in my freezer you have never seen before.”

“I'm a goofy, I'm a gawky, I'm a geeky, I'm a gawk.”

“My sneakers are starting to squeak, it's a bothersome, blaring, cacophonous shriek.”

“When I am in a temper, I am not at all serene.”