This category includes all of my funny poems but be warned! Some are gentle humour, and others involve toilet humour and bogies, but I only wrote them because the children made me do it: I’m a good girl really!
I have also mixed in my silly, imaginative poems, which are often funny too purely because of their silly content. Often I write these when I’m in a thinking, wondering mood. Usually I start off being sensible and then I end up back in childish mode after I’ve written a couple of verses! I love to write alien poems, as they are not restricted by facts but can go where the rhyming leads me, no matter how silly that might be, so I’m often surprised by the ending myself. On the other hand, sometimes I start with a joke, or a punchline, and write the poem with that intention in mind. Generally, my silly poems come under the category of “Creative Writing”, ie, writing using your imagination. Every child has an advantage when it comes to doing creative writing as children already have such a great imagination, so you just need to learn the writing techniques. Have a look at the TEACHERS’ PAGE, CREATIVE WRITING, for some ideas to get you started with creative writing.