Lefty the Lifter
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
Tonight I write of Lefty Wright,
a lifter, slightly gifted,
who nightly lifted left and right
so deftly all he lifted.
Lefty lifted, on his left,
aloft a hefty crate.
Lefty lifted, on his right,
a slightly lighter weight.
So though Lefty lifted deftly,
shifting as he lifted,
Lefty, listing swiftly leftly,
drifted off a cliff did.
Rites were read for Lefty Wright
to Wrights he left bereft.
Despite his might, from quite a height,
yes, Lefty Wright has left.
— Kenn Nesbitt
Copyright © 2009. All Rights Reserved.
Reading Level: Grade 7
Topics: Poems about Kooky Characters, Wordplay
Poetic Techniques: Narrative Poems, Repetition, Tongue Twister, Wordplay
From the book My Hippo Has the Hiccups
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