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Learn how to write nursery rhymes, limericks, list poems, and more! Fill-in-the-blank poems,
poetry theater, and more! 		You and your friends can perform poetry plays with these popular and funny poems.


Autobiography
Read Bruce Lansky's autobiography and see if you can spot all the fibs!


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word games!

Ask the Poet

Read interviews with your
favorite poets and ask
your own questions!

Ask Linda Knaus
about the Most Important Job

Ask Kathy Kenney-Marshall
about Poetry & Kids

More Ask the Poet interviews.

Authors In Schools
Authors In Schools
Hey teachers, learn how to invite
your students' favorite poets to your
school, including Bruce Lansky,
Kenn Nesbitt, Ted Scheu, Bill Dodds,
Robert Pottle, Charles Ghigna,
Eric Ode, and others.


   
   
 

The Halls Were Decked

  


 

by Bruce Lansky

  


 
 
  (Sing to the tune of “Deck the Halls”)

The halls were decked with toilet paper.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Teacher blamed me for that caper.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.
Called me names that I can’t mention.
Fa-la-la, la-la-la, la-la-la.
Now we both are in detention.
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la.



Text © Bruce Lansky, reprinted from I’ve Been Burping in the Classroom published by Meadowbrook Press. Illustration © Stephen Carpenter. Any copying or use of this poem or illustration without consent is unlawful.


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