Rhyming Poems · For Kids
The Escaped Yawn
A yawn escaped at dinner
(I'd kept it in all day);
it leapt from me to Papa,
then swallowed Mom halfway.
It got the dog. It got the fish.
It rolled on down our street.
So if the whole town's yawning now,
that's mine. (I think that's neat.)
Original poem © QuillOak — free for personal use.
“The Escaped Yawn” by The QuillOak Editors — quilloak.com/poems/the-escaped-yawn
Quick facts
- Poem
- The Escaped Yawn
- Poet
- The QuillOak Editors
- Length
- 8 lines
- Form
- Rhyming Poems, Nonsense Poems
- Themes
- For Kids, Funny
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