Toenails

Toenails are my favourite colour, green.
Toenails are a very good source of Vitamin C
Toenails are what I throw at my sister
      when she takes too long in the bathroom
Toenails are what I eat
      when Mum forgets to give me lunch money
Toenails have fights with walls, and lose
Toenails make lovely sounds
      when scratched down a chalkboard
Toenails get painted on by my sister
Toenails kiss the dirt
      and sometimes take the dirt home for a bath
Toenails are the knife of a foot
Toenails get caught in the carpet
      and trip you over
Toenails hate shoes, socks
                       
                                       and

                                       falling

                                       rocks!
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my life my love my lasagne is my first collection of poems for children. I decided to write it one day after doing a wonderful school show in Canberra. I couldn't wait to get home and start. It only took about three months to write and most of the poems are inspired, or based on, things my own children said to me. So, thanks are due to Jack and Joe, and my wife, Cathie - the true authors of this book.

my life my love my lasagne
University of Queensland Press 1997
ISBN 0-7022-3326-9

"lasagne" has been shortlisted for the KOALA  Awards a few times.