Whee! It's Dennis Lee

Poetry month, Day 13: Dennis Lee is not only one of the greats of children's poetry, he's one of the great poets period. Plus, he's Canadian. There a lots of Lee collections to choose from, but I'm going to rock it old school here because my favourite Lee poem is in the book that started it all:

Bouncing Song
Hambone, jawbone, mulligatawney stew,
Pork chop, lamb chop, cold homebrew.
Licorice sticks and popsicles, ice cream pie:
Strawberry, chocolate, vanilla!!!

--Dennis Lee


from Alligator Pie, poems by Dennis Lee; pictures by Frank Newfeld. Key Porter Books, 1974.

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