A Wild Walk to School
Wheeled rhinos
race past metal giraffes
with lightbulbs for heads.
Hyenas giggle while riding
on cheetahs shaped like scooters.
A hi-vis crocodile
pretends to be a lollipop man
on a tarmac river for piranha puppies
and daddygators to cross safely.
The clouds float like vultures
waiting to pounce with rain.
The sun is a hippo yawning.
race past metal giraffes
with lightbulbs for heads.
Hyenas giggle while riding
on cheetahs shaped like scooters.
A hi-vis crocodile
pretends to be a lollipop man
on a tarmac river for piranha puppies
and daddygators to cross safely.
The clouds float like vultures
waiting to pounce with rain.
The sun is a hippo yawning.
This poem is copyright (©) Carl Burkitt 2025
About the Writer
Carl Burkitt
Carl likes telling tales. He tells long tales, short tales, silly tales, sad tales. He tells them online, behind a mic, in books, in schools, and on the sofa with his young family. His debut kids’ collection, Elephants Sleep in Bunk Beds, was published by Beir Bua in 2021.
