Flowers
Garden warts
Smelly shorts
Play silks
Bird milk
Party poppers
People stoppers
Moth hotels
Quiet bells
Messy campers
Frilly dancers
Leggy friends
Brilliant gems
Perfume trappers
Toe tappers
Beady monsters
Hairy – bonkers!
Smelly shorts
Play silks
Bird milk
Party poppers
People stoppers
Moth hotels
Quiet bells
Messy campers
Frilly dancers
Leggy friends
Brilliant gems
Perfume trappers
Toe tappers
Beady monsters
Hairy – bonkers!
This poem is copyright (©) Linda Kohler 2026

About the Writer
Linda Kohler
Linda lives in South Australia on Kaurna land. Her writing appears in Bracken Magazine, Balloons Lit. Journal, Highlights Hello, The School Magazine, the Wakefield Press poetry anthology, Tadpoles in the Torrens (& Teachers' Edition), and elsewhere. She is a mother and former teacher who likes cacao, words and birds.