Freestyle!
Wriggle like a jellyfish
Then hop from side to side
Squirm about (don’t let it out)
And do the squiggle slide.
Turn your toes together
like a pigeon who’s on skates
Pogo like your granny
at a party with her mates.
Cross your legs (and fingers)
Do the ‘ants in pants stance’ prance
This great long queue to use the loo
will teach us all to dance!
Then hop from side to side
Squirm about (don’t let it out)
And do the squiggle slide.
Turn your toes together
like a pigeon who’s on skates
Pogo like your granny
at a party with her mates.
Cross your legs (and fingers)
Do the ‘ants in pants stance’ prance
This great long queue to use the loo
will teach us all to dance!
This poem is copyright (©) Sarah Ziman 2024
About the Writer
Sarah Ziman
Sarah is originally from Wales, now living in Hertfordshire. She prefers to write poetry for children, though thinks that the best poems can be enjoyed by people of all ages. She has three times been highly commended in The Caterpillar Poetry Prize, and won first prize in the 2021 YorkMix Poems for Children Competition. Her work has appeared in
anthologies published by Macmillan, OUP, Pomelo Books and Candlestick Press, and various print magazines and online journals. Her first solo collection for children, 'Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?' comes out in September 2024 with Troika.
