Housefly Holiday
Come fly with us, at ‘Inside Tours’
You’ll love our tempting range of doors:
An office, shop or bungalow?
There’s such a choice—where will you go?
A tiny flat? A swimming pool?
Or new this year: the primary school!
There’s BUZZ about the options here—
BOOK NOW—before the wasps appear!
Do endless circuits round the class!
Enjoy exclusive ‘headbutt’ glass!
Zoom back and forth and left and right
then settle briefly out of sight,
We’ve super ceilings for a rest—
Our lightbulbs are the very best!
We’ve gorgeous views of ‘back outside’—
Ignore the windows opened wide!
Want sticky juice? A sandwich crumb?
Our ‘spillage’ meals will fill your tum!
Our games include ‘Pretend you’re dead,
then whizz right past a teacher’s head!’
Distract the children every day!
Our rates are LOW—you’ll want to stay!
So, fly on down—and tell your friends—
at ‘Inside Tours’ fun never ends!
You’ll love our tempting range of doors:
An office, shop or bungalow?
There’s such a choice—where will you go?
A tiny flat? A swimming pool?
Or new this year: the primary school!
There’s BUZZ about the options here—
BOOK NOW—before the wasps appear!
Do endless circuits round the class!
Enjoy exclusive ‘headbutt’ glass!
Zoom back and forth and left and right
then settle briefly out of sight,
We’ve super ceilings for a rest—
Our lightbulbs are the very best!
We’ve gorgeous views of ‘back outside’—
Ignore the windows opened wide!
Want sticky juice? A sandwich crumb?
Our ‘spillage’ meals will fill your tum!
Our games include ‘Pretend you’re dead,
then whizz right past a teacher’s head!’
Distract the children every day!
Our rates are LOW—you’ll want to stay!
So, fly on down—and tell your friends—
at ‘Inside Tours’ fun never ends!
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.
