New School Shoes
Listen to Sarah read her poem ...
Box fresh but they’re total nasties
Kind of look like Cornish pasties
Why can’t Mum see these are ghastly –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES?
Know they’ll turn my toes to mincemeat
Rather wear boots made of concrete
Like two cruise ships steering my feet –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES
Made to walk around the shop floor
Clomping like an angry centaur
These kicks are a TOTAL eyesore –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES
Street cred killed dead as the dodo
Shunned like poor old Quasimodo
Boring and safe as a Volvo –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES
No way I’ll be winning races
Tripping over too-long laces
Well OF COURSE I’m pulling faces –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES!
Kind of look like Cornish pasties
Why can’t Mum see these are ghastly –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES?
Know they’ll turn my toes to mincemeat
Rather wear boots made of concrete
Like two cruise ships steering my feet –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES
Made to walk around the shop floor
Clomping like an angry centaur
These kicks are a TOTAL eyesore –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES
Street cred killed dead as the dodo
Shunned like poor old Quasimodo
Boring and safe as a Volvo –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES
No way I’ll be winning races
Tripping over too-long laces
Well OF COURSE I’m pulling faces –
NEW SCHOOL SHOES!
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 twice 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 The Best Ever Book of Funny Poems published by Macmillan, various magazines and websites.
