Wobbly Tooth
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
it’s hanging by a thread!
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth,
my tongue is slicked with red!*
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
just pull it quickly out!
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth,
but no! I’d scream and shout!
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
an apple’s worth a try.
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth.
I’m scared. I can’t! I’ll cry.
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
here, try a little drink.
Whoops! I had a wobbly tooth ...
I’ve swallowed it, I think!
it’s hanging by a thread!
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth,
my tongue is slicked with red!*
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
just pull it quickly out!
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth,
but no! I’d scream and shout!
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
an apple’s worth a try.
I know I’ve got a wobbly tooth.
I’m scared. I can’t! I’ll cry.
Hey, you’ve got a wobbly tooth -
here, try a little drink.
Whoops! I had a wobbly tooth ...
I’ve swallowed it, I think!
*If you stick your tonue out and point to it as you say this it will sound more like:
My thtongue ith thlicked with-red.
This poem is copyright (©) Jacqueline Shirtliff 2024
About the Writer
Jacqueline Shirtliff
Jacqueline is a poet and primary school teacher on the Isle of Man. One of her favourite things is helping children to love poetry and reading and encouraging them to be writers themselves. She lives in a rose-covered cottage near the sea and enjoys gardening, crochet, and playing the tuba and harp, but not all at the same time! You can read some of her other poems in The Caterpillar, Tyger Tyger, Northern Gravy, The Toy, and Little Thoughts Press.
