Would I?
Listen to Carole ...
I cannot tell a lie.
No-one, but no-one
Is truth-fuller than I
I can’t lead you astray
I’d stammer, I’d blush
I’d give the game away
I’m such an honest soul
I’d never tell a whopper
Just to get out of a hole.
Falsehood’s not my bag
I couldn’t lie. I couldn’t,
however much you nag
I only say what’s true
You can always trust me
I’ll be straight with you
Mendacity? Not lawful
Not me. I say what’s true
That outfit looks absolutely AWFUL.
On you.
No-one, but no-one
Is truth-fuller than I
I can’t lead you astray
I’d stammer, I’d blush
I’d give the game away
I’m such an honest soul
I’d never tell a whopper
Just to get out of a hole.
Falsehood’s not my bag
I couldn’t lie. I couldn’t,
however much you nag
I only say what’s true
You can always trust me
I’ll be straight with you
Mendacity? Not lawful
Not me. I say what’s true
That outfit looks absolutely AWFUL.
On you.
This poem is copyright (©) Carole Bromley 2025
About the Writer
Carole Bromley
Carole has won the Caterpillar Prize and had poems in Tyger, Tyger, The Toy, Paper Lanterns, Paperbound, Little Thoughts Press and Northern Gravy as well as in her collection, Blast Off! and anthologies from MacMillan, Nosy Crow and Emma Press. She does readings and workshops at festivals and in schools and in 2025 she is tutoring courses on Writing Poems for Children for the Writing School Online.
