Calvin and Hobbes Poems
The Tiger and Other Short Poems

Poems

Home
Yukon Ho!
Alien Parents
A Nauseous Nocturne
Beginning Poems to The Indespensible Calvin and Hobbes
Tyrannosaurus Poem
The Christmas Poem
Christmas Eve
The Tiger and Other Short Poems

THE TIGER

This tiger is sprawled
So still and so flat
A question arises
When glancing thereat-
Is he asleep?
To be perfectly frank
He looks more as if
He was creamed by a tank!

The Tiger II

My tiger is deep
In somnolent sleep
Dreaming of chases remembered
His keen eyes are glinting!
He dreams of a sprinting
Sambar who'll soon be dismembered

The Sorry Song

Here's the 'very sorry song'
Won't you help and sing along?

Bum Bum Bum
I blew it!
                He's sorry

I knew it!
                So sorry

I'm very very sorry that I took your precious flaaggg!

Just don't do it any more, you scurvy scalawaagg!

A Quandary

Mom once said she loved me
Just the way I am,
So I wonder what would happen
If I became a clam

If her son was gray and grimy
Slippery and slimy
An oversized hors d'oeuvre,
Would mom still have the nerve?

Barneys Dad

Barney's dad was really bad,
So Barney hatched a plan.
When his dad said "Eat your peas!"
Barney shouted "No!" and ran.

Barney tricked his mean ol' dad
And locked him in the cellar,
His mom never found out where he'd gone
Cause Barney didn't tell her

There his dad spent his life,
Eating mice and gruel.
With every bite for fifty years
He was sorry he'd been cruel