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JOSIE'S POEMS
Animal Poems for Children
By Josie Whitehead
IF I WERE
BUT A BIG BABOON
By Josie Whitehead
If I were but a big baboon
And lived within a zoo,
I’d want to live out in the world -
Well, surely, so would you!
If I were but a big baboon,
I’d flash my big red bum
And then sit on an old tree stump
And make a face that’s glum.
If I were but a big baboon,
I’d groom the other apes
And then I’d picnic with my friends
And make off with their grapes.
If I were but a big baboon,
I’d leap around my cage
And, when I’m angry, just look out.
I’ll show my teeth in rage.
If I were but a big baboon,
I’d be part of a troop,
For, living in the great outdoors,
There’s safety in a group.
If I were but a big baboon -
My poems you’d never get
So I’ll stay human - yes I will -
And write more poems? You bet!!!
Copyright on all my poems
Follow Up: Are any of the things which I've said in my poem true regarding baboons? Find out all you can about them. They're related to us you know, and so are the other primates. What do you think about keeping them in a zoo? Are they happy?
English Grammar: If you are wishing you were something that you possibly could be, you'd say: 'If I was' but if you are talking about something that for certain you'll never be, you say: 'If I were' or 'If I were but . . '. I don't think you'll ever be a baboon will you? Josie