Here's a poem from a new book I'm working on. Hope you enjoy it :)

The Shopping List 

My Mum had sent me shopping,
with a list of food to get.
I was glad to have a shopping list,
so I'd not forget.

Arriving at the corner store,
I soon found something nice.
A pack of chocolate ice creams,
on sale for half the price.

I also found potato chips
and a great big chocolate block.
The store had lots of doughnuts,
but soon were out of stock.

The popcorn looked appealing,
so I picked up twenty packs.
Then it was time to go back home
with all my tasty snacks.

Back at home I greeted Mum,
she yelled and shook her fist.
Nothing that I'd bought that day
was on the shopping list.

A Fright in the Night and Other Rhymes

A Fright in the Night and Other Rhymes is Matthew “Morbid” Hartley’s second collection of humorous poems for kids. In these pages you’ll find frighteningly funny poems about ghoulish ghosts, wicked witches, vile vampires and a host of other mischievous monsters.

This delightfully nightmarish collection features illustrations by Lori “Looney” Escobar.

You can purchase the book through Amazon and all other good retailers.

Print Version

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0995414106

Kindle eBook

www.amazon.com/dp/B06W9L5F3G

Here's a poem from my children's book, A Fright in the Night and Other Rhymes. Hope you enjoy it :)

The Clumsy Giant

I’m just a gentle giant, 


but most would disagree.


Because when I’ve been spotted


they all decide to flee.

They yell, ‘Here comes the giant!’

and raise the town alarm.

They just don’t seem to understand

I don’t mean them any harm.

But people here are really small,

I squash them without knowing.

Mum says I should take more care

and look out where I’m going.

I told my Mum that I would try,

but still she wore a frown.

As soon as I had said those words

I’d knocked down half the town.