Swimming Ool

By Kenn Nesbitt b. 1962 Kenn Nesbitt

Swimming in the swimming pool

is where I like to “B,”

wearing underwater goggles

so that I can “C.”

Yesterday, before I swam,

I drank a cup of “T.”

Now the pool’s a “swimming ool”

because I took a “P.”

“Swimming Ool.” © 1998 by Kenn Nesbitt. Reprinted from Miles of Smiles (© 1998, 2004 by Meadowbrook Creations) with permission from Meadowbrook Press.

Source: Miles of Smiles (1998)

Biography

Kenn Nesbitt was born in Berkeley, California, in 1962. He grew up in Fresno and San Diego and currently lives in Washington state with his wife, children, and pets.

He is the author of numerous books of poetry for children, including Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney (2006), When the Teacher Isn’t Looking: And Other Funny School Poems (2005), and The Aliens Have Landed at Our School! (2001). His books abound with hilarious and . . .

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