Finding Tick Tock

• Marcus Bavaro, Grade 3, St Joan of Arc Primary School
• Poetry
• 2017

Excellence Award in the 'Write Here Write Now 2017' competition

Tick Tick Tick ... Said the clock on the wall
Feeling rather sick, as he hung in the hall
I’ll tell you right now, I’ve lost my tock!
Like beat neads rhythm ... Tick needs tock!
I tried roo, a tweet, and a twoo!
But they just don’t sound quite right
What can I say ...I’ve been trying all day!
My owners soon had found out and I thought I was done for
In the bin I was stuck listening to a woodpecker tocking on the wood of a tree
It gave me an idea … I ticked in the beat with it ... TICK TICK TOCK!!
The people soon hung me up on the tree and together we made a melody