Kenn Nesbitt

Kenn Nesbitt
Occupation	Writer, poet
Nationality	United States
Genre	Children's literature
Spouse	Ann Margaret Aylward (1996–)
Website
http://www.poetry4kids.com/

Kenn Aylward Nesbitt is a children's poet He has written a number of collections of children's poetry, listed below, and he created the popular children's poetry website poetry4kids.com.

He was born on February 20, 1962 in Berkeley, California. He grew up in Fresno and San Diego, California, United States.
He is the writer of humorous poetry for children, including The Aliens Have Landed at Our School and When the Teacher Isn't Looking. Kenn Nesbitt has collaborated with poet Linda Knaus on one collection of Christmas poems entitled Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney and with children's musician Eric Herman on several CDs. His poems also appear in numerous anthologies of humorous children's poetry. Nesbitt's writing often includes imagery of outrageous happenings, before ending on a realistic note. Being children's poems, many make fun of school life.

He lives in Spokane, Washington, with his wife Ann, his son Max and his daughter Madison.

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Here is an example of one of his poems:

Please Don't Read this Poem.

Please don't read this poem.

It's only meant for me.

That's it. Just move along now.

There's nothing here to see.

Besides, I'm sure you'd rather

just go outside and play.

So put the poem down now

and slowly back away.

Hey, why are you still reading?

That isn't very nice.

I've asked you once politely.

Don't make me ask you twice.

I'm telling you, it's private.

Do not read one more line.

Hey! That's one more. Now stop it.

This isn't yours; it's mine.

You're not allowed to read this.

You really have to stop.

If you don't quit this instant,

I swear I'll call a cop.

He'll drag you off in handcuffs.

He'll lock you up in jail,

and leave you there forever

until you're old and frail.

Your friends will all forget you.

You won't be even missed.

Your family, too, will likely

forget that you exist.

And all because you read this

instead of having fun.

It's too late now, amigo;

the poem's nearly done.

There's only one solution.

Here's what you'll have to do:

Tell all your friends and family

they shouldn't read it too.

By Kenn Nesbit. you could also go to www.gigglepoetry.com and look up poems by Kenn Nesbit!

Works

• Nesbitt, K. (2009). My Hippo Has the Hiccups: And Other Poems I Totally Made Up. Sourcebooks Jabberwocky.
• Nesbitt, K. (2007). Revenge of the Lunch Ladies: The Hilarious Book of School Poetry. Meadowbrook Press.
• Nesbitt, K. and Knaus, L. (2006). Santa Got Stuck in the Chimney. Meadowbrook Press.
• Nesbitt, K. (2005). When the Teacher Isn't Looking: And Other Funny School Poems. Meadowbrook Press.
• Nesbitt, K. (2001). The Aliens Have Landed at Our School!. Meadowbrook Press.

Anthologies

Kenn Nesbitt's poems also appear in the following anthlogies.

• Lansky, B. (2008). I Hope I Don't Strike Out. Meadowbrook Press.
• Lansky, B. (2007). I've Been Burping in the Classroom. Meadowbrook Press.
• Lansky, B. (2006). Peter, Peter, Pizza Eater. Meadowbrook Press.
• Lansky, B. (2006). My Teacher's in Detention. Meadowbrook Press.
• (2005). If I Ran the School. Scholastic.
• Lansky, B. (2004). If Kids Ruled the School. Meadowbrook Press.
• Lansky, B. (2004). Rolling in the Aisles. Meadowbrook Press.
• (2004) My Dog Does My Homework. Scholastic.
• (2003) I Like it Here at School. Scholastic.
• Lansky, B. (1998). Miles of Smiles. Meadowbrook Press.
• Lansky, B. (1997). No More Homework! No More Tests!. Meadowbrook Press.
• Lansky, B. (1997). A Bad Case of the Giggles. Meadowbrook Press.
• Lansky, B. (1991). Kids Pick the Funniest Poems. Meadowbrook Press.

External links

• Poetry4kids.com
• GigglePoetry.com
• Archive of Poems at The Poetry Foundation
• http://books.google.co.uk/books?as_auth=Kenn+Nesbitt&source=an&sa=X&oi=book_group&resnum=4&ct=title&cad=author-navigational