Poems

Most people don't realize that in addition to being a fine writer, Roald Dahl was also a gifted comic poet. His children's books are full of songs and poetry, and he even wrote three books devoted to nothing but verse. Here are all of his poems (at least, the ones I know of) with links to further information. Note: poems without a title are referred to by their first line.

• "Aladdin and the Magic Lamp"
• "Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves"
• "The Ant-Eater"
• "Attention, please! Attention, please..."
• "Augustus Gloop! Augustus Gloop..."
• "Aunt Spiker was thin as a wire..."
• "Aunt Sponge was terrifically fat..."
• "BUNGO BUNI..."
• "Cinderella"
• "The Cow"
• "The Crocodile"
• "Dear friends, we surely all agree..."
• "The Dentist and the Crocodile"
• "Dick Whittington and His Cat"
• "Down they go..."
• "The Emperor's New Clothes"
• "Goldilocks and the Three Bears"
• "A Hand in the Bird"
• "Hansel and Gretel"
• "Hello, you great Knid! Tell us, how do you do..."
• "Hey Diddle Diddle"
• "Hot and Cold"
• "'I look and smell,' Aunt Sponge declared..."
• "If you are old and have the shakes..."
• "In the quelchy quaggy sogmire..."
• "I've eaten many strange and scrumptious dishes in my time..."
• "Jack and the Beanstalk"
• "The Lion"
• "A Little Nut-Tree"
• "Little Red Riding Hood and the Wolf"
• "Mary, Mary"
• "The most important thing we've learned..."
• "My friends, this is the Centipede, and let me make it known..."
• ""My teacher wasn't half as nice as yours seems to be..."
• "The Nurse's Song"
• "Once upon a time..."
• "Oh alleluia and hooray..."
• "Oh, hooray for the storm and the rain..."
• "Oh you Knid, you are vile and vermicious..."
• "Physical Training"
• "The Pig"
• "The Porcupine"
• "The Price of Debauchery"
• "The Scorpion"
• "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs"
• "St. Ives"
• "There's no earthly way of knowing..."
• "The Three Little Pigs"
• "The Toad and the Snail"
• "The Tortoise and the Hare"
• "The Tummy Beast"
• "Veruca Salt, the little brute..."
• "We may see a Creature with forty-nine heads..."
• "Where Art Thou, Mother Christmas?"