Sounds of a Cookie Thief

Edward Pariani 1941 (San Francisco)



The best known sound, both near and far,
     Comes  from the lid of a cookie jar.
When a cookie is taken, either day or night,
    The lid makes a sound ever so slight.
A child of two or a master crook,
   With the lid tells the world of the cookie he took!
No matter other noises in the house or out,
   The sneaky thief is quickly found out.
You could put the lid on with the utmost of care,
    But before you're done, the whole house is aware!
There's always someone to yell  from afar;
   "Who's that in the cookie jar?"

About this poem

I wrote this poem many years ago when my children were young

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Submitted by ep3 on August 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme AABBCCDDEEAA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 526
Words 113
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12

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