Welcome to My Crazy Life: Poems by the winner of the Laugh Out Loud Award

By Joshua Seigal and Chris Piascik

Packed full of silly, funny, or downright hilarious poems (with some serious ones mixed in), this new collection by Joshua Seigal (winner of the Laugh Out Loud Awards) is perfect for fans of Michael Rosen.

'Joshua Seigal is definitely my new favourite poet.' Books for Keeps
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With poems on every topic from demon cats to why you should NEVER forget your trousers, this is a must-have new collection from prize-winning poet Joshua Seigal. This book is a wonderful mix of subversive humour and brilliant insight into children's perspectives on the world. Get ready for the craziness to begin!

Book Band: Brown - Ideal for ages 7+

• Language: English
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Release date: Jan 23, 2020
• ISBN: 9781472972712

Joshua Seigal

Joshua Seigal is an internationally renowned poet, performer and educator. His first book with Bloomsbury, I Don't Like Poetry, was nominated for the Laugh Out Loud Award, an award Joshua has subsequently won twice. He is also a recipient of The People's Book Prize, and has performed at schools and festivals around the world, including the Edinburgh Book Festival, the Cheltenham Literature Festival, and the Emirates Literature Festival. He is an Official Ambassador for National Poetry Day, and has been commissioned to write and perform for the BBC. He can normally be found running poetry workshops and performances in schools, either online or in real life. His website is www.joshuaseigal.co.uk.

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Contents

Welcome!

The World’s Worst Poet

How to Read a Book

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZAP!

Anger

Laughter

Silime!

Catastrophic Carnivorous Creature

The Coffee Monster

Homework

Mrs Ironbladder

I Like Reading

Tips for Writers

Summer

To a Special Person

The Both of Us

Eye Like to Rhyme

Stanley Stanza

What is a Poet?

What Am I?

Alternative Haiku

Truly Frightful

Advice

The Nasty Box

[Censored]

Where’s Johnny?

Space Junk

Sticky Tape

What’s That Noise?

The Importance of Breakfast

Vegetaball

Too Many Cats!

Not Enough !

Catastrophe

The Screaming Demon Cat from Hell

Telling Porkies

Can’t Bear It!

Level Scoffing

Don’t Forget Your Trousers

Everyday Wizards

Family Tree

Fairytale

Baa Baa Black Sheep Meets Thesaurus Rex

Better

Cast Away

Anxiety

Dealing with Fear

You’re Never Too Big for a Hug

Barney

Get Writing!

Alphabetical List of Poems

Acknowledgments

Welcome!

Welcome to my crazy life:

I get up just gone noon,

and wander lonely over vales

while I hum a tune.

I gaze up high into the clouds

and contemplate the flowers,

then think of rhymes for ‘daffodil’ –

it often takes me hours.

I frequently bump into things

because my mind’s elsewhere;

last week I tripped over the cat

and crashed into a chair!

Sometimes people seem to think

my job is not worthwhile;

they think I’m lazy, clumsy, useless,

strange and lacking style.

But my words shape humanity

although you may not know it.

The world needs weirdos just like me –

What am I?

I’m a poet!

The World’s Worst Poet

There was a young poet called Josh

Who tried