Poetry Friday: Calef Brown's Crazy and Brilliant Wordplay

I have only two things to say about Hypnotize a Tiger: Poems About Just About Everything: 

1. Calef Brown is a genius with wordplay, in the tradition of Lewis Carroll. 

2. If you've liked Brown's previous books, you'll love this one:
(138 pages of nonsense!)

Here are three samples:

JURASSIC BBQ

Giant prehistoric critters
once used volcanic craters
to cook gigantic fritters
and titanic taters.
This was disrupted
by massive eruptions,
resulting in fossilized critter matter
embedded in petrified fritter batter.

***

SIR PARROT 

I handed Sir Parrot 

a packet of suet. 

He started to chew it

but just couldn't do it. 

Instead of the suet, 

I gave him some millet. 

He shuffled his feet 

and proceeded to spill it. 

Instead of the millet, 

I offered a pellet. 

He narrowed his eyes 

and would not even smell it. 

"This food," said Sir Parrot, 

"if that's what you call it,

is very unpleasant,

so open your wallet

and kindly provide me 

with ten dollars cash.

I'm off to the village

for bangers and mash." 

***

And here is my personal favorite
(a little ditty, pure nonsense, untitled, written in the margins of the book): 

Those that are gnome-schooled

are required to recite the Pledge of Wee-Gents,

sometimes at huge events.

***

What's not to love about a mind that can come up with
"the Pledge of Wee-Gents" when writing a poem about gnomes? 
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The Poetry Friday round-up is hosted this week by the wonderful Sylvia Vardell, recently returned from her trip to South Africa. Head over to her blog, Poetry for Children, to see what other people have posted.