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Two Dead Boys Poem by Tyler Rager

This cute poem by Tyler Rager is one of my Husband's favorite poems to tell the little ones.
Tonight I thought to myself how cute to make a Halloween Poster out of it...

11 comments :

Unknown said...

This is such a good poem! Don't you agree?

Survivor69 said...

I love this poem

Glenda's World said...

Survivor69
My husband always recited it to our children at Halloween !

Unknown said...

My brother actually wrote this poem for his 10th grade creative writing class many, many years ago.

Glenda's World said...

Unknown, that's amazing !
Wonderful to hear from you and thankful for your Brother's talents !

Unknown said...

Is your brother tyler rager? This poem is as old as dirt. My dad used to tell us this one in the early 80's.

Anonymous said...

Yeah, no...this poem is from at least the 19th century and was written as a study in "nonsense verse" and opposites. There have been multiple variations over the decades, but its origin has been traced back to the Victorian Era so far.

Anonymous said...

My dad told it to me in the early 70's and had been reciting it since his childhood in the 40's. Research says early 19th century is the first recording of at least one of its verses. Unknown's brother may have been guilty of plagiarism.

Anonymous said...

I love this poem. My son had to learn it in 6th grade (he is now 36) & of course I had to learn it too! To this day this poem will just pop into my head, & stay there for a few days! But I love it, so I don't really mind.

Glenda's World said...

Anonymous,
I agree, it's addictive !

Anonymous said...

I learned part of this poem when in was I. High school in the early 1960s . So over 60 years ago . Did not know the rest existed.