Living
There was an Old Man with a poker
From A Book of Nonsense
Living
There was an Old Man with a poker,
Who painted his face with red ochre.
When they said, "You 're a Guy!" he made no reply,
But knocked them all down with his poker.
Cite this poem
MLA
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man with a poker.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/36/.
Chicago
Lear, Edward. “There was an Old Man with a poker.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lear/36/.
Read this poem with the Codex →