Living
The Musical Carp
From The Jingle Book
Living
There once was a corpulent carp
Who wanted to play on a harp,
But to his chagrin
So short was his fin
That he couldn't reach up to C sharp.
Cite this poem
MLA
Wells, Carolyn. “The Musical Carp.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/8/.
Chicago
Wells, Carolyn. “The Musical Carp.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wells_c/8/.
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