Jack Prelutsky children's poet laureate

Prelutsky was recently was named the first ever children's poet
laureate, by the Chicago-based Poetry Foundation, though childless, perhaps Prelutsky never stopped being a kid himself.

Concerning Bananaconda, Jack Prelutsky noticed the coincidence of syllables, and inspiration struck. His poem begins:

"Oh sleek bananaconda

You longest long long fellow,

How sinuous and sly you are,

How slippery, how yellow."

or his cleverly silly wordplay...

"Imagine if your precious nose

were sandwiched in between your toes,

that clearly would not be a treat,

for you'd be forced to smell your feet..."

Consider one of his most popular poems:

"Homework! Oh Homework!

I hate you! You stink!

I wish I could wash you

away in the sink,

if only a bomb

would explode you to bits.

Homework! Oh, Homework!

You're giving me fits!"

LOL - no wonder he is a favorite of kids!