The Dirigible Balloon
Poetry for Children

Hiccups

Hiccup ONE
Hiccup TWO
Hiccup THREE and FOUR

Hiccup FIVE
Hiccup SIX
How many hiccups more?

Hiccup SEVEN
Hiccup EIGHT
Was it something that I ate?

Did I drink too fast?
How did they come?
Is there a FROG stuck in my tum?

I hold my breath ...
And wait ...
But then ...
Along come hiccups NINE and TEN

I drink some water, upside down.
Hum "Yankee Doodle went to town".

Hiccup ELEVEN
Hiccup TWELVE
NINETEEN ...
FIFTY…
HUNDRED AND ONE …

WHAT IF I HICCUP FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE?!
Oh, wait a second … they’ve gone!

About the Writer


Marc Vestey

Marc is from Sheffield, South Yorkshire and has been writing stories and verse for children for about a year. His rhyming story BUBBLE TROUBLE was recently named one of the judges' favourites in the Children's Writers Group 100 word story competition.