Your six-monthly check-up is now due
Dear Hansel and Gretel,
Your six-monthly check-up is now due
After the unfortunate number of fillings last time,
I do hope you have both been brushing twice a day.
Remember, it’s very important to save
Gingerbread walls
Chocolate chimneys
Toffee tiles
Liquorice drainpipes
Sugar windowpanes
and
Biscuit block paving
for an occasional treat, perhaps at the weekend.
They should NOT make up the majority of your daily diet.
I’m afraid that ‘licking a minty door handle’
really is no substitute for a good fluoride toothpaste.
Best wishes,
S. Miles
White as Snow Dental Practice
Your six-monthly check-up is now due
After the unfortunate number of fillings last time,
I do hope you have both been brushing twice a day.
Remember, it’s very important to save
Gingerbread walls
Chocolate chimneys
Toffee tiles
Liquorice drainpipes
Sugar windowpanes
and
Biscuit block paving
for an occasional treat, perhaps at the weekend.
They should NOT make up the majority of your daily diet.
I’m afraid that ‘licking a minty door handle’
really is no substitute for a good fluoride toothpaste.
Best wishes,
S. Miles
White as Snow Dental Practice
This poem is copyright (©) Sarah Ziman 2024
About the Writer
Sarah Ziman
Sarah is originally from Wales, now living in Hertfordshire. She prefers to write poetry for children, though thinks that the best poems can be enjoyed by people of all ages. She has three times been highly commended in The Caterpillar Poetry Prize, and won first prize in the 2021 YorkMix Poems for Children Competition. Her work has appeared in
anthologies published by Macmillan, OUP, Pomelo Books and Candlestick Press, and various print magazines and online journals. Her first solo collection for children, 'Why Did My Brain Make Me Say It?' comes out in September 2024 with Troika.
