I have been searching for this poem for the last 48 hours. I read ‘My First Poetry Book’ as a lad and this is the one that stuck in my head. Turns out that it doesn’t exist ANYWHERE online, its referenced in a couple of places (eg primary school syllabuses) but nowhere as a transcription. After some real life searching, we have it. Here is a scan and transcription. I hope the world is now a better place. In spite of the fact that I’m aware there is very little demand for the poem outside of my head. Zanzibar Pete and Zoom-along Dick - Nancy Chambers Zanzibar Pete and Zoom-along Dick took a picnic to eat in the park. They took so much food (without being rude) that they had to stay there until dark. Zanzibar Pete and Zoom-along Dick picked up all of the litter they’d made. Then they felt so much thinner that they won’t home to dinner and ate a lot more, I’m afraid.

I have been searching for this poem for the last 48 hours. I read ‘My First Poetry Book’ as a lad and this is the one that stuck in my head. Turns out that it doesn’t exist ANYWHERE online, its referenced in a couple of places (eg primary school syllabuses) but nowhere as a transcription. After some real life searching, we have it. Here is a scan and transcription. I hope the world is now a better place. In spite of the fact that I’m aware there is very little demand for the poem outside of my head.

Zanzibar Pete and Zoom-along Dick - Nancy Chambers

Zanzibar Pete and Zoom-along Dick

took a picnic to eat in the park.

They took so much food

(without being rude)

that they had to stay there until dark.

Zanzibar Pete and Zoom-along Dick

picked up all of the litter they’d made.

Then they felt so much thinner

that they won’t home to dinner

and ate a lot more, I’m afraid.