"Be Glad Your Nose Is On Your Face" by Jack Prelutsky

Be glad your nose is on your face,
not pasted on some other place,
for if it were where it is not,
you might dislike your nose a lot.

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.

Your nose would be a source of dread
were it attached atop your head,
it soon would drive you to despair,
forever tickled by your hair.

Within your ear, your nose would be
an absolute catastrophe,
for when you were obliged to sneeze,
your brain would rattle from the breeze.

Your nose, instead, through thick and thin,
remains between your eyes and chin,
not pasted on some other place--
be glad your nose is on your face!

I like this poem because although it is short and fun, it has an important meaning behind it: be happy with who you are.  Most people look at the negative things they wish they could fix about themselves, but this poem helps demonstrate how we are the way that we are for a reason.  Of course we could be made a different way or possibly look different, but as the poem shows things could always be worse and we are perfect just being ourselves.  I like the way Jack Prelutsky has written this poem.  It rhymes and is playful and honestly I think it is a little funny, yet the statement Prelutsky is trying to make is clear.  All of this makes it a great poem that is appropriate for any audience.