Jack Prelutsky is an American writer of children’s poetry who has published over 50 poetry collections. He served as U.S. Children’s Poet Laureate from 2006 to 2008 when the Poetry Foundation first established the award. Be Glad Your Nose is on Your Face is a whimsical poem about one showing the appreciation for one’s features. Although this is not about romantic love, or about a specific person, this is about loving oneself. It sets itself apart from the other poems as the tone is less serious and less romantic, however I think it fits itself into a form of love.
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!