posting poetic prose
26 Aug 2022 6 Comments
in poem for children, rhyming verse Tags: candy, jellybean, sweet
“Love, but be careful what you love,” (Augustine)
if you ever have an extra jellybean
whatever flavor is fine to my bellybean
juicy burst of sweetness tastes swellybean
but one’s not enough, we can tellybean
let’s go down to the local delibean
and buy biggest sack they sellybean
15 Aug 2022 3 Comments
in poem for children, rhyming verse Tags: dream
once upon a misty moon
i think it was the month of june
a sight enough to make one swoon
i met a leprechaun
his knickers and his jacket green
shamrocks gave his hat a sheen
his beady eyes stared at me keen
then he began to laugh
“aye’ve never met a girl before
but shouldn’t ya wear a pinafore
to cover clothes fer doin’ chores?”
i looked down at myself
i saw the mud caked on my dress
and realized hair was all a mess
but how it happened couldn’t confess
then i awoke from dream
22 Apr 2022 4 Comments
rabbits and robins
hop-along happily
awakening grove of trees
birds between deciduous
bunnies under pines
they hop, then stop
they twitch and listen
to sounds upon the breeze
rabbits long hop languorous
robins short hop dotted-lines
hop-along for feeding
hop-along in play
i spy happy hoppers
to brighten cloudy day
06 Mar 2020 2 Comments
in poem for children, rhyming verse Tags: arboretum, cotton candy, dandelion, moon, summer, wisteria
what the world needs?
ask any child and they’ll say:
swimming pool in my backyard
or smiling dandelion bouquet!
turn world into arboretum
smell the wonderful wisteria
pass around free cotton candy
play in full moon lit mysteria
please rub on that gold genie lamp
and send us all to summer camp!
Linking to Linda’s paint chip poetry prompt here…
04 Sep 2019 33 Comments
in ekphrastic, poem for children, rhyming verse
Mish at dVerse Poetics inspires us with the lovely art of Beverly Dyer…and today I did paint one wall of our living room “purple suede”!
paint a purple wall
pluck a purple plume
pick a purple wildflower
play a purple tune
write a purple poem
wear a purple dress
climb a purple mountain
make a purple mess
eat a purple plum
fly a purple kite
plant a purple garden
dream a purple night
tired of my purple riot?
let’s do violet!
Purple Wildflower by Beverly Dyer
01 Aug 2019 11 Comments
in ekphrastic, poem for children Tags: bears, bells, cedar, hood, shadow, wolf, wood
Goldi wander in wood?
Red Cedar by Emily Carr
beware of three bears
see them growling!
is Red in the hood?
big bad wolf out there
hear him howling!
scare Peter but good
should tinkle bells wear
stop them prowling!
Link to Imaginary Garden with Real Toads‘ prompt inspired by Emily Carr’s art.
27 Sep 2018 16 Comments
in free verse, poem for children Tags: caterpillar, grandson, hike, pond, swim, woolie
A small story poem of 115 words linked to dVerse where Bjorn and friends are writing narrative poetry. Also inspired by Sarah’s earlier “mindfulness” prompt!
brave-heart caterpillar
three centimeters long
weighs all of a gram
spiky brown-black fur
humping along unaware
crosses grandson’s path
who grasps stray fuzzball
tickly in palm of hand
gently carried on hike
until trail ends at pier
where insect pupa is
plopped into pond
as fish bait—but wait,
does it know to swim?
fur floats, frantically
w-w-w-wiggles body
up/down like ripples
across water’s surface
until grandma, empathic,
fishes live catkin out
woolie happy at rescue
dries in sunshine and
casts an intimidating
spiked shadow across
pier’s knotted plank
grandson decides to
return him to tall grass
so newly cool cat can
retell adventures to his
sheltered larval friends
photo by lynn
13 Feb 2018 23 Comments
in poem for children, rhyming verse Tags: canoe, mastodon, pussycat, sea, stars
Mastodon and pussycat went to sea
in a canoe without any oars.
Said Mastodon to Kitty, “Isn’t it pretty,
this mirrored reflection of stars?”
Replied puss to pachyderm,
“Move a little astern, your trunk
is blocking my view.”
So he took a step back but,
alas and alack! stars scattered
as boat tipped in deep blue…
…which may be why mastodons are extinct and cats hate water 😉
Linking with dVerse Poets prompt featuring artwork by Catrin Welz-Stein.
02 Feb 2017 3 Comments
in limerick, poem for children Tags: beach, float, tortoise, wave
On the beach, crawled pet tortoise named Tank
when a wave rolled, his wrinkled neck shrank
hard shell shaped like a boat
four legs paddled to float
that resourceful young tortoise ne’er sank!
06 Apr 2016 6 Comments
in poem for children, rhyming verse Tags: faster, night, track, train
A poem to read aloud to a child 🙂 Kudos to my son who is a train engineer! (Linking to dVerse Poetics prompt “Wheels of Steel” with Bjorn)
jumping on
going, gone
faster, faster
pacing a train
racing in vain
faster, faster
wheels turning
diesel burning
faster, faster
graffitied cars
glowing stars
faster, faster
vision at night
one-eyed light
faster, faster
hugging its track
never look back
faster, faster, clickety-clack!
09 Jul 2015 4 Comments
in poem for children Tags: cows, day, hay
what do cows do?
cows chew
cows moo
cows poo
cows munch
cows lunch
cows crunch
photos by lynn
cows hay
cows lay
cows may
all day.
a poem in my pocket 
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