tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-79429607985285106782024-02-18T21:03:51.846-08:00Funny Humorous Poetry for Kids... Grownups too :}Kitty Smalls Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189825280432380620noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942960798528510678.post-28639396927071164672013-04-30T23:55:00.004-07:002013-05-09T10:41:34.899-07:00Have You Ever Eaten Off The Floor?<a href="http://www.mystoriesandpoems.com/Pages/default.aspx"></a>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Did you know reading and writing poetry helps improve academic skills?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Today is the 30th and final day of my 30-day poetry-writing spree. I would like to say it has been a <b>blast!</b> Though challenging and more work than I initially intended. After beginning my quest, a need to add accompanying pictures and videos came shining through. This, of course, made perfect sense. So, I decided to take those tasks on as well.</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">You can check out all 30 of the </span><a href="http://funnykidspoetry.blogspot.com/p/my-april-2013-30-day-poetry-challenge.html" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">April 2013 poem-a-day</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"> offerings to share in my adventure; and if you are an adult, don't forget to share with a kid (or two... or three... or more!).</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;">So now... without further ado… I give you the 30th April 2013 Poetry Month poem…</span></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Have You Ever Eaten Off The Floor?</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Ever
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Light and
salty and crisp<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Right on
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">In front
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Making
you yell with a lisp<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Candy bar
ever flip from your hand<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Soon as
you tore off the wrap<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Reached
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Quick as
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Still it
slipped down from your lap<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Whenever
it is<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Whatever
that falls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">We rebuff
to toss bonbons in trash<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">The idea of fingers tossing yum deserts</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Conjures acts of performing things rash</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Since no one wants goodies to go to waste<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">While tongues salivate to savor a taste</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">When accidental spills we bechance to face </span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;">Eating by default should not yield poor taste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">In other words - when a yum goodie falls</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Down to
the ground making you sore<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Long as
it’s gum candy or chips<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">If no
need exists to lift with your lips<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Choose if
you like to eat from the floor<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">You know what this means<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">If it
doesn’t cause slips<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Or splash
like soda drippidy drips<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">There is
no need to skippity skip<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Little
floor-eating nippity nips<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Devour
those goodies<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;">Pay heed to these tips</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">April 30, 2013 (Updated 5/9/2013)</span></span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 13.333333969116211px; line-height: 20px;" /><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I hope you enjoyed this silly poem about eating off the floor. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about eating from the floor, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span></span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Thanks for visiting!</span></span></div>
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<span style="background: white; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18pt;">Today is number 29 of my 30-day poetry-writing spree and in one day, I will be finished with this challenge!</span><span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 18pt;">Today’s poem delves into the doings of a kitty cat as it moves about the home during a normal day of mischief and curiosity. So now... without further delay... I give you the poem…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Why Is Kitty In The Flowerpot?</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why is kitty in the flowerpot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Napping on dirt and not her cot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Scratching roots making them rot<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Eating leaves master just bought<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Trying to hide and not get caught<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why is kitty playing in the sink<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Sliding round like in a roller rink<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Licking faucet spout to get a drink<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">With its little tongue all rough and pink<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Tell me now what do you think<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why is kitty chasing the mole<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">It always escapes in the ground hole<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitty might as well just take a stroll<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Climb a pointed tree stake poll<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Make that an attainable goal<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Why is kitty watching TV<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Like she knows everything she sees<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Crank the sound still she won’t flee<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Just sits there quite happily<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Kitty must be filled with glee<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;">Written by R. Renée Bembry<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;">April 29, 2013</span><span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="background: white; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;">I hope you enjoyed this silly poem about a kitty and its adventures. You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about kitties, in the comments section below; and don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Arial;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia;">Thanks for visiting!</span></span><span style="color: #167e9e; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today’s offering involves happenings when a squirrel collects acorns from beneath an old oak tree. I will come back to add pictures later…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">For now… I give you the poem…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>When Squirrel Collected Acorns</b></span><br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTs03r4wMfI6VxvceBhyc3-mJVNsvsl7cAPgKMXQ1prISValXZZVJq4o81uG7APs7JXjhhuQxNVKwv8ANDugZLaTovbVAS7b11vUprpNKvW3vvGjE5NWMtclSmktbJ3JOfw7hrGvLZs_Ei/s1600/Squirrel+in+Tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Grey squirrel with fluffy tail in tree." border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTs03r4wMfI6VxvceBhyc3-mJVNsvsl7cAPgKMXQ1prISValXZZVJq4o81uG7APs7JXjhhuQxNVKwv8ANDugZLaTovbVAS7b11vUprpNKvW3vvGjE5NWMtclSmktbJ3JOfw7hrGvLZs_Ei/s1600/Squirrel+in+Tree.jpg" height="320" title="Squirrel in Tree" width="272" /></a><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Acorn after acorn loosened and fell</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">From branches of the old oak tree</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Plopping to the ground like brown rain balls</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The seeds landed in sight of a harvesting squirrel</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Quicker than a flea could jump from fur</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The squirrel began scooping scattered seeds</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Stuffing acorn after acorn into its jaw</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Pushing the seeds into its mouth with a paw</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Eventually, all that could fit had fit—</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Up the tree squirrel dashed to store his stash</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When suddenly he felt an unexpected rash</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Itching his skin—deep beneath his soft gray coat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Pausing to scratch the itch in his back</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Scratching proved impossible because of where it was at</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So he rubbed his back against gray tree bark</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Summoning a million crickets to Yellow Stone Park</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry </span><br />
<span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 28, 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this silly poem about a squirrel. You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about squirrels, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: #444444;"></span></span><span style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
at MyStoriesAndPoems.com!</div>Kitty Smalls Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189825280432380620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942960798528510678.post-15321842973366238352013-04-27T23:55:00.001-07:002013-05-05T10:57:03.685-07:00A Monkey Broke Out Of A Zoo<br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;">Today is number 27 of my 30-day quest to pen a poem a day
in recognition of April poetry month for 2013. With only three days to go, I am
well on my way to completing my goal!</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Today’s poem involves a chain of events that occur as the
results of a monkey breaking out of a zoo. I will add more to this one later, but for now, I give you...</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: x-large;"><b>A Monkey Broke Out Of A Zoo</b></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">A monkey
broke out of the zoo</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Decked
out in blue jeans and bamboo<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Shimmied
up a pole<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Took out
a sweet roll<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">And ate
it from a silver bowl<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">The empty
bowl fell to the ground<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Bopping
the hard head of a hound<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Who angrily
barked<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Thereby frightening
a lark<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">That hastily
flapped to a park</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">In the
park stood a kangaroo</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">As tall
as the Wall of Berlin<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">It hopped
on the bird<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">That
bounced like a nerd<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Landing
on planet Saturn</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;">© April 27, 2013</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;">Hope you enjoyed this poem about a monkey. You can leave
a poem of your own, especially one about birthdays, in the comments section
below; and don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to
read in the comments section as well...</span><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #660000; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
at MyStoriesAndPoems.com!</div>Kitty Smalls Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189825280432380620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942960798528510678.post-70332560616767341222013-04-26T23:52:00.000-07:002013-05-05T10:57:46.441-07:00So, It’s Your Birthday…<span style="color: purple;"><br /></span>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAUqXEo2X_TBDG6CrAdFXCPPmr87u_0MPsMmb5DKEki10xcFIwYWN9NaWn-6SWqXPa0QJbptMsrctxWcohgKcx2kSzF96POM2s4carOjLKtjez4sy5gCWgh6ZXRIAteFI8JlYnx7BldrK/s1600/Happy+Brithday+Candles+on+Cake+I.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Cake with lit up Happy Birthday candles" border="0" height="303" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJAUqXEo2X_TBDG6CrAdFXCPPmr87u_0MPsMmb5DKEki10xcFIwYWN9NaWn-6SWqXPa0QJbptMsrctxWcohgKcx2kSzF96POM2s4carOjLKtjez4sy5gCWgh6ZXRIAteFI8JlYnx7BldrK/s320/Happy+Brithday+Candles+on+Cake+I.jpg" title="Lit Happy Birthday Candles on Cake" width="320" /></a></div>
<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Today is number 26 of my 30-day quest to
pen a poem a day in recognition of April poetry month for 2013. With only four
days to go, I am well on my way to completing my goal!</span><span style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Today’s poem draws on a girl’s 13<sup>th</sup>
birthday. I penned it to print on a birthday card for a special girl in my
family.</span><span style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Thus, in honor of this special girl, I give
you the poem...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span lang="EN" style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: x-large; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">So, It’s Your Birthday…</span></b><b style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">So, it’s your birthday and you’re turning thirteen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mimicking a princess growing into a queen</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Trading pretend play with dolls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">For hanging out at shopping malls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Shaking a tail at dancing halls<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Still you like to chew gumballs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Yes, it’s your birthday and you’re no longer a tween<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Even more than ever, you may strive to look pristine<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Everyday you love to preen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Dolling up your hair with sheen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Just in case you should be seen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Starring in pictures on big screens<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Although it’s your birthday and you’ve just become a teen<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Knowing from your mother’s arms, you’ll soon begin to wean<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">There’s no reason to be scared<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">‘Cause you’ve got a great big dad<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Always ready and prepared<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: large;">To ward off eager lads</span><span style="font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><span style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">© April 26, 2013</span><span style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 11.5pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; font-size: large;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Hope you enjoyed this poem about a girl’s
thirteenth birthday. You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about birthdays,
in the comments section below; and don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem
for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><span style="color: #830b7a; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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apples syndrome. Anyone that eats apples, especially fresh picked from the
tree, eventually will come across a worm enjoying the fleshy fruit ahead of the
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<b><span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Wiggly Apple Worm</span><span style="font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Wiggly Apple Worm penetrated the skin</span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Digging deeply into sweet fleshy fruit<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Eating its way down to the core<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Of a zesty apple still ripening<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">On a newly grown tender tree branch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">One warm summer afternoon<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Wiggly’s apple pick—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">I had been planning<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The tree’s nourishment<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Permitted the orb to grow a wee bit larger<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Apparently, all the while I<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Kept a watchful eye on the apple<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">The worm, who lives out of doors,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Held an attentive eye on me—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">To beat me to the punch—to <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Jump the proverbial gun<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0f6f0f; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Once the apple of our eye reached its peak<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Hope you enjoyed this silly humorous poem
about worms crawling in worms. You can leave a poem of your own, especially one
about apple worms, in the comments section below; and don't forget you can help
a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Today is number 24 of my 30-day
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only six days remaining, I am well on my way to completing my goal!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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toenail cutting, or a lack thereof... After all... What toenail would subject
itself to a clipping if it could find a way to escape the trimming...?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Toenails... Gotta cut 'em<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<i><span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Or face winding up like this...</span></i><span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">I had not cut my toenails<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Seems like for about a year<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">'Cause every time I grabbed
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">My toes cried out in fear<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Until the day, I formed a scheme—<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Hid clippers in my socks<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Held them near my cold bare feet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">My plan was to clip the nails<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Then kicked them 'cross the room
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">The door where Dad was dining<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">But not before they squeezed real hard<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">That screamed like no tomorrow<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Startling me yet again—once more<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Forbidding me to groom—what a chore<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Still none of that bore importance
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">But—not exactly the flat door<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Yes—My toenail got stuck in the
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Written by R. Renée Bembry<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">Hope you enjoyed this silly
humorous poem about toenail clipping.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN" style="color: #2143cd; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%; mso-ansi-language: EN; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;">You can leave a poem of your own,
especially one about toenails, in the comments section below; and don't forget
you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments
section as well...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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at MyStoriesAndPoems.com!</div>Kitty Smalls Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189825280432380620noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942960798528510678.post-57584363230758255642013-04-23T23:52:00.003-07:002013-05-05T11:15:08.885-07:00Something Smells Fishy In Here!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Today is
number 23 of my 30-day quest to pen a poem a day in recognition of April poetry
month 2013. With a mere seven days left in this venture, I am well on my way to completing my
goal!</span><br />
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Hope you enjoyed this poem about fish smells and other things.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about fish, in the comments
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others to read in the comments section as well...<br />
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Thanks for visiting!</span></span></div>
<div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
at MyStoriesAndPoems.com!</div>Kitty Smalls Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189825280432380620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942960798528510678.post-68615515974882476552013-04-22T23:35:00.001-07:002013-05-07T18:24:32.721-07:00Preparing To Eat A Cupcake<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Today is number 22 of my 30-day quest to pen poetic verses in recognition of April poetry month 2013. My intent is to write at least one poem every day and currently I am still ahead of the game since I penned two pieces on one of my posting days. In case you are wondering, I posted Finger Pricking Cactus in this blog and the other extra poem, <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:placename w:st="on">Heartache</st1:placename> <st1:placetype w:st="on">Mountain</st1:placetype></st1:place>, at another one of my sites.<br /><br />At any rate... today’s offering involves eating… or at least preparing to eat a cupcake… So… without further ado... Here is the poem…<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: orange;">Try not to gulp in haste<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: orange;">© April 22, 2013<br /><br /><span style="font-size: medium;">Hope you enjoyed this poem about getting ready to eat a cupcake.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="color: orange;"><br />You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about cupcakes, in the comments section below; and don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...<br /><br />Thanks for visiting!</span></span></div>
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<br /><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">At any rate... today’s offering involves a man transitioning into a scarecrow… So… Without further ado... Here is today's poem…</span><br />
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<strong><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;">Little Man the Scarecrow</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">A finger flung out from her hand</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">After plucking the pitiful little man</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Whose limp miniscule body</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Caved like fragile spaghetti straws</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Strewn across linoleum tiles as each left her claw</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She hastily swept the scattered grain</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">With broomsedge tethered and called the same</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Into neat, yet separate rectangular piles</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Except for the square heap she would later file</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Gathering a shirt and pants and socks</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She slid the rectangles in their mending smocks</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">‘Cept the square she glued and plastered together</span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then rounded its edges in an egg-shaped manner</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Shelled almonds for eyes she glued ‘neath the forehead</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Crooked peanut for a nose she pasted instead</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then came the jacket over sticks tied in a T</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">That encased the arms and enclosed the body</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Once binding the legs with a belt through eight pant loops</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She stuck on red plastic resembling lips</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Just below the peanut serving as an air snout</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then off to the backyard to plants called rose hips</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She staked the straw man to the ground with vice grips</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To scare away crows swooping down for seed snips</span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 21, 2013</span><br />
<br /><span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hope you enjoyed this poem that transitioned a man into a scarecrow!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about scarecrows, in the comments section below; and don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #660000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I decided to write a poem about a chocolate brownie but it turned into a poem about genies… :}</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I will do more with this poem and pictures later...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Newly Born Genie</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So… he was eating a chocolate fudge brownie</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Which of course looked all dark and delicious</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">When a chocolate morsel genie</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Sprung from the auburn frosting and asked,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">“What would you say if I granted you three wishes?”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Unsure his eyes truly were awake and not dreaming</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The hot cocoa next to the brownie truly was steaming</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">And the sun rays warming the room truly were beaming</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He placed a hand in front of his mouth and whispered,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">“I would wish for you to grant me as many wishes as I can make.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">Immediately scanning the room seeking reactions</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Finger pointing—raised eyebrows—crazy stares</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">From clueless café dwellers seated at tables unaware</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">That a genie eagerly stood on his dinnerware</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Astonishment overcame his surprise as beings from each table—</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">With each, table seating four</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Times a million or perhaps more tables filling the floor</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Yes, the beings turned to face him laughed and chorused,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">“Genies do not grant wishes to fellow genies…”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You see because although he was not asleep</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He was a newly born genie…</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 20, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Penning this poem just in time to post it prior to the nightly deadline, I started out to write about one thing and then wound up writing about something else... Well I like where the poem ended up and look forward to fiddling with it a bit at a later date...</span><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"></span><br /><br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Meanwhile… You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about genies, in the comments section below; and don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Thanks for visiting!</span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I decided to write a poem about things that happen while washing dishes… or not! :}</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I will add more verses and pictures later...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Heres what my limited time has allowed me to pen of the poem for now…</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="color: blue;"></span></span><strong><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">A Pig Jumped in Dishwater</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I was washing dishes when a pig jumped in the water</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Said he would get out as soon as I paid him a quarter</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Asked if he would take two dimes</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He said if I gave him ten limes</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I ran and got my mom who flicked him clean across the border</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 19, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It has been quite a long day… This is why I will have to come back later to add more verses to this poem and to add pictures as well…</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Meanwhile… You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about washing dishes, in the comments section below; and don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today is number 18 of my 30-day poetry-writing spree and things are still going well.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today’s offering begins talking about a snail and then goes on to talk about random animals and things. It is a bit of a poem potpourri of things one would not want to be. I will come back to add pictures later…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">For now… I give you the poem…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>I Wouldn’t Want To Be A Snail</strong></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I wouldn’t want to be snail</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hiding in the grass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Frightened that millions of feet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Could smash me when they pass</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I wouldn’t want to be a quail</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Flying through the sky</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hunters scattered down below</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Dreaming of poultry fry</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I wouldn’t want to be a nail</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Getting hammered on the head</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Or one on a chicken finger</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Clipped and painted red</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I wouldn’t want to be a rail</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Dealing with nasty germs</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Not to mention tons of weight</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Crushing me like a fern</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I wouldn’t want to be a pail</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Visiting a salty beach</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Held with a rusty handle</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Always making me screech</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 18, 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this poem about snails and things you would not want to be. You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about snails and things, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
at MyStoriesAndPoems.com!</div>Kitty Smalls Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189825280432380620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942960798528510678.post-79148523156443730272013-04-17T23:47:00.001-07:002013-05-07T18:27:20.173-07:00What’s That Hanging From Your Nose?<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;">Today is number 17 of my 30-day poetry-writing spree and things are still going well.</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I</span></span><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-size: large;"> decided to write a poem about a silly drawing I used to draw on the chalkboard as a child. It certainly is one of the silliest things I used to draw—not to mention its grossness! Years ago, I drew it for my children and they got kicks out of it—except the medium was a blackboard not a computer program. Although the pics posted here look a bit different from the original, the gist of their appearance comes through...</span></span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">What’s That Hanging From Your Nose?</span></span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">What’s that hanging in your nose?<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">A pri-ck-ly long stemmed rose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">No, it can’t—I don’t suppose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Looks like a worm with a large green sty<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Doesn’t seem to gaze at the sky<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Might be crawling toward your thigh<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">‘Cept that green hair and that red<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">O’er your brain in pan-shaped lead<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Looks like a plastic paper clip<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Strong enough to get a grip<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">On stair rails so you won’t slip<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Never said what was in your nose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">An-swer-ing I guess you chose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">Not to say—not to disclose<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">‘Cause it’s where your earwax flows</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Today is number 16 of my 30-day poetry-writing spree and things are still going well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I saw a June Bug</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">I made my mind to catch it</span></span>
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">‘Cause June Bugs do not sting</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">June Bug landed near green leaves</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then onto pure white flowers</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Reaching above my head</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In case you wonder why</span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It’s because I could do so</span></div>
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">April 16, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="color: #0c343d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this poem about catching a June Bug. You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about bugs, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #0c343d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;"><em><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">[It was fortunate for me that I had today’s offering virtually set prior to learning of the tragedy occurring in Boston as marathon runners approached the race’s finish line. Whereas filling this blog with positive input is my goal, I cannot post today without mentioning this tragedy. It was devastating to Boston to the United States and to the world as a whole. My heart goes out to all of the injured, as well as their families and friends, and especially to those who lost lives during this senseless act of terror…]</span></em></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today’s offering is about acquiring a toothache. I will add pics on a later date. For now… I give you the poem…</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today I got a toothache</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Once arriving at the lake</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Had yet to eat griddled steak</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Oh, gee whiz—for goodness sake</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Ex-cru-ci-a-ting pain</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Intent on driving me insane</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Suppressed chewing a candy cane</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Made me whine and then complain</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Gums throbbing wicked sore</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Brain fighting ailment war</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Feeling better constant chore</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hurt so much I almost swore</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">No idea why tooth hurt</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Started while removing shirt</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">About to play in muddy dirt</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Along with Sara, Kim, and Bert</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Anyhow what is the dif</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It’s not why but only if</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This pain puts me in a tiff</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To hang loose or swaddle stiff</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Wrapped inside my sleeping bag</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Head to chin tied with a rag</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Holding ice making me gag</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Trying to talk with words that drag</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 15, 2013</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this silly poem about acquiring a toothache. You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about toothaches, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today is number 14 of my 30-day poetry-writing spree and things are still going well. Except for the fact that I’ve been posting my works later than I would like to, not a day has gone by without my posting a verse to this blog.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today’s offering is about squeezing toothpaste from a tube. I have more to say about this act and will come back later to update this poem.</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">So without further ado… I give you the poem as it is right now…</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><strong>Squeezing Toothpaste from the Tube</strong></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Squeezing toothpaste from the tube</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Smearing it around like glue</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Smashing on the counter</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Squishing like sweet goo</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Is not something I would do</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Even to cheer up from the blues</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I think that I would cower</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To even squeeze a flower</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">On most days but then again</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">If the tube’s sleek shiny skin</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Lured my fingers to its tin</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I may obtain the power</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To squeeze a pasty tower</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: small;">April 12, 2013</span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this silly poem about squeezing toothpaste. Now watch the video in which I 'actually' squeezed a tube near empty below...</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then I was able to exhale, swipe my forehead, and add my usual finalizing touches to this post… </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So... Obviously, I'll have to come back later to add images... but you can enjoy the poem now...</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Ice cream floats in banana boats</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Start to melt as you loosen your belt</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Strawberries bananas fill your belly up</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Whip cream cherries overflow the cup</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Feels so good from metal or plastic spoons</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You could eat it in the morning night or noon</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When girl scoops ice cream from the bin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You watch to see how much she puts in</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The plastic dish shaped like a boat</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Atop sliced bananas awaiting frozen scoops</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">If she fails to ladle large mounds</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You cry and plea—your feet stamp the ground</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Please add more—you soften your voice</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Grin ear-to-ear—giant scoops help you rejoice</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Ice cream floating inside banana boats</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Enjoys slippery rides sliding down eager throats</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Excites your tongue</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Can never get enough</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">It’s delicious and nutritious</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I could hoard this cooling stuff!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: small;"></span><br /></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">April 13, 2013</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="color: blue;"></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this silly poem about ice cream floating in banana boats.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><br /><span style="font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about ice cream, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
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at MyStoriesAndPoems.com!</div>Kitty Smalls Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189825280432380620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942960798528510678.post-76017770366234325582013-04-12T23:43:00.002-07:002013-05-07T18:30:07.167-07:00Food is My Enemy<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Today is number 12 of my 30-day poetry-writing spree and things are still going well. Except for the fact that I’ve been posting my works later than I would like to, not a day has gone by without my posting a verse to this blog.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I often take pictures of food when sitting down to eat. Matters not where dinner takes place—at home, at someone else’s place, a restaurant or wherever, my trusty little camera or cell phone points and snaps at dishes for the fun of it. Good thing my subconscious must have known I would need dishes for this posting some day.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">So without further ado… I give you the poem…</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><strong>Food is My Enemy</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Food is my enemy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I do not understand.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">No matter what portion I eat</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I’m stuck at its command.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Delicious cheesecake prompts my hands to</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Put more in my mouth.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Cheese potatoes taste so good I</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Make me feel good when I’m blue.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Everywhere I go, there’s food.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Some say, “Chomp a-plenty</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You’re too skinny—eat—enjoy.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Put some back—you’re getting fat.”</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">At each turn, I see fruitcake;</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Fountains of punch overflowed,</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">What?</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Cut them with a fork—</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">On top of maple syrup.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Drink tea in a fancy cup.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Food is my enemy.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Still I need it to grow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I eat it very slow.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 12, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this silly poem about finding oneself surrounded by food. Of course it was filled with hyperbole but that made it fun to write.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You can leave a poem of your own, especially one about food, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
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at MyStoriesAndPoems.com!</div>Kitty Smalls Blogshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13189825280432380620noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7942960798528510678.post-34348368223811758612013-04-11T20:13:00.000-07:002013-05-07T18:30:46.922-07:00Pink Lady and the Swarming Bumblebees<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span ff2bce="" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;"><span style="font-size: large;">Hawthorn, Dwarf Pink, Raphiolepis Indica, commonly known as pink lady is one of my favorite bushes.</span></span></span><br />
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<span ff2bce="" style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;"><span style="font-size: large;">Now the llth day into my 30-day poetry-writing spree, I took little breaks to capture bumblebees buzzing around a Pink Lady bush. As stated above, the Dwarf Pink Hawthorns are favorite bushes of mine. They are forgiving plants that tolerate various climates and soil types; and their leaves emit beauty even in the absence of their flowers and berries.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">She welcomed them in her best blouse</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">Clusters of lavishing flowers bearing the color of her name</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">As cute as swans</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">Sipped foggy moisture</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">Flying it way far</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">Swaying branches</span><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-language: EN-US;">—the short and the </span>long</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">Dancing fair jigs to spring’s tender song</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">Prompt Pink Lady’s beautiful flora</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;">Coax gold bees—take all they can hold</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #ff2bce;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span></span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;">April 11, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="font-size: large;">Below <span style="background-color: white;">is a short video clip of a flowering Pink Lady bush. You can see honey bees gathering nectar and spreading pollen as they fly from one pink flower blossom to another.</span></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: small;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="color: magenta;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this bee meets flower poem and learned a bit as well.</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Meanwhile, and as always, you can leave a poem of your own, especially one about bees and or flowers, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
<span style="background-color: white;"><br /><span style="color: magenta; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Day ten into my 30-day challenge I must say as much as I love poetry this task is truly giving me a run for my money!</span></span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">That does not mean it is no fun; however, so do not get me wrong…</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I began today’s poem after watching one of my cats climbing on a screen door. This act has become a habit of his. Sometimes he simply lacks patience when waiting for someone to open the door so he climbs it to force his humans to pay attention….</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">LOL!</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">HA! HA!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><b>The Cat on the Screen Door</b></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The cat climbed on the screen door</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His claws pushed through the holes</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He was so plump and heavy</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The holes began to grow</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">When they reached tennis ball size</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Kitty cat’s paws went through</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Seconds before he knew it</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His head and tail swished too</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Dangling like four furry worms</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His legs hung through the stretching form</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His tail close to his back right paw</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Flipped and flapped and swept like straw</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Kitty kept hanging—though in shock</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Appalled at how the screen had blocked</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His full torso from slipping through</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">With tail and head and his paws too</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Soon he cried his help meow</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then realized he had nine lives</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">He bit the screen blocking his chest</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">His teeth maiming the armored vest</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Finally crashing to the floor</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then tramped back out the marred screen door</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 10, 2013</span><br />
<span style="color: #20124d;"><br /></span><span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this screen-door-climbing cat-inspired poem. I will add pics when I catch him in the act again. Meanwhile, you can watch a video below of the same cat laying in the bathtub awaiting a drink of water. I do not know how long he waited but he stayed in the tub until his human (me) came along and turned on the water thus allowing him to fulfill his quest to quench his thirst.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">As always, you can leave a poem of your own, especially one about a kitty, in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
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<span style="color: #20124d; font-family: Georgia; font-size: large;">Brother cat waits for and drinks water from bathtub faucet. </span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">Nine days into my 30-day poetry writing challenge in recognition of this April's National poetry-month celebration and things are going very well. With eleven poems completed, I am actually two poems ahead of the game! YAY!!</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: large;">I finally got around to processing the video of myself constructing this poem. Creating a video of myself in action is a task I had been contemplating for quite some time. I am happy to have finally completed that task. </span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">The video is posted following the poem.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;">Today I saw a penny sparkling pretty on the walkway.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Stopping to pick it up my fingers grabbed it happy and gay.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Shining smoothly in my hand</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Penny looked unused and brand</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">New that is… So clean… So bright…</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Like it had been minted last night</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Examining the date</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I read, two thousand twenty-eight.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I showed the coin to Jenny</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Who stated it might be hers.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Said, “If it fell out of her purse</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Then I should promptly reimburse.”</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Thought I, ‘Oh geez! What could be worse?</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Jenny’s quick claim sounded quite terse.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She wanted my smooth penny.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Her mind was filled with envy.’</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Coin still snug in my clenched fist</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Quickly I told her, “No!"</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Appalled with my decision</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">She then claimed she had to go.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">But when you think about it</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">How could Jen’s view be so?</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Her purse had a gold locking clasp</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The clasp had still been closed.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Well, I unclenched my fist</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In time not to have missed</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Penny accruing much more than</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Twenty times my wrist.</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This made Pen weigh in heavier</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Than when I picked it up;</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Still it felt warm in my pink palm</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Still warmed my fingers too,</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Excitement had me dancing</span><br />
<span style="color: #990000;"><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"></span></span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Hopping like a kangaroo.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">April 9, 2013</span><span style="color: #990000; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Eight days into my 30-day poetry writing challenge in recognition of this April's National poetry-month celebration and things thus far are going very well. For the second time, I will be posting two poems today and this time both offerings will go in this blog on this page… :}</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-large;"><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;">Today’s poems deal with potential pains of shampooing young children’s hair. Although the first poem bears a nice number of verses, the second is a short play off the first. So here we go…</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Mom was shampooing my hair</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Rubbing with tender love and care</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Relaxing from her gentle strokes</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I pushed bubbles helping them float</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">In the bathtub around my skin</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">A bubble beard clung to my chin</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Water felt warm</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Plus talk was fun</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Till shampoo streak</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Dripped down my brow</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Changing my mood</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Forcing my cry</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">“Mom! The soap got in my eye!”</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Stinging one corner to the next</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Shampoo disrupted my cortex</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Crocodile tears fell from their ducts</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Exactly what the brain instructs</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Must ensue; yes this is the crux</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">‘Clean that invaded eye or bust!’</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The facecloth held in Mother’s hand</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Swiped water fresh from the faucet</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Across my eyes I squeezed so tight</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Holding them shut with all my might</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Which eye? Asked she as freshened cloth</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Wiped my forehead without the froth</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">This one… my finger pointed right</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Fearing I would soon lose my sight</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">“Open it up now… Let me see.”</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Was what Mom’s words commanded me</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">At first my eyes put up a fight</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Unwilling to look for the light</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Stinging pupils still could not trust</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Mother’s calm words without a fuss</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Mindful lashes alas let loose</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Follow the leader lids peeked thru</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The crack eyes managed to unglue</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Saw Mother’s cheerful face and blue</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Eyes reassuring all was through</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Brain thought…</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">‘Oh, what a lovely view!’</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 8, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;"><strong>Never Shampoo Your Eyes</strong></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Never must you</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Shampoo your eyes</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Unless you want</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Them to cry</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">They’ll be stinging</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">They’ll be clinging</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">To dear life of vision plight</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">They’ll be tearing</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">They’ll be fearing</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Never seeing colored sight</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">Written by R. Renée Bembry</span><br />
<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;">April 8, 2013</span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this piece about shampoo in the eye and as always, you can feel free to leave a poem of your own, especially one about shampoo in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br />
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Okay... Today is number seven of my 30-day poetry challenge for this April's poetry-month celebration and I am getting this offering posted just in the knick of time! With just under 15 minutes to go, I managed to add the following Peep candy verse to keep my goal of adding at least one poem to this blog every day this month. This poem is a short one considering other things I would like to write about Peep candies but time did not permit me to embellish much today so I may add to it later. Pics to come later as well...<br />
</span><strong><br /><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"></span></strong><span style="color: #ff0099; font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><strong>Marshmallow Peeps</strong></span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Did you eat a Peep chick with creamy marshmallow inside?</span><span style="color: #ff0099; font-size: large;"></span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You know that awesome candy with a pink sugary hide</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">The sugar glitters and it shines</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Beneath dark chocolate dots for eyes</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Pink sugar rough against your tongue</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">Till melted colors dye it for</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">A couple of hours that’s when</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099; font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: large;">You munch on more Peep chicks again</span><br />
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<span style="color: #ff0099;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: large;">I hope you enjoyed this piece about Peeps candy and as always, you should feel free to leave a poem of your own, especially one about candy in the comments section below. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me and others to read in the comments section as well...</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Thanks for visiting!</span></span></span><div class="blogger-post-footer">Have you written a poem today? Entry a poetry contest
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;">It struck me funny that after penning today's poem involving an elf I turned on the television and Lord of the Rings was showing... If you know it... and most people do... I think... you know it is littered with elves...</span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;">At any rate, today is number 6 of my 30-day journey to pen poetic verses during April poetry month. My intent is to write at least one poem every day and thus far I am ahead of the game since I penned two pieces yesterday... Yay!! Case you did not know, one of yesterday's offerings, <a href="http://funnykidspoetry.blogspot.com/2013/04/finger-pricking-cactus.html">Finger Pricking Cactus</a>, was posted in this blog and the other,<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="color: #274e13; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;"><a href="http://healthful-livingblog.blogspot.com/2013/04/heartache-mountain-place-for-lonely.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #888888;">Heartache Mountain</span></a></span>, posted at another one of my sites.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;">All right... Without further ado... Here is today's poem that happens to involve an elf... and what human being does not care for elves?</span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Mom told me to read a book<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">I went down to the kids’ book nook<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Checked out the author’s names<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Familiar writer struck my eye<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Out jumped a story elf<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">He told me a secret of how<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Improved their reading skills<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">The book pulled me in like a pin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Or needle sewing a clean stitch<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Piercing pages one through ten<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Hurtling chapters to the end<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">Then easy as the tale began<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">The story fresh inside my brain<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 14pt;">I learned the whole thing with no pain!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia;"><span style="font-size: small;">Written by R. Renée Bembry<br />April 6, 2013</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #006800; font-family: Georgia; font-size: 16pt;">As always, feel free to leave a poem of your own, especially one about elves or learning or both. Plus, don't forget you can help a kid leave a poem for me as well as for others to read in the comments section below...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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