Our ten-year-old cat died. She had been a good friend, She was very loving And loyal to the end. Our little four-year-old Sadly told me, as he cried, “I couldn’t find your chapstick And that’s why kitty died. “Her bottom was all chapped And that’s why she got sick. It made her feel better When […]
Category: Life with Children
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Chapstick
July 16th, 2024 — Life with Children
It Must Be All Right
July 15th, 2024 — Life with Children, Poems for Children, Quickies
“Oh, no,” he said to his little girl, “That light was red, and I drove right through!” “Well it must be all right,” she told him, “‘Cause the cop behind us did it too!”
Gray Hair
June 25th, 2024 — Life with Children
“Mommy, look, another gray hair Just why do you have so many?” “Each time you are bad I get one. When you’re good, I don t get any.” Suzy looked at Grandma’s picture Then with voice a little sad. “Mommy, when you were still little Were you really all that bad?”
Irony
June 24th, 2024 — Life with Children
A stupid goat ate my homework. I know that she won’t believe it. Once the goat got started eating There’s no way I could retrieve it. I think all teachers are alike, They don’t want to believe the truth. Russian spies really stole my books Out of the drugstore pay-phone booth. When space aliens took […]
China
June 19th, 2024 — Life with Children, Poems for Children
I’m going to dig to China. Mommy says it is quite a ways. I’m going to dig to China, If it takes me seven days. I was going to dig my hole In the lot across the street. But the ground there was so hard It made the shovel hurt my feet. So I’ll dig […]