Your Forgotten Teddy Bear

It sits in a box 
On a closet shelf
An extension for years
Of your tiny self

A brown teddy bear
You once held dear
and carried around
I remember it clear

I’ve taken it down
A time or two
To remember a time
When devotion was true

It still wears the nose
That it was given
Though bald in places
Where fur is missin’

With one eye lost
We never found
You loved it still
With friendship sound

A childhood memory
That I hold dear
Comes to me
When I hold it near



Written for The Teddy Bear Picnic Contest
by:  Debra Squyres on 1-12-13
Copyright © | Year Posted 2013


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Date: 1/29/2013 9:34:00 AM
A great win. Congratulations. Love, Joyce
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Date: 1/29/2013 12:15:00 AM
love the missin eye....Seren
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Date: 1/28/2013 11:06:00 PM
beautifully done Debra, congrats on your win in the contest
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Date: 1/28/2013 9:41:00 PM
Debra, Congratulations :-) on a cuddly interesting childhood thought and poem. Enjoyed your "Teddy Bear Picnic" winning poem in SandI's contest, ~Always* PD
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Date: 1/28/2013 9:22:00 PM
thank you' SandyIvy
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Date: 1/12/2013 9:57:00 PM
this is adorable!! well, I scanned your poetry and could not see the one you alluded to in that other poem , about your mom's empty room. Is this a poem you have posted here?
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Date: 1/12/2013 5:18:00 PM
This write will do very well in the contest! I really enjoyed reading this wonderful and tremendous poem this evening my friend! This is a remarkable piece, one of stupendous nature! Great Work!!
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Date: 1/12/2013 4:03:00 PM
wonderful write Debra.....best wishes
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Date: 1/12/2013 3:27:00 PM
This is lovely Debra. i have been trying to get arouind to writing one. The contests have been coming so fast. My husband died suddenly without warning of a heart attack. He had always had perfect heath as far as we knew and was a very outgong personality. I lost my son at 55 with the same scenario. Love, Joyce
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Date: 1/12/2013 2:43:00 PM
If he did not come out of the closet ..... it came in your loving thoughts and got a cute poem. - Cosy memories Debra! - A Teddy Bear hug to you from me. - Have a nice weekend. - / / / / Good luck in contest hope the cutest teddy will win. - oxox / / Anne-Lise :)
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