Inner Child

The child that lies inside of me
Being so blind that it cannot see.

That inner child refuses to grow
In growing, maturity, you show.

Baby steps, makes you grow, you see
It is easy like A, B, C.

The child was in a playful mood
I laughed until it felt so good.

I will grow up one of these days
For now, I will remain this way.




Phyllis Babcock
1/20/12
Copyright © | Year Posted 2012

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Brown Avatar
February 7, 2012 at 8:33 AM
Congratulations to you on your win in Debbie Guzzi 's "Change for the Meter" contest Phyllis. Love, Carol
Guzzi Avatar
February 5, 2012 at 6:10 PM
Hey Phyll good work! I wish you had got my message about labeling the meter. Hope all is well? Congrad's Light & Love
Maverick Avatar
February 5, 2012 at 3:30 PM
Congratulations on the placement Phyllis..)
Williams Avatar
February 5, 2012 at 10:52 AM
Phyllis congrats on your win..David
Quigley Avatar
February 5, 2012 at 8:30 AM
Nicely written Phyllis. Congratulations
Guzzi Avatar
February 4, 2012 at 2:51 PM
Phyll dear you have tetrameter/ 4 iambic feet of 2 syllables each 4x2=8 Monometer = 1 foot /Dimeter=2 feet/ Trimeter=3 feet/Tetrameter=4 feet Pentameter=5 feet/ Hexameter =6 feet Heptameter=7 feet/Octameter =8 feet Please label at the bottom xxoo
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January 29, 2012 at 4:10 PM
Thank you, Phyllis, for your kind comments. I am so glad you enjoyed the poem. You may also enjoy, The Father's Handiwork. Have a wonderful day! God bless you always, Maureen x
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January 24, 2012 at 12:18 PM
I love seeing the world through my grandchildrens eyes again. We so often loose sight of the wonder around us, overlooking the beauty. Lovely poem !!
Dietrich Avatar
January 22, 2012 at 8:07 PM
Phyllis, I tried to answer your letter at my email but it wouldn't go thru. So I will soupmail you a reply here in soupmail. Do you have another email I can use for you?
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January 21, 2012 at 11:41 PM
Phyllis, my child explodes out of me.. and has 20/20 vision... telling it to behave is like asking a baby for it's candy..lol.. Don't grow up,my kids say... awesome poem,..p.d.
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January 21, 2012 at 6:13 PM
Perfect line 1 the CHILD that LIES in SIDE of me-line 2 is off because you started with is so, is so BLIND that it CAN not SEE Think about this Phyll if your word starts with a vowel it is more likely to have a ..soft/unstressed sound aye? words like a,an, and, the are almost always unstressed[Don't forget you can go back & read the older blogs] Just enter this in the contest & I will help you more by working on it with you in the blog HUGS and THanks so much for being such a great teacher!PS note your meter on the bottom as * iambic tetrameter
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January 21, 2012 at 5:31 PM
what a cute one on your inner child. That is what I think I see of you in me too. have a lovely weekend, my friend. I'm probably not going to be here much for a few days. Luv, andrea
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