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Little Girls

climbing up the oak
on a breezy April morn
age just a number



* photo - still climbing trees at 67 like she did when she was ten


** haven't been feeling very inspired lately but wanted to post something 
     this one is more about the pic than the poem
     girls just wanna have fun - at any age

*** yes I know that line three is a cliche, no I don't care

Copyright © Tom Woody | Year Posted 2025

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David Crandall Date: 9/3/2025 3:24:00 PM Tree climbing - a timeless classic way to have fun - never grows old. Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 9/3/2025 3:36:00 PM She seems to think so. :)

Crystol Woods Date: 9/1/2025 10:28:00 AM It's a wonderful, loving tribute to your beautiful, forever young, wife! I love it! Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 9/1/2025 2:01:00 PM Thx Crys. Just a li'l one

Andrea Dietrich Date: 9/1/2025 8:53:00 AM Lucky lady. Girls just wanna have fun . The singer sure got that right. Was it Cyndi Lauper? Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 9/1/2025 9:59:00 AM Yes ma'am

Vanya Evangeline Date: 8/25/2025 6:01:00 AM Nice. We don't have oak here, but it seems like a nice tree to climb & sit on. Hope I can be that lively when I get 67. Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/25/2025 6:16:00 AM Me too!

Dr. Vandana Sharma Date: 8/23/2025 7:11:00 AM We should do what we want to do! Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/23/2025 7:35:00 AM Darn tootin'

Paula Goldsmith Date: 8/22/2025 9:59:00 AM What a creative/fun write and picture. Yes, age is just a number so I am 25. Hahaha!!! I would never climb a tree today but did when I was a kid. Have a lovely day writing away..... Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/22/2025 1:50:00 PM I would love to see you climb a tree. Thx Paula

Mickey Grubb Date: 8/22/2025 7:41:00 AM 67? Are you kidding...no way. I don't remember who first said it, but: "growing old is not an option, but growing up is". Continue to live the life...very nice Haiku, Tom. BTW, I ordered a knee brace that should arrive today. At 77, seems my knee wants to clock-out. Knee brace arrives— today it’s just a toy, though. Hope limps in, half-played. Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/23/2025 7:36:00 AM I've been having some trouble with my knees since my late forties. Can't play full court basketball anymore since fifty seven but doing pickleball twice a week

Charles Messina Date: 8/22/2025 1:42:00 AM Yep, age is just a number. I play pickle ball with quite a few people that are well into their late 60's and even a few 70's. That's what keeps us going! Very nice, Tom. Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/22/2025 4:37:00 AM Ha! Same here. A few are over 80. Thx Chas

John Fleming Date: 8/21/2025 2:23:00 PM And why shouldn't she climb trees? That is what trees are for after all...is it not? :) john p.s took your excellent advice - changed it to "her". :) Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/21/2025 2:30:00 PM I saw you did. Just a humble observation. Thx for visit John

Suzanne Delaney Date: 8/21/2025 2:00:00 PM Beautiful wife and beautiful tree. Life is one beautiful cliche. Glad we both got to post today. I was beginning to think even my Autumn Muse was gone. Cheers, SuZ Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/21/2025 2:31:00 PM Cliches R Us! Thx Suze

Mystic Rose Rose Date: 8/21/2025 11:04:00 AM I agree maybe a cliche but so much truth in it, We are never too old to climb trees unless we begin to think it so . Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/21/2025 12:40:00 PM Fairies have an advantage ;)

Sotto Poet Date: 8/21/2025 9:35:00 AM Hello Tom, Your pretty wife shines bright, a fleeting moment in time, so cherish every moment that moves forward. God bless. Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/21/2025 12:40:00 PM Absolutely! Thx much

Paul Callus Date: 8/20/2025 2:12:00 PM Should I envy yours & yours ages...or is it a sin!! Nahh I guess not :) but I could trim back my age a wee bit :) And that leads me to line3; I don't care if it's a cliche; it fits perfectly...the natural thing to say. ~ Regards // paul Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/20/2025 2:42:00 PM I've been busy lately with work and a little lazy on the poetry end. Thx Paul

John Read Date: 8/20/2025 11:21:00 AM Hi Tom you're lovely wife is looking great, life is short so make the most of everyday God bless. Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/20/2025 2:41:00 PM Yes she's a gem. Thx John

Robert Sidwell Date: 8/20/2025 9:15:00 AM What a fun photo! Poem fits it well!! Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/20/2025 2:40:00 PM Much thx Sid

Ryan Geoffrey Hayward Date: 8/20/2025 3:16:00 AM We had a big gum tree in the backyard that stretched forever with many solid branches after another. I was always climbing it up to the age of 35. It got really scary towards the top! Beautiful haiku! Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/20/2025 4:40:00 AM Ha true. I don't think she's ever aspired to reach the top. Thx for stopping

I Am Anaya Date: 8/19/2025 7:56:00 AM Clichés are used frequently in the public domain, are immune from copyright. I shall not note it every time I use it, nitpick all you want . Nice pic, I always wondered why such big men like little girls, can look funny ') Mia's lovely Login to Reply I Am Anaya Date: 8/19/2025 9:52:00 AM You're welcome, Mia--Haha, you should, I can't take it! Tom Woody Date: 8/19/2025 9:28:00 AM Mia thanks you :). Yeah just a note for the whiners and complainers. I should do a whole poem of just cliches. Heh

Sara Etgen-Baker Date: 8/18/2025 5:56:00 PM what a delightful Haiku, Tom. Impressive to be able to climb trees at 67. Nicely done Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/18/2025 6:03:00 PM Yeah she's something. Thx

Brandy Nicole Date: 8/18/2025 2:34:00 PM So many use that cliche in line three. Nothing wrong with that. So kool that you use it here, because it fits perfectly. :) Climbing trees is fun. Big girls enjoy being little girls, sometimes. :) I know I do. Such a wonderful pic and poem. I'm gonna act my age now. Maybe. Hehe Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/18/2025 2:41:00 PM I'd love to see some of your fun/silly pics

Victor Buhagiar Date: 8/18/2025 7:25:00 AM Great photo. Doesn't look her age. Loved the haiku. I too find subjects difficult to write about. Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/18/2025 1:31:00 PM Thx much Vic

Anne Winter Date: 8/18/2025 7:16:00 AM I love it when people don't let age limit them and define them.It's really inspiring and wonderful. Age is really just a number. I read this somewhere, in french they say that I have 'age' years when they tell their age. They don't say I am 'age'. Which is so cool because when you say that I have 'age' years, it means that you have so many memories and life experience of what your age number is. So age is just a number, always keep your heart young. There's no age police :) Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/18/2025 1:31:00 PM Thank goodness! Thx Anne

Sara Kendrick Date: 8/18/2025 5:40:00 AM Stay active within reason as long as possible because the time will come if a person keeps on living when it won't be possible. Thanks for sharing this Senryu with us. I enjoyed both the picture and poem. Sara K Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/18/2025 5:42:00 AM She just had a hip replacement 5/30. Won't be climbing for a while yet. Thx

Maria Williams Date: 8/18/2025 12:43:00 AM Yeah you got that right, girls just want to have fun at any age Tommy. lol. Nice haiku as well...Hugs Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/18/2025 4:35:00 AM I'll bet you're a fun one to hang with

Laura Leiser Date: 8/17/2025 7:25:00 PM Haha..it’s true! :D Login to Reply

Laura Leiser Date: 8/17/2025 6:56:00 PM That’s right, Tom! I still love to climb and I’m 68 yrs. old, lol!! :) Login to Reply Tom Woody Date: 8/17/2025 7:53:00 PM You go girl! Keith D Trestrail Date: 8/17/2025 7:23:00 PM Laura, shhhh! You’re 58!

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