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It's just after 1 AM. My creative juices started flowing around 11 PM. This is what happens when my brain turns on very late, or perhaps very early in the morning.

 

My Midnight Songs

A Nursery Rhyme

Write, write, write the words
of the song to sing
Verbs and nouns and adjectives
Songs are fun to sing.

The poet had a little pen, 
Little pen, little pen.
The poet had a little pen
it was filled with ink.

And every time she wrote a poem
wrote a poem, wrote a poem
and every time she wrote a poem
her words were for her king.

The teeny tiny pronoun
held the nouns in place,
then came the verbs and
blew them all about.
Out came the adverbs
and gave the nouns their color.
And the teeny tiny pronoun
held the nouns once more.
Copyright © | Year Posted 2026

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Kamoonpuri Avatar
May 13, 2026 at 3:14 AM
This is a fantastic twist on two nursery rhymes, row row your boat and mary had a little lamb so i enjoyed the singsong jaunty muse here. Whose yer kjng, your hubby? Kudos! >>>>>>>>><<<<<<<<<<~~~\\\¤¤¤««««»»»»»» Plz also read and comment my newest poem too
Legros Kelley Avatar
May 2, 2026 at 6:17 AM
How adorable is your poem! What a joy to read this morning :)
Hawley Avatar
May 2, 2026 at 11:07 AM
Thanks. The day or night, rather, I wrote this, I began at 11 PM, and around 1 AM, I think I finished up.
Buhagiar Avatar
April 15, 2026 at 2:10 AM
What a delightful poem. Great imagery. I still have your prayer on my computer.
Hawley Avatar
April 16, 2026 at 7:44 PM
That is a great compliment to have my prayer on your computer. Glad you found this one delightful.
Etgen-Baker Avatar
April 12, 2026 at 3:01 PM
this is so creative and clever...have to fav it!
Hawley Avatar
April 12, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Thank you for the fav!
Dietrich Avatar
April 12, 2026 at 1:01 PM
How fun. I could recognize the different nursery rhymes these were modeled after. Now that I am retired, my bedtime is like 3 am. I only sleep six hours, even with sleeping pills so I am still up by around 9!
Hawley Avatar
April 12, 2026 at 5:25 PM
On the weekends when the bus wheels aren't rolling I stay in bed until 9 as often as possible.
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