Darlene Gifford Poet Quintain (English)

My Mother Goose Adventures

I gave my picture book a shake,
and then I stepped inside.
Rip Van winkle did awake
and starred at me and cried,
"You're not my lovely bride!"

I saw Humpty Dumpty sitting at a table,
scrambling himself an egg.
But with a cracked shell, he was quite unstable
and rolled down the table's long leg,
now slippery with yolk and nutmeg. 

Little Bo Peep was still looking for her sheep.
So I thought I'd help her find them.
      I found one asleep
      under her long hem,
and I mumbled a red-faced, "Ahem!'

I went to meet the crooked man,
who walked a cooked mile.
     But the trail on which I ran
     was full of crooked smiles.
So I just laughed and sat awhile!

Remember that old woman living in a shoe
with all those hungry kids?
Well, I took them, three hundred and two,
and fed them plates of shrimp and ribs.
Then I tucked them back into their cribs.

I went to sea with Bobby Shaftoe,
The boy with silver buckles on his knee.
   But, I got sick and went heave-ho!
   And I know that you'll agree,
home again is the place for me!


.  8/5/ 2015

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David William Breidenthal January 14, 2016 at 12:10 PM Super deeduper verse!! So positive and unique and childlike. Luv it!! Darlene Gifford January 14, 2016 at 12:38 PM I'm glad you enjoyed this one, J.W. And I see you have been reading my poems. Thanks again, ~~Darlene

Yolanda Scott August 7, 2015 at 2:01 AM Another good write!!! All smiles. Darlene Gifford August 7, 2015 at 2:33 AM Any time I can make someone smile is a good day. Thanks, Youlanda

Njeri Hunjeri August 6, 2015 at 7:28 PM Thank you for directing me this way my dear friend. I love kids books. I actually think they are the hardest books to write because you have to keep the audience and the reader entertained. And you mastered this so well. A 7 too:-) Darlene Gifford August 6, 2015 at 9:03 PM Thanks, njeri, I hope the sponsor thinks so! There will, I believe, only be 5 winners in this contest. So my chances are slim to nothing. But something in me said "Try" I appreciate the 7.

Shadow Hamilton August 6, 2015 at 5:12 PM love the humour Darlene great pen hugs 7 Darlene Gifford August 6, 2015 at 6:04 PM Thanks, Shadow, for liking my poem and for the 7. I was having my doubts about this one since no one had responded until now! This is my first attempt at a quintain form and I found it a good fit for a children's humor poem . Thanks for reading.