Observation At Four

I live in a house
  a house on a street
  a street with a town all around.
The town's on a land
  and the land's on the earth...
  a little brown earth in a big blue sky
And it turns itself all around.
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Mccann Avatar
February 23, 2023 at 1:24 AM
Yes, I like this form and use it a lot. I suppose I should name it and be famous! (Yawn) Elizabeth
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February 20, 2023 at 5:34 AM
And this is the house that Jack Built - I love the style of poetry you chose, great poem. Hope you are keeping well. Hugs and blessings, Jennifer.
Mccann Avatar
February 20, 2023 at 1:37 PM
Hi, Jennifer. Thanks for reading my poem. I'm not very active these days- just age, no drama. So I haven't had a look at yours for a while. Will rectify!! Elizabeth
Mccann Avatar
February 10, 2023 at 1:21 PM
Thank you, Jenna. You are a wonder! Elizabeth
Logan Avatar
February 10, 2023 at 4:51 AM
Here I am, and I find your lines intriguing. You’re not in a dry spell. You make your reader see life through a telescopic lens. Now, reverse the order using that magic elixir I sent you in my comment. Wink
M  Avatar
February 5, 2023 at 8:57 PM
Such a delightfully sweet cute poem Elizabeth from your daughter…..excellent you wrote it down and kept those very special innocent words! Debx
Mccann Avatar
February 3, 2023 at 1:23 PM
Thank you, Michael. Elizabeth
Tor Avatar
February 3, 2023 at 12:33 PM
Elizabeth such a lovely theme. Love the way you worded it. Thanks for sharing...Thanks for commenting on my Poetry the subject can bring in controversy. I hope my response to your comment was not offensive I did not mean it to be. Hope all is good Elizabeth...
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January 29, 2023 at 3:34 PM
Out of the mouths of babes. Thank you for sharing your beautiful verse, Jeanette. Take care, Shirley
Mccann Avatar
January 30, 2023 at 12:51 AM
Hi Shirley. Thanks for your comment. Elizabeth
Ashley Avatar
January 24, 2023 at 4:53 PM
A lovely little package of poetry, Elizabeth. Your verse; "a little brown earth in a big blue sky" expresses just how small our world is in the GRAND scheme of things. Wonderful observation at four... wonderful title too! Warmest wishes.. ~Susan
Mccann Avatar
January 30, 2023 at 12:51 AM
Thank you, Susan. I value your opinion. Elizabeth
Mccann Avatar
January 24, 2023 at 1:26 PM
Hi, Harry. I hope you are okay! I'm originally from Ohio but now in Melbourne, so, like you, thank goodness no floods here! Elizabeth
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January 24, 2023 at 5:45 AM
Oh no, not a victim of the horrible floods over there. Elizabeth, i'm dreading the day we are struck with one those rain bombs over here in Perth. Like how you've wrote your poem, though, clever stuff...Harry.
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January 21, 2023 at 4:23 AM
The beauty of your poem and its message lies in its wonderful simplicity and I love it for that. Cheers - Gary
Mccann Avatar
January 24, 2023 at 1:27 PM
Thanks, Gary! My daughter took me aside to tell me this when she was four. Fortunately I wrote it down. Elizabeth
Bauer Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 11:04 AM
you've summed it all up perfectly, elizabeth! nicely done...
Mccann Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 1:59 PM
Thank you, Ilene. My four-year old daughter confided this to me after her first day at kindergarten. Elizabeth
DiMino Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 5:16 AM
It really is that simple...yet we make things so much more complicated. Thinking of vastness...way-out there meaning and purpose...too often neglecting the warmth of dear and near relationships.
Mccann Avatar
January 17, 2023 at 2:03 PM
Yes, it seems easier to contemplate life on other planets than to deal with my neighbor who needs desperately to talk. My bad, I guess. Elizabeth
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January 16, 2023 at 11:08 PM
The world is always turning. Yet in the scheme of things compared to the universe we are but a grain of sand.
Mccann Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 11:51 PM
Exactly, Victor! Little brown earth; I wish some more, any more, people would know it! Elizabeth
Wolf Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 7:31 PM
Flawless, my friend ... Shades of the postal address on the 'mystery letter' at the end of Act 1 of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town." Lovely penned, gw
Mccann Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 11:50 PM
My gosh, what a memory you have! I'd forgot all about "Our Town!" Good point! Elizabeth
Volumes Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Such a coincidence Elizabeth, I live there too. Lovely, poem and a reminder that we all live here. Isn't it a pity that we all cant act like neighbors? Enjoyed.
Mccann Avatar
January 16, 2023 at 11:49 PM
So nice to have you in the world! Lovely reply! Elizabeth
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