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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.

Copyright © Elizabeth Mccann | Year Posted 2023

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Elizabeth Mccann Date: 2/23/2023 1:24:00 AM Yes, I like this form and use it a lot. I suppose I should name it and be famous! (Yawn) Elizabeth Login to Reply

Jennifer Proxenos Date: 2/20/2023 5:34:00 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. Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 2/20/2023 1:37:00 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

Elizabeth Mccann Date: 2/10/2023 1:21:00 PM Thank you, Jenna. You are a wonder! Elizabeth Login to Reply

Jenna Logan Date: 2/10/2023 4:51:00 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 Login to Reply

Deb M Date: 2/5/2023 8:57:00 PM Such a delightfully sweet cute poem Elizabeth from your daughter…..excellent you wrote it down and kept those very special innocent words! Debx Login to Reply

Elizabeth Mccann Date: 2/3/2023 1:23:00 PM Thank you, Michael. Elizabeth Login to Reply

Michael Tor Date: 2/3/2023 12:33:00 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... Login to Reply

Shirley Hawkins Date: 1/29/2023 3:34:00 PM Out of the mouths of babes. Thank you for sharing your beautiful verse, Jeanette. Take care, Shirley Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/30/2023 12:51:00 AM Hi Shirley. Thanks for your comment. Elizabeth

Susan Ashley Date: 1/24/2023 4:53:00 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 Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/30/2023 12:51:00 AM Thank you, Susan. I value your opinion. Elizabeth

Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/24/2023 1:26:00 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 Login to Reply

Harry Horsman Date: 1/24/2023 5:45:00 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. Login to Reply

Gary Radice Date: 1/21/2023 4:23:00 AM The beauty of your poem and its message lies in its wonderful simplicity and I love it for that. Cheers - Gary Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/24/2023 1:27:00 PM Thanks, Gary! My daughter took me aside to tell me this when she was four. Fortunately I wrote it down. Elizabeth

Ilene Bauer Date: 1/17/2023 11:04:00 AM you've summed it all up perfectly, elizabeth! nicely done... Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/17/2023 1:59:00 PM Thank you, Ilene. My four-year old daughter confided this to me after her first day at kindergarten. Elizabeth

Joe Dimino Date: 1/17/2023 5:16:00 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. Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/17/2023 2:03:00 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

Victor Buhagiar Date: 1/16/2023 11:08:00 PM The world is always turning. Yet in the scheme of things compared to the universe we are but a grain of sand. Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/16/2023 11:51:00 PM Exactly, Victor! Little brown earth; I wish some more, any more, people would know it! Elizabeth

Gershon Wolf Date: 1/16/2023 7:31:00 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 Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/16/2023 11:50:00 PM My gosh, what a memory you have! I'd forgot all about "Our Town!" Good point! Elizabeth

Speaks Volumes Date: 1/16/2023 5:34:00 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. Login to Reply Elizabeth Mccann Date: 1/16/2023 11:49:00 PM So nice to have you in the world! Lovely reply! Elizabeth