On--Off

It's funny how my grandkids hear

            just certain things I say.

            They fail to hear "Clean up your room"

            but hear  "Go out and play."

       
           Those ears that don't hear "Eat your peas"

            hear "Made your favorite pie."

            Some things I say get lassoed in
      
            while others gallop by.


entered in Brian Strand's Contest 241 (any topic or form, 10-line max)
on November 22, 2016

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Skat A

October 16, 2015 at 9:38 PM

Janice, Congratulations on your win. -SKAT-

Janice Canerdy

October 17, 2015 at 9:58 AM

Thank you, SKAT. Janice

Andrea Dietrich

October 16, 2015 at 7:57 PM

I am just now seeing your note to me. It's so easy to delete your poems. Go to My poems and see the X column. Just click on where it says delete and presto it's gone.

Janice Canerdy

October 17, 2015 at 9:59 AM

Thanks, Andrea. Janice

Andrea Dietrich

October 15, 2015 at 5:53 PM

by the way, this poem got posted twice. The one beneath it had no comments yet. So don't delete this one for sure!!

Janice Canerdy

October 15, 2015 at 7:59 PM

Thanks, Andrea. I didn't realize I hit "Post" twice--must have, though. I'll have to figure out how to delete one of them. I e-mailed a request for assistance to Poetry Soup but haven't heard back from them. Janice