Poor Boy Playground

Pain was half the fun
on a dirt-pile pyramid
topped with a slab of lumber
Bleeding, splintered hands
Black and blue behinds, scraped knees
Wounds gladly traded for joy

A discarded box
beckons three dare-devil brats
to crawl in and roll downhill 
through the briar patch
Tucked safe in their cardboard womb
giggling at outraged thorns

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010



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Date: 11/19/2016 10:25:00 PM
I love this Tim. You have captured a boys wonderment. Congratulations on having your poem featured! 7 ; )
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Date: 11/19/2016 5:00:00 PM
Love your style. Brings back my childhood days. Going down "Death Hill".
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Date: 1/1/2015 9:09:00 AM
oh the joys of childhood or not as the case may be - great write - congrats:-) hugs jan xx
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Date: 12/31/2014 9:13:00 PM
Congrats on your fine win and happy new year Tim...huggs
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Date: 12/31/2014 8:57:00 PM
Hi Tim,, thank you for supporting my contest. I'm taking this time to enjoy and invite you on over to my latest contest "Busted." Drop by if you'd like or have the time. Take Care, and enjoy the 2015... Happy new Year... Love Linda
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Date: 4/6/2013 5:27:00 PM
what great choka poetry, Tim. I found out that we are able to view all a poet's poems according to FORM and am checking out which forms you have written the most in. You have lots of limericks too.
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Date: 1/12/2010 2:09:00 PM
Reall y like this yet I have suggestions LOL ..who knew? Soup Mail Light & Love
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Date: 1/12/2010 10:24:00 AM
Great fun here, Tim. Thanks for sharing this poem with so much imagery. Lovingly, Dane Ann
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Date: 1/8/2010 6:58:00 AM
Oh the joys of childhood when we could turn that box into a train, plane, or anything. I remember doing some of the same things. Sliding down the hill on the cardboard. Fun, Fun, Fun. Keep the creative pen flowing. Sara
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Date: 1/6/2010 7:02:00 PM
I remember my big brother talking me into something just like this....but of course, being a girl...I cried when I got all scraped up!! (He thought I was such a sissy! :) When my own kids did this...I thought it was much funnier!! I LOVE poems that bring memories such as this!! Thank you!! :) Love, Carrie
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Date: 1/6/2010 6:26:00 PM
Hey Tim is this what u did as a little kid ... great fun it seems.. nice visual motion poetry.. enjoyed the "fun with the boys".. blessings... luv... Linda-Marie..
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