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Shoemaker Daddy - a Duo-Rhyme

SHOEMAKER DADDY - A DUO-RHYME (12 lines) His workshop’s open now I see He will not notice - it’s just me. His tools, his nails, his leatherware, His hammers large and small are there, All ready for his hands to bear When he returns to take his chair. The shoes he makes are neat each pair, And some are leather dark or fair, They’re crafted all with love and care. So here’s my secret silent prayer : I hope he takes me on his knee And makes me some in small size three. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Entered in Andrea Dietrich's Contest Duo-Rhyme, . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . Note Based on personal chldhood experience of watching my father make and mend shoes. He also taught me how to do it when I was a teenager.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2012




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Date: 8/10/2012 1:42:00 PM
Enjoyed reading a story from your childhood ..Congrats on your winning work..Sara
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Date: 8/9/2012 10:46:00 AM
A well deserved placement for you in the Duo-Rhyme contest. Congratulations Sidney. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/5/2012 12:47:00 PM
Congrats on your win with this poem of touching memories you have shared, Sidney...a wonderful tribute to your father!! Love and Blessings, Rhonda
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Date: 8/4/2012 4:06:00 AM
Congratulations Sidney a well deserved win I wish I had known you when I was a teenager the amount of shoes i had to have doctored that took months at the hospital but could quite easily have been done by a cobbler.. xx
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Date: 8/4/2012 2:23:00 AM
Sidney congrats on your win, fabulous poem and it must have been wonderful to watch him working...David
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Date: 8/4/2012 12:39:00 AM
Congratulations on your win with this heartwarming and beautiful poem Sidney.
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Date: 8/3/2012 7:06:00 PM
Sidney, I love how you paid tribute to your dad with this poem. What an awesome way to make use of duo-rhyme. This was very sweet. Congratulations in my contest!
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Sidney Beck
Date: 8/4/2012 12:59:00 AM
Andrea, many thanks for placing me in your contest, wow the other poems were magnif....i especially admired Nette's one abou t the Rain.... thanks for the duo rhyme idea ...never heard of it before but now I like it.......best wishes Syd
Date: 7/14/2012 6:53:00 PM
love the story Sidney...it has become a lost art..good luck in the contest...Joseph
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