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Teeter Totter

Teeter Totter            
                             
                                                  
                                                       
 

                           
                            Up 
             
                 down.  
   
             "Don’t bump your bottom on the ground!"
                                                          
                                                               UP
              
                                                                      down.      
       

       Inside the curvy tunnel is a dark, spooky space. 
       WOOPS, I'm sorry Patrick, I couldn't see your face!
       A slippery slide we move down fast, Sarah’s arm in a cast!
       I love to swing with Lindsey Loo, but swinging too high, she'll lose a 
       shoe!
       Jack likes the tire rope the best, he just won't stop and take a rest!
       When he circles 'till he's dizzy, his Irish face turns red and his hair turns     
       frizzy!
       Gertie reaches for each monkey bar, “LOOK at me” she brags. 
       She thinks she's such a star, even I can climb that far!
       
        It’s finally time for us to go, have ice cream and take a rest.  
        Our playground time is just the best!

 6/21/2021
THE PLAYGROUND

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Brian Sambourne

Date: 8/21/2021 8:28:00 PM

Your writing brings much happiness and here seizes childhood joy with vigor. Good health to you + your family. Brian

Marikate Kingston
Date: 9/10/2021 6:57:00 PM

I'm tickled pink that so many enjoyed this poem. Thank you for nice praise.

Victor Buhagiar

Date: 7/3/2021 9:14:00 PM

Thank you for reading my poems. I am glad it inspired you to an optimistic stance. Regards.

Marikate Kingston
Date: 1/6/2022 11:31:00 PM

I need to make the time to read more poems of others. It is so much fun to do. You are most welcome.

David Smith

Date: 7/3/2021 4:43:00 AM

Very stylish and well crafted. Just what the doctor ordered. Keep posting and stay safe. All the best David in NZ

Marikate Kingston
Date: 9/10/2021 11:50:00 AM

Thanks :)

Line Gauthier

Date: 7/3/2021 4:33:00 AM

Delightful ~

Marikate Kingston
Date: 12/27/2021 10:39:00 PM

Thank you. It was lots of fun to write as I was a kindergarten teacher for years. I had lots of fun and funny memories and stories from playgrounds.

Ann Foster

Date: 6/26/2021 1:51:00 PM

This was light and fun and I enjoyed myself... wonderful write. Ann

Marikate Kingston
Date: 1/6/2022 11:33:00 PM

Thank you Ann. I had fun writing it. I was a kindergarten teacher for years, and spent oddles of time on those playgrounds..oh the cute stories I could tell. :-)

Janice Canerdy

Date: 6/23/2021 8:15:00 AM

Marikate, this poem is excellent--enthusiastic, fun, a delightful read! Janice

Marikate Kingston
Date: 9/10/2021 11:50:00 AM

Gosh, isn't it great praise, when someone describes your writing using the word, "excellent" Thank you! Sorry to respond weeks later, still learning how to figure this site out at times. You made me smile.

Gershon Wolf

Date: 6/22/2021 7:24:00 PM

Oh, this is such a barrel of monkeys, Marikate! Love and kisses: It's a FAVE for me. Thanks! And best of luck in the contest too. Cheers, Gershon

Marikate Kingston
Date: 1/6/2022 11:37:00 PM

That's such a funny thing to say. They were little monkeys. It's awful I respond to comments months later. I forget to. 17 years a teacher of young children, I spent many days on those playgrounds. Oh, the cute stories I could tell. Your comment so true!