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The first poem I ever wrote was called "People are People" I wrote that when I was 21 years young. I wrote it when I first learned of the death of John Lennon. It's the only poem I wrote in 35 years.I found it years later and posted it on face book. To my surprise I got like 200 comments on my poem. A friend of mine read it and asked me if I can write a poem for her about Dr. Seuss for her grand-daughter. After not writing a single poem in all those years, I didn't know if I had it in me. So that being said, this is the second poem I wrote after a 35 year drought..lol  I have been writing poems for about 3 years now and I have written over 400 poems.and I published my first book.  Books 2-3 are in the works. Thanks for taking the time out and reading my poetry. All the very best, Charlie 

Visiting Dr Seuss

A furry little caterpillar
Crawled onto my knee
He turned into a butterfly
And landed in a tree

Beside him was a humming bird 
Sucking pollen from a rose
When down fell an inchworm 
That landed on my nose

A little baby bunny rabbit 
Hopped onto my lap 
When I started petting him 
His ears began to flap
 
I came across a rooster
Sitting on a fence 
A sign said "you can pet him 
For only fifty cents"
 
As I peeked into a sty 
I heard a great big thud
I saw the three little piggy's
Rolling in the mud

I looked up in the sky 
And I saw a lonesome goose
I whistled "where are you flying to" 
He replied. "to visit Dr. Seuss
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Bartley Avatar
December 31, 2025 at 8:02 AM
This is a great poem. It would have one my contest, but it wasn't a recently created poem. Great to see it here on the Home page. Thanks for sharing!
Wolf Avatar
December 30, 2025 at 8:11 PM
H I L A R I O U S, Charlie. An oldie and a 'GREATIE.' Thanks for this barrel of monkeys, my friend. ~ Tim Pan Zee
Kendrick Avatar
December 30, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Ahh!!! How charming is this one. I enjoyed reading your work featured on Homepage today. Way to go. Thank you for sharing this one with us. Sara K
Radhakrishna Avatar
January 30, 2020 at 12:11 PM
This is a beautiful poem, Charles! Full of colour and imagination. I wrote something called Schizophrenia which sounds similar but with a different message. You write lovely poetry!!
Lovejoy-Burton Avatar
March 31, 2018 at 7:40 AM
Cute. Did you self publish your books? Impressive. Off to read your other poems.
Messina Avatar
April 1, 2018 at 2:39 PM
Hey Leanne, thanks so much for reading my poetry..so nice of you !! I have one book out. No I did not self publish. I had one of the vanity publishing companies publish it. I am working on my sequel now and I am also working on a children's book as well. Very excited !
Donnelly Avatar
March 26, 2018 at 7:16 PM
Love it! Loved being returned to my childhood imagination. I think too often as adults we abandon this returning, when returning might be just what the doctor would order to lighten our hearts, even our minds, to enable us to remember and rejoice in seeing life again through our child's eyes within. All the best! :)
Messina Avatar
March 26, 2018 at 7:24 PM
Hi Sharon, you have spoken great words of wisdom dear. Love what you wrote ! Thanks so much for the comment and it's so nice to meet you. All the best :-) Charlie
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