Yellow Orange and Blue

Gather round my children
For a bed time story
All about this wizard
Who fought in fame and glory
He lived in this old castle
When the world was new
When evil wizards ruled the world
Through spheres of violent blue
While other wizards stood and watched
Our hero lit his staff
And fiery orange and yellow light
Would split those balls in half
It happened almost nightly
Till all that could be seen
When yellow orange met blue balls
And everything turned green
Now that is why the landscape
Ever since that dawn
Has got a growing green top
That we now call the lawn
So go to bed my children
The dawn is coming soon
You’ve got to do the mowing
And the bushes need a prune
And dream about this wizard
And what he’s done to you
For he said only children
Could maintain what now grew
Now I’d be out there helping
If I thought the wizard wrong
But dads have held this theory
Since that wizard’s day long gone

Mdailey	5/30/11
For Leighann Anderson’s contest – Magic Words
2nd place finish in the contest
Copyright © | Year Posted 2011


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Date: 7/3/2011 6:40:00 AM
Cool ! what a way to get the chores done! great poem Mike... and to think I could have been blaming someone else for making them do the chores! Congrats to you
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Date: 6/27/2011 8:12:00 AM
Congratulations on your win in Leighann's "Magic Words" contest Mike. Love, Carol
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Date: 6/25/2011 5:35:00 PM
so nice to mix reality with fantasy, congrad's on your win. Light & Love
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Date: 6/25/2011 5:11:00 PM
Creative work..Congrats..Sara
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Date: 6/24/2011 10:34:00 PM
Congrats on your win in the Magic Words contest. A good story with a wise thought in it. Peace and beauty, Cristina
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Date: 6/24/2011 5:18:00 PM
A wonderful write and win in the contest. I enjoyed the read. Caryl
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Date: 6/24/2011 3:40:00 PM
congrats mike on a fabulous win in the Magic contest with some unique and powerful words of poetry luv.. enjoy top billing..
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Date: 6/6/2011 11:37:00 AM
Good luck in Leighann's contest Mike with this fine piece :)
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Date: 5/31/2011 10:13:00 PM
Funny and creative my friend. Would actually make a great Father's Day Card. Good luck in the contest. Joe
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Mike Dailey
Date: 6/1/2011 1:09:00 PM
Funny - my wife thought the same thing about Father's Day.
Date: 5/31/2011 10:50:00 AM
Thank you for posting your wonderful poetry Mike. It was a pleasure to read. I am hoping you have a wonderful day full of inspiration. Love, Carol
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Date: 5/31/2011 3:13:00 AM
good luck in the entry you should do really good with this one
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Date: 5/30/2011 7:33:00 PM
a great entry! want to read more from you... good luck! ---junjun
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Date: 5/30/2011 7:31:00 PM
great piece, loved it. Jeff
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Date: 5/30/2011 7:26:00 PM
This was an enjoyable piece to read. Very nice!
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