I Need You to B Babysit Kyle
...Dragon is stopped by a creature with a child.
He has a bad temper, has never been mild.
I am a monster he tells her, wild, wild, wild.
Creature with the child gives him a smile.
I need you to b...
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Categories:
babysits, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Rhyme
Maid For The Ungrateful
...She's thirty-three, single,
her Mom babysits her
five year old son.
She reassures herself it's
just two more hours,
then it's the blessed weekend.
Which means delicious sleep.
She has no nest ...
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Categories:
babysits, 6th grade, 7th grade,
Form: Free verse
The Old Cedar Tree
...Standing tall with its
Disfigured branches
Looking for attention
I guess it just wants to be heard
Its branches are green but sometimes turns
Brown as it thirsts for water
Never getting enough
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Categories:
babysits, tree,
Form: Free verse
Dear Me,
...I can feel my 40 year old mind awake from slumber;
But these brown eyes stare back at me with a defiance
That I know to have belonged to a 14 year old me.
Consider this unsolicited advice from a...
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Categories:
babysits, childhood, courage, destiny, hope,
Form: Free verse
Moon's Joy
...Moon’s joy is a reward for our admiration
and appreciation of her light and grace.
She shares it freely with her brothers and sisters.
Mankind, beasts, plants, Earth itself are her children.
Sh...
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Categories:
babysits, beauty, earth, environment, moon,
Form: Prose