Giggle Children Poems

Distance Squared

The speed of light
is exactly how fast
my heart sends;
every prayer, 
every good thought, 
every perfect wish! 

The bright candle between us, 
it is the...

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Memories Such as These

As I look back on the years gone by
there are so many memories
that bring such joy to this heart of mine,
memories such...

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The Cat or the Mouse

Oh no…
Where’s the …? 
The kids are here, 
unexpectedly. 

Why don’t they call?
Give us a little warning. 
We can not party...

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Hand Made Things

Small things made my ready hands, giving of themselves and their time. 
Time; their very lives, a measured existence between birth, life and...

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Cracker jack energy spit spot spit spot!
Jumping me awake 
Energized, eager, energy galore.
I wake up to cartwheels, giggles and spins.
Open one eye and catch a...

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To be Ignored (heads in the air, or maybe noses)

The toilet makes a swoosh, 
The drain makes a giggle.
Grandpa lets go a “big” one, 
and...

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A pot of stew. 
Made with meat. 
Meat and more meat.
I am hungry. 

What is for dinner, mother?
...

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On a hot hot day, the sprinkler shoots
Its droplets in the air.
For little kids, there is such joy
In running under there.

They dash right in and,...

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Where does my kitty cat go every day?
When I'm heading to school, is he getting away?
Or forgetting he musn't let strays in to play?
Where does...

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Dragon Giggles

To make a dragon giggle 
you must wiggle  both your ears 
stand upon one foot
scream and shout  and hope he hears.
If he...

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Hairy Nora reads the Torah from daybreak until dusk.
She’s got four different colored legs, but not a single tusk.
There’s a birdie sitting on her back...

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Cookie can cook recipes from a book,
She can rustle up meals in a flash.
She wears a chef’s hat even though she’s a cat
And she works...

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“Alf it’s dinner time” cried mum as she finished off the cooking.
“Where is that naughty boy?” She grumbled, “I’d better go a-looking”
She looked across the...

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Mayo the rabbit has a very strange habit,
but he isn’t a monk or a nun.
He spreads out on ham, lettuce, cheese, bacon, spam
that’s been sliced...

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An eighteen month old wearing puppy pajamas is running back and forth
in the doctor’s clinic. the waiting room. He has pink cheeks and a loud...

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Too many echos ...

Too many little voices that never got to giggle,
Too many stained hopes ... and sheets,
Wrapped around tiny bundles that came too soon.

Little...

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Each daisy’s a piece of the moon,
Strewn on the welcoming grass,
Waiting for fidgeting fingers to pass
And weave it in bangles and bows,
Those are not alleys,...

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Awoken was the farmer one bright and early dawn,
Restless and he couldn’t sleep,
So he thought he’d mow the lawn.

He went into the garden and got...

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They draw me punk, they draw me clean, they draw me messy, my kid machine.
I have a cult, they are my regular beings, they come...

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A conversation between me and my son a few years ago about the man who jumped out of the balloon from the stratosphere

I was trying...

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