Long Toddled Poems

Carson Elkund moved slowly through the town,
his eyes darted about, looking around,
looking for trouble he knew was out there,
he was wanted by many, and moved with care.

He had bounties aplenty on his head,
the papers claimed...

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She stopped smiling as soon as she picked up the subtle slow opening of the front door.  Jake, her grown up three-year-old stopped playing. He looked at his mother, to see if she was...

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Angela is our oldest, she was the prettiest baby imaginable
Her large blue eyes from her Daddy’s side of the family, spoke volumes.
She had a gorgeous face and curls that danced when she toddled.
We thought she...

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A variation on a theme by Dr. Seuss...

There once was a Grinch who was bad to the bone,
Which was why he always spent Christmas alone,
But one year the Grinch said, "Enough is enough!"
And decided to...

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“She toddled in the mighty Duck
And almost never was”
Whether by design or luck
Or maybe just because

Summertime in Tennessee
So scorching hot and dry 
 The family thought a swim could be
Relief so we would try

While swimming...

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I just got in from the sweltering heat
With anxiety trickling down my feet
something  kept beckoning me to go for a ride
so I obeyed the spirit and went back outside
I grabbed my bike and speed...

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When is a bookstore not a bookstore…certainly we have books galore…
but I think that sometimes it all depends on who comes in the store.

Some people come in for the air-conditioning…some to get out of the...

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One of the reasons I like walking in the morning…with only the moon and stars for light
is how a world of daytime color is reduced to black and white.

It’s when the jumbled clamor of daytime...

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It was one of those splendid mellow golden days 
in early autumn when many trees, though still green,
begin to betray a trace of red or yellow. 

In the afternoon I took little Eleanor to the...

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There was an uncomfortable humor in the air.
 I guess we all felt that joking around would make the trip easier. 
Sketchy laughter toddled between us inside the cab, 
but no smiles at the stop...

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Attracted by the different hues in glass bottles 
                          My...

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The other night at work I had mellow ’60’s music playing in the store
when a couple carrying their young son entered through the door.

Guessing someone’s age the more I age is harder and harder for...

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The fancy degree from a world famous school
set in a frame that’s worth more
than the paper on which it’s printed
all the awards
the accolades
none of it has taught you
the lessons I learned long ago
before either of...

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Like babies do, I crawled along the "path of life",
Then "toddled" my way without much strife.
Walking now upon stronger limbs,
Many adventures reeled in like films.

I bit, I tasted, I tore, I scribbled, I banged
On everything...

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Inspired by the painting Automat by Edward Hopper in 1927.
The painting shows a lone woman sat at automated restaurant table.

Viewing the painting will make sense of the poem. I should also add that I was...

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Your tumbling forth was a joy.
None asked, then, you're a girl of a boy;
We never cried when you cried.
Rather, each one had a smile of pride.
You cried when you felt hungry.
You cried for all and...

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I Wonder


He was just a tiny baby,
Who was sleeping in the hay.
Given by his Father,
To us on Christmas day.

Mary, you were chosen,
For his mother here to be,
As you gently watched over him,
This gift to you...

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I looked out of the window what did I see
A beautiful rainbow shining there for me

Remembering the story mam read last night
Will have to go outside, sure it will be alright

If I borrow the brolly...

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Dad, You Suffered Me


You looked to the North
I stared to the West
My desire gone forth
I thus failed your test.

"My eyes are not blind,
"and ideas quite alright."
I turned from behind
led by leisure's light!!

   ...

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It was hours before dawn and I could not sleep.
The gloomy fog overpowered the cold dark street.
The street lights offered patches of misty light.
Rain had glossed the pavement, in the dead of night.
From my window...

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Hinged

I flew across the border, with my wings spread wide
Fear, tear and blood - was all I saw.
A little one of four
clenched her fist,
she held a flower her mother kissed.
There was anger in her eyes,
said...

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Potty Training and Capitalism

“My Bobbie was potty trained by 13 months”
The wicked lady drawled

As she cast a sideways glance
My direction

The glance
~was noted!

My 2 year old daughter toddled around
The palpable silence
Conspicuously diapered

My wounded motherhood
Bled silently
As I...

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Child’s Play


Perhaps we should let the children lead.
Two mothers sat on a bench
speaking in an unusual tongue,
one sat alone scanning her cell phone,
a Dad pretended to teach his daughter to fish,
grandparents toddled after a toddler.

The...

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I watched as you toddled, giggled and played
dancing around with the new friends you made
crying for plasters when you grazed your knee
my little angel- the whole world to me
as you grew older I saw something...

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I was minding my own business, a smart tabby cat lazing in the sun,
As the chief of this roost, the house diva, the boss of my domain,
Having such a busy itinerary, its really hard to...

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