Corn On the Cob For a Country Boy
...I carry a salty plate, hot and buttery,
piled high with Summer’s best corn on the cob —
kernels with a juicy crunch for a lucky towhead guest.
Fresh milk and a boy’s best friend nearby....
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Categories:
towhead, food, imagery, senses,
Form: Verse
Sagebrush Ranch
...SAGEBRUSH RANCH
holding his small hand,
jumping up and down,
in the silver box —
a playground with mirrors
and three buttons.
people that look like us
are all around.
when the box is full
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Categories:
towhead, child,
Form: Cowboy Poetry
I Have a New Grandson
...I have a new grandson-
born on the fifth of may-
who is just about perfect
in nearly every way.
From the crown of his head
to the tip of his toes,
and back again to
his little button nose.
He...
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Categories:
towhead, birth, grandson,
Form: Rhyme
Scholastic Dream
...She could hardly wait to begin her very first day of school.
(Which is rare indeed for a child, as a general rule!)
She'd watched kids thro' her window as they daily trudged,
To the little school ...
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Categories:
towhead, educationday, school, day, girl,
Form: Rhyme
Flight of the Bubble Be's
...Peony-pink and blue-gray bubbles float
above the soft sand and cute children’s heads
fragile, reflective, as stories once read
on the stiff breeze over seas and whale boats.
Blue-gray and trans...
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Categories:
towhead, children, nature, places, sea,
Form: Enclosed Rhyme