Tykes Poems - Poems about Tykes

This waif-world is adopted. It was sewn together with patches torn from consequences. Old Mother Reality took it in out of the cold nowhere. She feeds it now, but only the food that it is ready to eat mostly it's puppy food and an all-purpose applesauce. Like any infants, the earth as we understand it, wails and throws up, plays with toys that are dangerous, ends up with chocolate cake...

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The Little Tykes The little tykes, They’re early trained To hold onto little bags — To carry their collected needs, Or special treats, Or found symbols of imaginings To be kept for them alone — In their name-labeled bags That decades later they’ll keep In the cabinets and closets Of what they’ll call As their own homes. ————————————————————————————- (C)sally young eslinger 6/21/22 Inspiration: From binkies with a toy and spare...

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A Bagpipe am I, My drones point to the sky! I am magic they say, since the wizard ‘spelled’ on me that day. He gave me the gift of immortal time, I could travel through centuries, T’was a gift. It was mine. But now here I lay, on this shelf in pawn, Pick me up I’ll play; I will show you magic till...

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Along the hikes of thunder spikes The rest of us are scared Nobody likes the lightning strikes That catch us unprepared Except the tykes who ride the bikes That somebody repaired. Submitted to the Bite Size Poem no17 Poetry Contest on August 15, 2021...

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Teen tykes trifle Love Cozy sensuality Tongue tied lips to lips...

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The wind blew exactly right For the flying of a kite. Kites were nearly everywhere: In telephone wires And high in the trees, One or two were in the air, Blowing ever higher On a gentle breeze. Then all at once the wind increased; It blew and blew, it hardly ceased, Pulling all the kites so high Into the clouds, How high they go! Pulling children in the...

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There's one thing about being a Policeman that I don't like. Several months ago I had to break the hearts of two tykes. Their parents had a car wreck and died. After I told them, all three of us cried. It broke my heart to see their sad faces when I gave them the bad news. It's painful when people...

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