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Tuesday, April 26, 2011

For Annie



Zebra are seen mainly in dreams,

With licorice stripes--

And bodies of cream--



Their jewelry box hooves

Are made from the moon--

And their manes were lately

Bristles on brooms.



You can take off their heads

And fill them with clouds--

If you fill them with coins, they weigh five thousand pounds.



Lions like stars--

So they hunt in the sky--

But the zebra are hiding

Behind your closed eyes.



Zebra are seen mainly in dreams--

In the morning, they follow the sun--

When its warmth is felt, their cream bodies melt,

Then, my dear, away they run.

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for One Shot Wednesday

30 comments:

  1. Glad you share this stuff with us!





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  2. I hate to use a sickening word like delightful, but this is. I'm lovin the jewelry box hooves, and the broom bristle manes, and "if you fill them with coins they weigh five thousand pounds." Money is such a down, when you could have clouds.

    PS The last stanza is magic.

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  3. Just to let you know, I've printed out this poem and have placed it in one of Tyler's books for our nightly story time session. Yay!

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  4. Oh I love this so much, and Annie is a lucky little girl, she will love it. This would make a great children's book, actually. It is magical.

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  5. i agree with the words delightful and magical! and wondrous and lovely and worthy of a nominee for poet laureate such as you. ♥

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  6. dream zebras are neat
    a shame that you hate haiku
    you'd despise my blog

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  7. This is so tender-- dazzling imagery especially for a children's poem. A surprise and a delightful one-- and I was very insecure about the poem I posted today-- thank you FB for calling me a show-off! xxxj

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  8. Bristle broom mane is a genius stroke... :)

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  9. very tender shay, i enjoyed it much...

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  10. I'll go ahead and say it's sweet and delightful and magical and all of that...
    and it's adorable as well :)

    did you know a giraffe can kick the head off of a lion?
    yes.
    just some food for thought for your next poem :)

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  11. What a fun poem. You have an awesome imagination. :)

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  12. Okay, Shay, you are amazing at writing whimsical, magical children's poems too?!! When the Talent Goddess was handing out talent, you DEFINITELY pushed people out of line and took more than one turn! No fair!!!

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  13. I love this its so charming ... and I often feel as if I am made of cream under the sun's stream

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  14. Sweet. Precious. Fun. Nice :-)
    Any more little platitudes I can write? Assume that I have.

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  15. this one makes me smile... I think it not so much sweet, as telling, of possibilities...dream-like, much as a Sgt. Peppers song... excellent write~

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  16. I love zebras - this was such a nice poem.

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  17. We don't ever lose the childhood singsong of nursery rhymes deep in our inner inner ear - but how their tropes change over time. These zebras are kiddie confections with much more dangerous -- or wild - hooves. Just like adulthood. The tactile imagery is astounding here. - Brendan

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  18. "With Annie gone
    who's eyes shall
    compare to the sun?

    Not that I did.
    But I do now
    that's she's gone."

    I think that's how that one goes? From my often faulty memory that weaves in and out of what's real and not, as dreams of cream bodied zebras with clouds in their heads weave in and out of blog posts.

    xoxo

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  19. Delightful, cute, kuwai even :)

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  20. what a lovely whimsical poem...I hope to dream of zebras tonight...

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  21. "whimsical" is the right word, i think. :) a good note on which to end the day-- with a smile! thanks!

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  22. You continually astound me with the depth and length of your creativity and stuff. :D

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  23. Hurray, a fun poem that plays with words and makes you laugh

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  24. Wonderfully creative. I wanted to come up with something like that for my trochee article. I just wrote something so lame it was embarrassing. Yes, color me green with a touch of pink ...cause while I'm envious I'm so happy I got to read this from you! Gay

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  25. This is fabulousness. That Annie is one lucky girl.

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  26. I thought this was very whimsical. I can see how kids would love this.
    Nice entry.

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