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Re: Re: Small children like Dr Seussish poetry
It's interesting to know that the fellow who was Dr Seuss didn't much like kids.
My favorite of his books when I was a kid was Bartholomew and the Ooblek.
There's a book that isn't his, I don't recall who wrote it: Hand Hand Fingers Thumb. It's very clever with rhythms and rhymes, quite a delight to read aloud with some vehemence.
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Ciel
on October 22, 2013 at 12:18 PM
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Re: Lusterlove
Thank you LL.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 22, 2013 at 10:11 AM
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good luck on your endeavors
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Lanetay
on October 22, 2013 at 9:42 AM
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Re: Small children like Dr Seussish poetry
Well sadly Ciel I have hardly ever read poetry, but I will look the old Doc up. I just wanted something to send to a children's home, I think probably animals would be safer. Archie was trained by me from twelve years old, he picked native cunning up from my other brother as Archie came from the sticks and was quite innocent.
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C_C_T
on October 22, 2013 at 12:46 AM
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Re:Pat
Yes Pat I can imagine , I can see you now skimming across the prairie and I hope you feel better, you sound as though you are.
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C_C_T
on October 22, 2013 at 12:40 AM
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Re: Jimmy
Trouble is Jimmy they have all passed the youthful stage. Young chaps have yet to realize time tells on one. Hope it remains calm for you, perhaps if it keeps raining you will be lucky.
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C_C_T
on October 22, 2013 at 12:35 AM
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Well Carlyn the spell checker here is definitely American I guess we all speak a bit differently OH Ar. An old lady once asked me 'Got any pays?'' 'Pays? ' I was only a young lad. 'Yes pays in tins.' 'Oh you mean peas,' She gave a laugh. 'Well that's what we call them.'
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C_C_T
on October 22, 2013 at 12:30 AM
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Yes better to hang them outside Kabu or leave all doors open. Remedy use more water.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 22, 2013 at 12:23 AM
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Re: CCT
Yes we must all concentrate more Naut Bumble bees unlike us weigh in quite light for the size.
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C_C_T
on October 22, 2013 at 12:22 AM
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Re: Jay
Thank you Jay keep flapping your arms.
posted by
C_C_T
on October 22, 2013 at 12:19 AM
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I liked the poem CCT.
posted by
UtahJay
on October 21, 2013 at 5:57 PM
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CCT
Seems to me Archie needs some steady exercise, if a little bit of rearranging things makes him moan and grunt...And bumble bees are not supposed to be able to fly either, but they do - I've seen it myself! So if they can do it, maybe there's still hope for the rest of us...
posted by
Nautikos
on October 21, 2013 at 5:37 PM
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I like your children's poem and I find those smoke alarm things so annoying. I always set one off when I do some cooking.
posted by
Kabu
on October 21, 2013 at 4:32 PM
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you have such thoughtful poetry... i like your kind of english better than american english... tis urbane
posted by
Carolyn_Moe
on October 21, 2013 at 1:35 PM
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Poor Archie! I think I can hear his grunts and groans all the way over here! And make sure Arthur knows and understands that the smoke alarm is indeed the smoke alarm . . . and is not to be used as a timer! 
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JimmyA
on October 21, 2013 at 1:29 PM
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Interesting poem, especially for a girl (old girl, but a girl nonetheless)
who used to dream she could lift her arms and levitate, skim like a kite above the treetops. It was something I never entirely forgot, and so the star of your poem who receives such wise lessons from the bee, the blackbird, etc., is a child after my own heart.
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Pat_B
on October 21, 2013 at 12:12 PM
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Rainy days are good days to get some much needed work done...Some wise advice there in the poem.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on October 21, 2013 at 11:28 AM
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Small children like Dr Seussish poetry
with a lot of rhythm and funny rhymes.
But there is a kind of literature, including poetry, for older children, even adults who remember childhood. Edward Gorey produced that sort of art and story, with a macabre twist.
Speaking of macabre twists, that old Archie is a classic!
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Ciel
on October 21, 2013 at 10:58 AM
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