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i like this alot!
posted by
Annicita
on April 20, 2012 at 10:27 AM
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OOPS -an uneasy feeling that often it is fear, not love, that really
makes the world go round. Things that go bump in the night were on my mind when I was a kid. I loved the people that could make them go away.
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 9:59 PM
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Re: Thanks! In its own little way, I guess this poem re-asserts a feeling
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 9:52 PM
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Great poems, both of them (I was reading back). This one stuck me though - especially the last line. Very wary baby. Love the way you lulled us into relaxation, then, with one line, poked a reminder to keep our heads out of the sand.
posted by
adnohr
on April 18, 2012 at 8:13 PM
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Re: Hi,again, Sam. I'm very glad you liked it. How are things?
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 7:01 PM
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Re: Bob
Gracias, Naut! The ending felt right.
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 7:00 PM
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I adore this poem! BRAVO! sam 
posted by
sam444
on April 18, 2012 at 4:58 PM
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Bob
Excellent! You've beautifully captured the child's perspective in a very sophisticated way - and I agree with Pat, this could be a lullaby...
posted by
Nautikos
on April 18, 2012 at 4:14 PM
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Re: Thanks, Bright Irish! I love your name and your bio! I look forward
to reading you!
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 2:33 PM
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Re: Re: Thank you, CC! The ideas have started to come again, thanks to
oops, a nasty, nasty case of shingles, herpes, zona, or whatever it's called right on and around my left ear - a real smorgasbord of misery, but a great opportunity to lie back and get ideas to write about. What's more, I dragged myself out to a poetry "slam" last Saturday night and came in second, and Sunday night went to see Hunger Games, which I liked a lot.
How are you doing? The garden is thriving with no attention from me, thank God. And Ginny is being very helpful and understanding. Did I see that you're back writing poems again? It's in the blood, I guess. Be well. Bob
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 2:29 PM
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Lovely!
posted by
BrightIrish
on April 18, 2012 at 2:20 PM
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Re: Thank you, CC! The ideas have started to come again, thanks to
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 2:16 PM
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Nice impression Bob, so simple but so effective,
posted by
C_C_T
on April 18, 2012 at 11:04 AM
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this is absolutely delicious. Just what a baby would sing. wonderful.
your writing always thrills my soul.
posted by
Kabu
on April 18, 2012 at 10:07 AM
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Re: If babies could talk, i think this would be one of their top requests!
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 9:43 AM
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Wonderful...God hears us on the level we communicate at.
posted by
mariss9
on April 18, 2012 at 7:12 AM
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Re: This is a lullaby.
Funny, being the baby's words, I didn't think of it as a lullaby, but you're right.
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 6:58 AM
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Re: Thanks. I got the idea of wearing a song as if it were a cloak from an
Irish poem my sister-in-law read at a funeral.
posted by
2902
on April 18, 2012 at 6:56 AM
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This is a lullaby.
posted by
Pat_B
on April 18, 2012 at 4:22 AM
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Beautiful...
posted by
JKosef
on April 18, 2012 at 3:13 AM
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