Sing-song bedtime tales
you can count on every night
to keep her dreams sweet.
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Poems with a beat
for her to bounce along to
in crisscross dad lap.
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Drawings that she will
want tattooed of Jack Nimble
so she can't forget.
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And cadence she will
keep poised on her pen and tongue
long after you're gone.
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This poem was written in response to the #BookReviewHaiku challenge issued by Judey Kalchik.
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Emma Kate Coleman
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Comments (3)
So sweet, and evokes such memories of nighttime stories. As a bookseller- I knew the classic Mother Goose with the illustrations you show, would be a sure-fire gramma suggestion for a new baby, too!
Great choice for a book. I loved it too. A book of nursery rhymes is really just a child’s first poetry collection, isn’t it? Your collection of haikus tells such a sweet tale.
Oh this was excellent! Loved your Haiku-reviews!