Monday, May 05, 2008

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When I was a little girl my father often read to us before we were tucked into bed for the night. We had wonderful story books like Little Brown Bear and His Friends, The Story Book of River Bend, and Disney's Uncle Remus, but Dad didn't read only stories sometimes he read children's poetry. We looked at starry nighttime pictures as he recited "Winkin', Blinkin', and Nod". We laughed at "The Raggedy Man" and "Little Orphant Annie". We smiled at "If I Were a One-Legged Pirate" and cringed when Dad read "The Walrus and the Carpenter" Sometimes Dad simply recited poetry as he sat in his rocking chair. It was usually "The Wreck of the Hesperus", sad but beautfiul too. I learned to love poetry. Writing poems used to be a hobby. I wrote them here and there throughout my school years. They were an outlet and sometimes an escape.

Right now you are likely wondering how I got off on this subject and what it has to do with the flowery picture posted here... This is a flowering quince (at least I'm pretty sure it is). Maybe you are familiar with "The Owl and the Pussycat". They're the couple who ran of to sea in a beautiful pea-green boat, got their wedding ring from a Piggy-wig's snout and "dined on mince and slices of quince". See? I really do have a road I am following and I rather enjoy the walk. (I know, Judi. You're praying for me!) Oh, and the title? That is my email address.

8 comments:

  1. :), Aways.
    I know the poem, my grandmother gave me an old book of childrens poems when I had T. It was fun to read them to her.

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  2. I always love it when you read us poetry. I hope that I'll keep up the poetry reading with my kids :)

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  3. I have the same fond memories you do about this, except I don't know all the names to the poems. I do remember all the stories though, and "Winkin, Blinkin, and Nod" was one of my favorites! I wish I had read my kids more poetry.

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  4. I love poems too. I have read some to the kids.

    So the Owl and Pussy Cat dined on flowers?

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  5. Oh what a flood of memories you have stired up ~~~ Uncle Remus ~~ Did Disney every make a movie of that one??

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  6. They did "Song of the South" (Remember the song that said "Mr. Bluebird's on my shoulder...."?), but I don't think they ever put in on video to sell here in the US. Not politically correct, you know. Now the dialect used in the stories has been changed too. Too bad because that's what made the stories so appealing.

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