Tuesday, January 16, 2007

A Pocketful of Rhyme

My 8-year-old son, Tom, is a published poet. His poem "Wings" was a winner of a national children's poetry competition and was published in the anthology
"Pocketful of Rhyme". I'm so proud of him. I have written my share of poetry, but I have never had any published. So here it is (with permission from the author).

Wings

If I had wings
I would touch stampeding winds in a tornado.

If I had wings
I would taste water from the very crust of the world.

If I had wings
I would listen to a meteor crash to Earth penetratingly.

If I had wings
I would gaze at the burning American forest fire.

If I had wings
I would dream of flying with geese in the shape of a V.

If I had wings
I would join the American army and explore the Pentagon.

If I had wings
I would touch clouds and see the wind giants, who argue a lot.

11 comments:

Anonymous said...

Just received the book this morning. I am delighted with his contribution and inordinately proud.

Anonymous said...

Hey! Well done Tom! That's a very good poem indeed - love the line about tasting water from the very crust of the world. It's an amazing image and something I think I'd do.

If I had wings, I'd love to fly out over the clouds to where the air becomes space and watch lightning bolts from the otherside :)

I'm not sure about joining the US Army, but I bet the Pentgon is a brilliant place to explore :-D

Anonymous said...

What a great poem - and deservedly proud

Anonymous said...

I think it's awesome. My favorite part was the bit about seeing the wind giants. And if I could fly I would go to mars to see aliens and go to Jupiter to stop a meteor from blowing it up.

Unknown said...

Cracking poem Tom! You're already better than I am, and I'm more than twenty years of age!

...actually, quite a lot more... (mumbles)

Anonymous said...

Don't go there Hedgie, old... er, well, not old, ovbviously... look, just don't go there or you'll take us all with you :)

Anonymous said...

Good job Tom!! That sounds like a poem that would look really cool with some pictures...how about illustrating it? What-do-you-think?

Anonymous said...

If I put another verse it would be:

If I had wings
I would visit aliens and come back with their technology

Lesley said...

Well done Tom!
BTW to Flap Flap McBurro...
You don't need to grow wings to see a thunderstorm from the other side. When I lived in a very high valley in Switzerland, we watched a thunderstorm from above. As it clawed its way up to, and past us. It was a really amazing thing to watch!

Jim Finnis said...

Coo, that's lovely!

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