Thursday, March 10, 2011
Haiku Friday: The Books You Loved
Last Sunday, I got to spend some time with Bill and Jane Smith, who were my neighbors when I was a kid.
During dinner, they remembered some of my odd habits as a child. Apparently, with some frequency, I would go down to their house and bang on the door until they gave me a book. Once I had one, I would sit there on their porch and read it. Then I would demand another book, and sometimes Mrs. Smith would insist I eat an apple before she would give me another one.
What a weird kid!
Anyways, I remember some of the books I went there for-- the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series. Let's haiku about that today: The books we loved as kids.
I will go first:
Sat on the Smith's porch,
Read Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle,
Then went to college.
Now it is your turn! The first line should have about five syllables, the second line about seven, then five in the third...
During dinner, they remembered some of my odd habits as a child. Apparently, with some frequency, I would go down to their house and bang on the door until they gave me a book. Once I had one, I would sit there on their porch and read it. Then I would demand another book, and sometimes Mrs. Smith would insist I eat an apple before she would give me another one.
What a weird kid!
Anyways, I remember some of the books I went there for-- the Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series. Let's haiku about that today: The books we loved as kids.
I will go first:
Sat on the Smith's porch,
Read Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle,
Then went to college.
Now it is your turn! The first line should have about five syllables, the second line about seven, then five in the third...
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Oh, I loved Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle and Encyclopedia Brown! Really, I'd just read anything I could get my hands on.
Superfudge, Deenie
Are You There, God? It's Me, M...
Loved you, Judy Blume.
Ramona The Pest
Dear Mr. Henshaw, et al
All by B. Cleary.
Superfudge, Deenie
Are You There, God? It's Me, M...
Loved you, Judy Blume.
Ramona The Pest
Dear Mr. Henshaw, et al
All by B. Cleary.
How could I forget
Our current bedtime fav'rite,
Written by a priest?
Five Hundred Pages
Of Thomas the Tank Engine:
Three-year-old loves it.
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Our current bedtime fav'rite,
Written by a priest?
Five Hundred Pages
Of Thomas the Tank Engine:
Three-year-old loves it.
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