Toerag's Dad Wrote this To Toerag's Son

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Open Poetry #2

Toerag's Dad Wrote this To Toerag's Son

Toerag
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since 1999-07-29

Posts 5622
Ala bam a

0 posted 1999-09-17 07:05 AM

When your Dad was a little boy,
He had some unusual pets.
He'd bring them home in cardboard boxes,
Old tin cans and nets.

There were lizards, guppies, June bugs,
Snakes and birds and dogs.
And Granny wasn't too happy,
When tadpoles turned to frogs.

A turtle that vomited, he wanted to buy,
And once he tamed a butterfly
To sit and flutter on his finger,
While we all wondered why it would linger.

Just wait and see if your Dad giggles,
When you bring home something that wiggles.

suthern

Member Seraphic

since 1999-07-29

Posts 20723
Louisiana

1 posted 1999-09-17 07:11 AM

Toerag: How delightful!!!!

And I bet he wasn't telling the half! LOL. Wonderful poem connecting 3 remarkable men... what a treasure!

WhtDove
Member Rara Avis

since 1999-07-22

Posts 9245
Illinois

2 posted 1999-09-17 07:49 AM

Happy little poem. I see the talent also has been passed down.

JTF
Member

since 1999-08-09

Posts 319
France

3 posted 1999-09-17 08:16 AM

When tadpoles turned to frogs

Now, why does that ring a bell ? ... LOL ... Nice one brudder ! ...

[This message has been edited by JTF (edited 09-17-99).]

Sunshine

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Member Empyrean

since 1999-06-25

Posts 63354
Listening to every heart

4 posted 1999-09-17 10:19 AM

we like it...and can envision it...

Stefanie71
Junior Member

since 1999-09-16

Posts 13

5 posted 1999-09-17 10:28 AM

This was cute.. I love it

Reminds me of my son.

Pepper
Member Elite

since 1999-08-19

Posts 3079
Southern Florida

6 posted 1999-09-17 12:55 PM

a delightful read....wonderful humor sure runs in your family.....do you have more?

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May your days be filled with lots of sunshine and your nights lit up by golden moonbeams

LngJhnAg
Member Elite

since 1999-07-23

Posts 3508
Boot+Kitty=Poetry in motion

7 posted 1999-09-17 12:58 PM

tadpoles to frogs - a metaphor for a guy who jumps around a lot? I think so, Mr. Toe. neat poem.

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