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The Queen Of Everything
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The Queen Of Everything |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan 
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from the Princess of Quite a Lot I've known you longer than anyone else since I was a tiny tot and you've known me even longer since, I grew in your womb where I kicked the living daylights out of you and Daddy too before I was born on that April day you envisioned a beautiful child chubby feet and big blue eyes a baby so sweet and so mild but when we were formally introduced "she's not mine" you said "she has too much hair and she's wrinkled and red take her away, she can't be MY child that scrawny little creature with her embryonic features she looks like something wild no daughter of mine would look like that instead, she'd be pretty and dimpled and fat and she wouldn't cry at the drop of a hat she'd behave like the princess she's supposed to be and just where is her crown is it still inside me?"  copyright2001 Lyra Nesius "poetry is life distilled" Gwendolyn Brooks [This message has been edited by Madame Chipmunk (01-04-2002 10:08 PM).] |
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peppermint35 Senior Member
since 2000-05-28
Posts 1106Texas, USA |
I like, I like it all!!! I got quite a chuckle over the last line, especially.. Loved this read  Hugs, Pepper |
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RosePetal 
since 2001-08-26
Posts 2985South Florida |
this was so cute. Babies look weird when first born, but then after a few days they begin to look sooo adorable! RP |
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ecrivan Member Elite
since 2001-12-10
Posts 3923my own state |
What a heartburn that would cause..a crown of all things, hehe..this is a cuty and you're an April baby, I get along quite well with Aries. There's so much one get get out birth poems or the way we were as kids.  |
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Enchantress Member Empyrean
since 2001-08-14
Posts 35113Canada eh. |
Oh Lyra! This is just soooo funny! And how many of us moms can relate to this feeling. Love the ending! You are too much! ~Hugs, Nancy~ ~* A dream is a wish your heart makes... *~ |
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strbbux Member Elite
since 2001-12-19
Posts 3859 |
Oh Madame, i love how you write, I always have a big smile after I read one of your poems..floria |
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Magnus
since 2001-10-10
Posts 14135South Carolina, USA |
You bring a smile into a person's life in such a wonderful way...Lyra, this is fantastic. |
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Mistletoe Angel
since 2000-12-17
Posts 32816Portland, Oregon |
 (giggles) Oh my gosh, this is sooooooooo cute and funny, sweet friend, I know how that must feel; I am young and have never been a parent but I watch others from experience and then after they're born, their beauty becomes appreciated and joyful. (kiss on cheek) We all love you so much, sweet friend, your humor lights these pages! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Lyra, thank you for sharing! May love and light always shine upon you! Love, Noah Eaton |
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Marsha
since 2000-07-10
Posts 7423Maidstone Kent England |
Lyra darling girl this is utterly utterly wonderful. I just love this poem of yours. I remember this feeling really well. In fact i told the midwife to take Emma away as she wasn't a proper baby. (She was prem and therefore on the small side) Wouderful writing darling girl utterly wonderful  Love and warm stuff As always Mushy  To give light to them that sit in darkness..... to guide our feet into the way of peace St John ch2 v1 |
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Ivy Rose Senior Member
since 2001-12-29
Posts 1300MA, USA |
I love the subtle humor in this poem. And, you are quite adept at writing this kind of poem...not everyone could write this poem so skillfully and with amazing grace. ***Ivy Rose |
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Larry C
since 2001-09-10
Posts 10286United States |
Yeah, right! Some of this is believable and all of it is hysterical. Too funny. What was that...25 years ago? |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks, Pepper, Joanna and Nancy... I think all babies look a bit wierd at first....they look a bit "unfinished" My mother had never seen a newborn before, she didn't know that they came with all of those red wrinkles...so, it was a shock for her. She expected to see the equivalant of a 3 month old baby. copyright2001 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Noah, Floria, Ivy and Barry...... Thank you for all of those effusive compliments...I don't feel deserving of that much praise.  copyright2001 Lyra Nesius |
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Madame Chipmunk Member Rara Avis
since 2001-12-05
Posts 8296Michigan |
Thanks Martin...maybe thats why she has always complained so much about me...my crown of barbed wire is probably still giving her heartburn. Were you born in April also? Marsha...thank you...I didn't know that you had a daughter...you look so very young in your photo.  Thanks Larry, especially for thinking that this was only 25 years ago. It is actually a true story, although my mother now denies it. I know its true because everyone else in my family who was old enough, still remembers it. copyright2001 Lyra Nesius |
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Startime Member Ascendant
since 2000-10-03
Posts 5918Canada |
*giggling delightedly* I absolutely love this poem...It made me laugh so hard. **big hugs** Love I leave with you whether it is in your life now or yet the essense of your dreams. |
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kaile
since 2000-02-06
Posts 5146singapore |
okay, so i was expecting a poem about how you were snotty and spolit as a child...but i enjoyed this read nonetheless... |
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