I wrote some poems for a book I put together for my daughter about a year ago. I'll post a few here on GearBits...here's the first:
The Drawer
I have a desk; It's quite a mess
There is one drawer that I like best
I keep in it my favorite things
Like guitar strings and water wings
Old magazines and comic books
A chess board, seven pawns, three rooks
A postcard from the Hoover Dam
My B+ 3rd grade math exam
A roll of tape, two pens, one dime
A broken watch that tells no time
A book on how to knit wool hats
Pictures of my sister's cats
A screw, to what I have no clue
A Tom & Jerry fake tattoo
One candy cane, slightly eaten
Battleship (I'm still unbeaten)
Scented pens that smelled like fruit
A plastic horse, a rubber newt
Half an egg of Silly Putty
Flash cards that I didn't study
A Junior Mint I dare not eat
A well-worn copy of Teen Beat
A roadmap of southwest Nebraska
An eagle keychain from Alaska
A phone book from three years ago
(Why THAT'S in here, I do not know)
Two black plastic spider rings
A little Elvis doll that sings
A penny flattened by a train
A postage stamp that came from Spain
And, um, what's this, here in my pile?
It looks like it's been here a while
It's green and fuzzy, stinks a bit
I'm not sure what to make of it
Hey wait a minute...now I know
This used to be some cookie dough
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