Wednesday, March 7, 2018

MR. WINKLE HAD A WRINKLE

By M. Marie



Mr. Winkle had a wrinkle
 Each time he smiled wide;
He tried to hide it with a frown:
His wrinkle multiplied!
He tried to cry then tried to sigh,
Then made an angry face;
The wrinkles just kept showing up
Not one could he erase.
He bought some cream, something green
To smooth his face at night;
When he awoke, he was so mad,
His wrinkles stayed in sight.
He tried a hat and grew his hair
So people couldn’t see
Those wrinkles Mr. Winkle thought
Were old and ug-ugly!
“But wait!” He thought, “When I smiled
“I had a single one!
“When I’m angry, sad or frown,
“There’s more than anyone.
“If I have to have a wrinkle,
“I’ll choose the smiley kind;
“When people see a smiling face,
“Your wrinkles they don’t mind.”

Tuesday, March 6, 2018

THE GRANDPA PRINCESS


By M. Marie




There was a Grandpa Princess

With ribbons in his beard,

Some might think that’s funny;
Some might think that’s weird.
He was sitting on the couch,
With nothing much to do;
We asked him for a playdate,
He smiled and then we knew
It would be a day of fun;
We’d play a grandpa game,
Pretend he was a princess
With a made-up princess name.
His head was bald and shiny;
We looked until we found
 Brightly colored stickers
For his bald head all around.
We put pink slippers on his ears,
His cane became his wand;

He summoned forth the teddy bears
And even far beyond.
We all stood up to cheer him,
And kissed him on his cheek,
Then he spoke a word to us,
We stopped to hear him speak:
"Always keep love in your heart,
“Show kindness always, too;
“It’s the one way to become
“A princess pure and true!
“It’s not about your dresses,
“Or a crown on your head,
“It’s all about a princess heart,

“The love you show instead.”
We named him Princess Grandpa,
No other name would do,
For all the love he showed us,
He's a princess through and through!






Friday, March 2, 2018

THE LOST FEATHER

By M. Marie



There was a feather on the ground,
Beneath the overpass.
It was a feather that I found
Half-hidden in the grass.
I wondered who had lost it,
A he bird? Or a her?
I think I’d truly know if
I lost my flying fur!
It sparkled in the day light,
How could it not be seen?
It must have fallen in the night,
Or sometime in between.
I felt I couldn’t keep it,
It truly wasn’t mine;
I’d try to find who owned it,
 I’d give the birds a sign.
I took it home to be with me
And tied a ribbon ‘round it,
I tied the ribbon to a tree
So, birds would know I found it.
I watched it in the sunshine,
And...in rainy weather;
But no one came to tell me
That they owned this feather.
So, I took it to my room,
To live with me in there;
I tied it to the curtain;
It’d be happy in the air.
And every time I saw it,
I remembered...even I,
Who wasn’t born with feathers,
Could hope and dream and fly.

Thursday, March 1, 2018

MY ANGEL

By M. Marie


I have a guardian angel

Who’s with me everywhere
He’s always very quiet,
You’d think he wasn’t there.
 I know that God has sent him
To tell me of His Love;
 I know he stays beside me
Or maybe just above.
He’s with me when I’m hurting
Or when it’s dark at night;
When it's hard for me to choose,
He shows me what is right.

He doesn't use a cell phone,

He doesn't send a text;

But a
lways he is near me

And knows what happens next.
I know he’ll never leave me.
I know he’s here to stay,
And when we go to Heaven
He's with me all the way!

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