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Lion said:
on May 17, 2008 04:43 PM ET
edited on February 4, 2009 02:19 AM ET

 

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Mother doesn't want a dog.

Mother says they smell,

And never sit when you say sit,

Or even when you yell.

.

And when you come home late at night

And there is ice and snow,

You have to go back out because

The dumb dog has to go.

.

Mother doesn't want a dog.

Mother says they shed,

And always let the strangers in

And bark at friends instead,

And do disgraceful things on rugs,

And track mud on the floor,

And flop upon your bed at night

And snore their doggy snore.

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Mother doesn't want a dog.

She's making a mistake.

Because, more than a dog, I think

She will not want this snake.
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Lion
Post #7
Lion said:
on June 26, 2008 04:36 PM ET

  Thanks one and all. I thought, among the weighty topics we write OUR poems about, we needed a little fun!

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.Lion


justbetsy
Post #6
justbetsy said:
on June 25, 2008 09:26 PM ET

 LOL, I love that poem. And the snake is BEAUTIFUL! 


daisydoyle
Post #5
daisydoyle said:
on June 25, 2008 09:06 PM ET

  I love just about anything by Judith Viorst.  Her wit combined with her 'right on' acuity make reading her poems a real treat.  Has anyone read any of her 'aging' books,,,Suddenly Sixty And Other Shocks Of Later Life , I'm Too Young to Be Seventy : And Other Delusions and others.  I started out years ago with It's Hard to Be Hip over Thirty and Other Tragedies of Married Life and have enjoyed her work.  She also writed wonderful poems for children.  A true talent!

Maggie

 


alexdejesus
Post #4
alexdejesus said:
on May 19, 2008 09:26 AM ET

  LION THIS IS SUCH A CUTE POEM :)    IT BROUGHT BACK SOME VERY SWEET MEMORIES. WITH THREE SONS YOU MAY IMAGINE THAT YES ! THEY BROUGHT HOME SNAKES WHICH I FOUND IN OUR BATHTUB. IN OUR FRIGE, I FOUND A TRAY OF ICE CUBES FILLED WITH FLY''S OUR YOUNGEST AT THE TIME AGE FOUR " MOMMY DON'T THROUGH THEM AWAY ! THEY ARE ALIVE ! THEY ARE IN SUSPENDED NANAMATION . "   THEN THERE IS THE FOSIL, A DOG SKELETON THEY CARRIED IT HOME TO ME    :(....THANKS !


sonnetswan
Post #3
sonnetswan said:
on May 18, 2008 01:02 PM ET

  I really enjoy the humorous aspect of your poem.  Your rhythm and rhyme are also well done.  Nice to read this morning.

 

 


KINGE
Post #2
KINGE said:
on May 18, 2008 07:33 AM ET
edited on November 19, 2008 01:56 PM ET

  Thank you Lion, great poem and I liked Rea1's post

57274.gif image by KINGE24


rae1tom
Post #1
rae1tom said:
on May 17, 2008 07:49 PM ET

  Dear Lion, you are so right.  This mother would not want the snake....RaeDi