Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Poetry Friday, early or late?: the best ultrasound ever


You know how when you're pregnant you go to the sonographer who shows you what the baby looks like at, say, 7 months? Here's what my new baby looks like. He's not due until October 1, but it's great to know that he's looking so hale, hearty and hardbacked! Thanks to the folks at Wordsong/Boyds Mills for another beautiful book. Here's one of the poems, feeling right for these long, glowing baseball days...

Cherry Very

Be sneaky, be cheeky
Pinch from the kitchen
The reddest, the roundest there are

A bowl full of cherries
A bowl of the very
Most cherriest bombs by far

Backbone straight
Step up to the plate
Puff up your chest and lungs

Swallow the fruit
Ready to shoot
Put the pit in the groove of your tongue

One more tip:
Round your lips
To launch it without a hitch

Don't get tense
Aim for the fence
Wind up like you're fixing to pitch

Now blast it hard
Across the yard
Kissing that missile goodbye

It's over the fence!
It's out of the park!
It's a letloose cherryjuice
noschool slobberdrool
spitwhistle summerfun home run!

4 comments:

  1. Lucious and wonderful!

    Out of the complete blue, Garrick asked me the other week when you and Fiona were going to come and visit. "You know, Daisy and Duncan's parents? We haven't seen them in a loooooooong time." He's right. When are you coming to visit?

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  3. Congrats on the new book and thanks for sharing the poem. Love cherries ! :)

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  4. Just wanted to let you know how much I enjoyed looking at your blog & site -- very nice!

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