Five
Dandelion chains and lavender twists;
innocence in braided curls.
Lacy dresses and sugary smiles
capture not a glance
from bedlam boys still sporting
puppy-dog tails and spit-smoothed hair.
by Margaret Bednar, January 27, 2015
Yes, little girls grow up far faster than little boys…
This is for "Imaginary Garden of Real Toads - The Tuesday Platform" and 'dVerse - Poetics - Excuse Me, There's a Hair in my Poem!"
31 comments:
well, all i got is boys...and they are growing up fast enough...my older (12) is going away on a youth retreat this weekend...first weekend away from home and not just at a friends house...
Raising the youngest two of my five" bedlam boys" with "spit-smoothed hair"...enjoyed this poem :)
they really do... don't have any kids myself, but someone I was friends with for a little while was 12 when I met her and was SO mature. I was 15 and my jaw dropped when she told me her age... geeze, when I was 12 I was still playin hide n seek..
"thank heaven for little girls, for without them what would little boys do?" sang Maurice Chevalier. Maybe it was my past lives instincts, but even as an adolescent, girls fascinated me; never went through the girls-R-yucky stage. This piece was tight, imaginative, & very effective; rocked the prompt.
oh i love the spit-smoothed hair.... also like how you weave in the dandelion chains... sigh...they do grow up too quickly
Yes. So true... I still see boys running around like bandits while the girls have suddenly become prim and proper.
Spit-smoothed hair is great..the rhythm in this reminds me of 'fair haired maidens'..of another rhyme..
To realize beauty early is often the secret to beauty of success later on.. and no wonder boys fall prey to heart attacks much earlier than girls of beauty..:)
Such difference in general between the little boys and little girls.. (or are they imitating men and women)... maybe men should have flowery hair too.. :-)
At that age, the girls and boys look delightfully different, smiles ~ I still recall my little girl wearing dresses, now she is jeans & boy's shirts teen ~
This vividly depicted scene will change soon enough!
They do grow up fast. Enjoy. The really hard part comes after about 18 when you can no longer kiss it better or put a bandaid on it.
Lovely, lovely, Margaret!
I see the essence of girlhood in these lines.
This is a delight. Gotta love those little boys, though with their puppy-dog tails. :0)
Those are nice images, you are using. Being green is the thing. :-)
So true little girls grow up quicker than boys. Oh how I wish they did not & took more time to enjoy the things that only childhood can offer.
This is sweet and in a good way. The frilly girls and the rowdy boys ignoring. How wonderful to look back at childhood.
love the line "innocence in braided curls."
My little boy still hasn't grown up!
My little boy still hasn't grown up!
Felt the sweetness of childhood and smiled!
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Very true. We get to keep the innocence a bit longer with the boys...but once 14 hits, all bets are off... ;-)
I find this to be delightful!
Enjoyed your growing up poem; my daughter and son are grown up both in their forties
Thanks for dropping in to read mine
Much love...
I really like this, especially you last two lines.
Beautiful imagery :D
Beautiful literary captures of childhood. Well-done.
Young boys learn early to take orders and it may even last a lifetime. It bodes well for good relations if done sincerely by the lasses! Great lines Marge!
Hank
You are absolutely right here--And there are many charming phrases--the hair with the spit to keep it in place was especially evocative to me Thanks k . (Manicddaily)
That was fun, Margaret. I think some of the boys don't ever change. Mrs. Jim trained me so that I will know what she looks like on MOST any day.
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