The small bills go in front and the bigger ones behind.
You have to use your head boy! You gotta use your mind!
And when you change that filter, put some oil 'round the lip.
Or else you'll fry your motor in the middle of your trip.
When I went to school, I walked a mile through the snow.
I'd shoot some dinner walking home... a pheasant and a doe.
If you wanna catch the big one tie your line just like this.
Tease it just a little bit. Don't yank to hard! You'll miss!
Keep your eyes on the road boy! Don't drive too fast! Slow down!
And don't you tell your gramma bout that milkshake back in town.
Stare them in the eyes when you shake their hand real hard.
Here's ten bucks. Put it away. Thanks for mowing the yard.
Treat her like a lady son... every day of your life.
Respect her and protect her. Mother... daughter... wife.
My gramma took this photo of my grampa and I down on the dock. I was 4 years old and he was teaching me how to fish. I wrote this poem in his honor and it can also be seen in "Chicken Soup for the Grandparent's Soul" in most book stores.
Wonderful poem, Michael. Congrats on getting it into Chicken Soup, deservedly so. My grandparents also taught me many wonderful things, and I still miss them deeply after so so many years.
Reviewed by Vesna Perkovic (Reader)
Reviewed on November 11, 2003
Upon the reels of darkness spun
Lost deep within the fold
My heart and soul devoid of sun
Alas, be ever cold.
..they don't make 'em that way anymore..men, I mean,the ones like your grandpa...hmmm...
Lovely write..
vesna
Reviewed by Sarah Mathews (Reader)
Reviewed on March 26, 2003
that is so cool ur poem got into a chicken soup book! it gives the rest of us hope i think!
A wicked Cajun Fairy named Robes Pierre entered the impenetrable Magical doll land of Sha Bebe. Queen Faustina, the ruler of the doll land, thought she had destroyed him, but he's back! Will the doll land survive his evil ways?
It's almost Christmas. Lynn Basil is writing her last book about a secret entrance into the magical doll land of Sha Bebe that she loves so much. Bagannos have taken over the world! Lynn finally meets her dolls in real life. Can she write in a Secret
(((HUGS))) and much love, your friend in tx., karen lynn. :D
congrats on getting published in the chicken soup for the soul books! great stuff to hear! :)
Thank God For Grandpa's
Officer William Heffner
Lost deep within the fold
My heart and soul devoid of sun
Alas, be ever cold.
..they don't make 'em that way anymore..men, I mean,the ones like your grandpa...hmmm...
Lovely write..
vesna