Barney the Badger

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    This morning's ferry poem... And a companion for Priscilla the Pig! Still a bit rough, but enjoy...

    Barney the Badger

    Old Barney Badger abounded with class.
    His burgundy vest had buttons of brass.
    He wore a bowtie and brushed bowler hats
    And shiny black brogans under his spats.

    His breakfast was biscuits, buttered with jam,
    Bunches of bacon and honey baked ham,
    Blueberry blintzes, potatoes well browned
    With onions and basil, piled in a mound.

    His burrow was warm with boulders for floors
    A burl wood front door with burnished brass boar
    Whose knocker nose ring would wake up the dead
    But for Barney's buttered brandy it's said.

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    Teardrops commented on Barney the Badger

    06-01-2011

    These poems would make a wonderful childs book . If you expose a child to good writting early they will be our next writters . Well done my friend Marie

    gmcookie

    06/02/2011

    Thanks Marie. I'm glad you enjoyed them. Some of them are a bit too "mature" for a children's book. Like Barney's buttered brandy. Or like the one I'm working on now "Willie the Weasle"... I'll try to get that up soon. I started it on the ferry this morning, but it isn't finished yet.

    Teardrops

    06/02/2011

    My dear friend i was reading like poetry to my kids at 5 I really think you have a good kids book here dont under estimante kids Marie

    If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.

    Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) American poet.

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