Little Girl

FredPeyer

She likes to sit on the park bench

The blue wooden one, right below the willow

Where gentle gusts of wind slightly brush

The low hanging branches against

Her ash-blond straight combed hair

Touches of her muse she calls it

Open notebook on her knees

Chewed up pencil between her lips

Writing her poems in solitude

“What are you doing?”

A small timid voice

Big innocent eyes full of

Wonder and trust

She looks at the little girl

“I am writing a poem.”

“What’s a poem?”

“It’s voices you hear in your head

You write down on paper

Using beautiful words”

“I hear voices in my head too

Do you think when I am older

I can write them down like you?”

“Yes, you can, and they will be beautiful

As beautiful as you are”

A big open smile, the kind that

Will stay with you the whole day

She begins to write a poem

A poem about a little girl

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Comments7

  • orchidee

    A fine write Fred.

    • FredPeyer

      Thank you so much Orchi! I just love little kids like my grand-kids. There is so much innocence and wonder. Why can't we stay like that?

    • sylviasearcher

      This felt warm and light and like the when the good voices visit my head...

      • FredPeyer

        Thanks so much Sylvia,
        My grand-kids are teaching me what is really important! And they all have 'voices in their head'!

        • sylviasearcher

          Let the voices forever be heard!

        • Fay Slimm.

          Such a refreshing read Fred and a tale well told with reminders that handled with care many more minds can be encouraged to write what the voices say and use beautiful words... super first read of my day.

          • FredPeyer

            Thanks so much Fay! You elevated voices in the head and using beautiful words to an art-form.

          • Alan .S. Jeeves

            Excellent, excellent, excellent. May I grab it as a fave' ?

            Kind regards, Alan

            • FredPeyer

              Thank you Alan, I am honored that you would consider grabbing this little poem as a fave.

            • dusk arising

              Wonderful when little ones begin to be self motivatedly creative..... what does the future hold. Love my granddaughters.

              • FredPeyer

                Thanks da, I have six grand-kids, five boys and one girl. Guess who gets spoiled the most!

              • MendedFences27

                Liked this one. Reminded me of my grandaughter, who likes to write. Kids are our greatest blessing. - Phil A.

                • FredPeyer

                  Thanks Phil, and they are also our greatest inspiration.

                • Goldfinch60

                  What a wonderful write Fred. Young children can be so wonderfully refreshing in our lives.

                  • FredPeyer

                    Thank you Goldie, and they are so refreshingly honest. No deceit yet.



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