Birthday Kite

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    Birthday Kite

    Last week was my birthday

    Now I am five

    I didn't get a pony

    Or even a puppy

    I got a new dress
    it's white with pink flowers
    and some hair bows to match

    I got a baby doll that talks
    some coloring books
    and a big box of crayons

    I really would have liked a pony
    but dad said they eat too much

    My grandma bought me some socks
    and kitty cat pajamas

    Aunt Susie and Uncle Jack bought me some puzzles
    and a shiny pink piggy bank

    I really would have liked a puppy
    but mom said they chew too much

    Grandpa gave me a piece of cloth
    with sticks holding it together,
    a really long tail and some string

    Grandpa said it was a kite
    and when he took me to the park
    we'd watch it take flight

    I wondered how it would fly
    it had no motor
    and had no feathers

    But grandpa had said
    all we needed was wind

    I got up early next Saturday morning
    put on my new dress
    had my momma put up my hair
    and waited for grandpa
    to take me to the park

    Grandpa said to lay the kite down
    right in the middle of the field
    and slowly unravel the string

    I kept walking
    kept unraveling the string
    but nothing happened to the kite

    Grandpa smiled and said "wait"
    "Be patient silly goose"
    "Be patient"

    I felt a tiny breeze ruffle my dress
    then I heard grandpa laugh
    and he told me to run

    I ran,
    and felt the string pull

    I looked back at the kite
    but it was no longer on the ground

    It was stretching, reaching for the sky
    It was swooping, swirling

    Dancing just for me

    It was flipping, turning
    circling, bouncing

    Racing the birds

    I giggled and smiled
    faster and faster I ran

    My kite touched the clouds
    flew over the trees

    And then it stopped

    A really big tree
    grabbed my kite's tail
    and wouldn't let go

    I pulled on the string
    with all my might
    but that mean ole tree
    just wouldn't let go

    If mom would have bought me a puppy
    It could've chewed off my kite's tail

    And I'd still be watching my kite

    Dancing in the clouds

    And racing with the birds


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    kenparme commented on Birthday Kite

    03-31-2009

    Great poem-it was like being there.

    TheAngelOfDeath commented on Birthday Kite

    03-26-2009

    love it!GREAT JOB it has a unique style differnt but yet still amazing/

    ADeVarro commented on Birthday Kite

    03-26-2009

    This was really good. Something always holds back flight... trees don't live forever though.

    dahlusion commented on Birthday Kite

    03-26-2009

    What a lovely story. I love this,"Dancing in the clouds", what a happy memory.

    bandit1192 commented on Birthday Kite

    03-25-2009

    This was so different for you. The style was still the same. You paint a picture so vivid it's easy to picture being there watching you and your grandpa. I loved everything about this poem. TS

    Poetry is not a turning loose of emotion, but an escape from emotion.

    T. S. Eliot (1888-1965) American-English poet and playwright.

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