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Lil Squirt
by Mary Ellen Smith
I grew a pumpkin patch this year
The seeds went in the dirt,
But the pumpkins didn’t grow for me
Just one I call Lil Squirt.
Lil Squirt is round and orange all right
But small in size is she,
With a funny bumpy bump
Right where a nose would be!
The vine is tangled round her head
A fine hairdo it makes,
I guess she’s just making the best
Of my gardening mistakes.
I water her most faithfully
And sing a little song
Hoping so that she still will grow
‘For harvest comes along.
Would be a shame to pick her
She looks to home out there
Next to the homemade scarecrow
And the crows she doesn’t scare.
But Halloween is coming
And a chill is in the night
And I do need a Jack o Lantern
To be a welcome light.
So I will carve my lil pumpkin
Tho the light will be petite
Then bake the squash into a pie
And have a bite to eat! 09/29/2006 Posted on 09/29/2006
Copyright © 2024 Mary Ellen Smith
| Member Comments on this Poem |
| Posted by Jean Mollett on 09/29/06 at 06:29 PM Hi Mary Ellen,
I love it, how cute and sweet. Hope ya take a picture of Lil Squirt and put it on here with your poem. I'ld love to see her. I sure others will too. :) |
| Posted by Jean Mollett on 09/29/06 at 06:30 PM That's I'm sure others would too. |
| Posted by Quentin S Clingerman on 09/30/06 at 01:42 AM Just plain fun reading! Your poem stories invite themselves to be read! |
| Posted by Charles E Minshall on 09/30/06 at 02:38 AM A joy to read Mar.....Charlie |
| Posted by Charlie Morgan on 09/30/06 at 03:21 AM ...maryAnn, ahh Queen, what a lilting poem, like charlie said it was a joy to read...one lil pumpkin can do all that, i used to garden and have cucumber "become" part of a chainlink fence...love it, peace, chaz |
| Posted by Jennifer Ragan on 01/16/07 at 07:53 PM Very cute:) |
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