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Tag Archives: parenting
Super Hero Night-Shift
The rain beats down, And the wild wind blows, But tucked in their beds, The children both know That though it’s cold, And wet and dark, And monsters lurk In the nearby park, That they are safe From harm in … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Poems, Family, Fantasy, Frivolity and Frippery, Parent-Child, Parenting, Poems about Children, Relationships, Story Poems
Tagged bedtime, parenting, poem, poetry
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Safe Sleep
You succumb to sleep in moments, Peace washes over you, The terrors of your younger night times Gone… Nothing But a faded memory. You welcome sleep, Embrace it, Enjoy it. You no longer fear it. You hold sleep, And it … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Life, Family, Parenting, Poems about Children
Tagged parenting, poem, poetry, sleep
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When You’re Five
Each day is different and new When you’re five, You learn such a lot Just by being alive. You get some things right, And you get some things wrong, And you’re doing and learning The whole new day long. But … Continue reading
Posted in Children's Poems, Daily Life, Family, Life Lessons, Parenting, Poems about Children
Tagged children, parenting, poem, poetry
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The Lost Summer
They lost the summer that year In a flurry of rain clouds And theme parks And good times And bad times And friends pitching in And mum pitching out And making memories And breaking memories Of understanding, And misunderstanding And … Continue reading
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Tagged parenting, poem, poetry
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So Tired
She was the kind of tired Only a five year old knows, Where you’re tired from your ears, To the tips of your toes. She was so tired That her eyes kept fluttering shut In mid-sentence; The sentence was ‘Bedtime? … Continue reading
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