Favorite Word…..poetry

I read some poetry to the kids today.  They liked it, the moms liked it, I liked it………….

 

My Favorite Word

There is one word-

My favorite-

The very, very best.

It isn’t No or Maybe.

It’s Yes, Yes, Yes,Yes, YES!

“Yes, yes, you may,” and

“Yes, of course,” and

“Yes, please help yourself.”

And when I want a piece of cake,

“Why, yes.  It’s on the shelf.”

Some Candy?  “Yes.”

A cookie? “Yes.”

A movie?  “Yes, we’ll go.”

I love it when they say my word:

Yes, Yes, YES! (Not No.)

                                            Lucia and James L. Hymes, Jr.

TREE HOUSE

A tree house, a free house,

A secret you and me house,

A high up in the leafy branches

Cozy as can be house

A street house, a neat house,

Be sure and wipe your feet house

Is not my kind of house at all-

Let’s go live in a tree house.

                                                                  Shel Silverstein

 

 

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