tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post5910812211292240691..comments2023-12-21T22:12:56.445-07:00Comments on Stephanie Says So: Kids' Poetry & Fractured Nursery RhymesStephanie Abneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-1925872797953707862012-04-06T12:08:27.257-07:002012-04-06T12:08:27.257-07:00I'm so late (3 days) this may never be read, b...I'm so late (3 days) this may never be read, but here it is anyway.<br /><br /><br /><br />Day Three<br />Fractured Nursery Rhymes.<br /><br />Jack, be nimble,<br />Jack, be quick.<br />Jack, jump over<br />The candlestick.<br /><br />Sometimes nimble<br />Some days quick<br />I won’t jump over<br />another stick.<br /><br />Or<br /><br />A diller a dollar, a ten o’clock scholar,<br />Why do you come so soon?<br />You used to come at ten o’clock,<br />But now you come at noon.<br /><br />Fractured:<br />One Halloween night when the moon shone bright,<br />Three witches rode one broom.<br />A huge black cat upon them spat,<br />And so they fled. Zoom, zoom.Anna Arnetthttp://annaarnett.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-13457079263540877522012-04-04T23:39:21.321-07:002012-04-04T23:39:21.321-07:00Received this as an email from Carol Rainbolt so a...Received this as an email from Carol Rainbolt so am posting it for her:<br /><br />I have tried several times to post these to your blog comments. I am doing something wrong. I get as far as writing the comment and typing the cryptic words, but it wont let me send. so here are my two efforts and my son joined in the fun to add his.<br /> <br />~~~~~~~~~~~~<br />Rock a bye baby on the dance floor<br /><br />Swing to that music that you so adore.<br /><br />Jumping, jiving, and having a ball,<br /><br />when he flips you, don’t show your all.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~ <br /><br />There was a huge woman who lived in a house.<br /><br />She climbed on a chair, when she spotted a mouse.<br /><br />The chair broke in pieces, and she fell flat.<br /><br />From the mouse she was saved, by her faithful cat.<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~ <br /><br />And below is my son Adam's effort:<br /><br /> <br />Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son Bob,<br /><br />Will only eat corn on the cob.<br /><br />If only he would get a job.<br /><br />Diddle, diddle, dumpling, my son Bob. <br />-------------------------------<br /><br />Thanks, Carol!! Great job!!Stephanie Abneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01120023740478895429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-63502531119148531192012-04-04T07:56:09.596-07:002012-04-04T07:56:09.596-07:00Here's my try:
Original:
Jack and Jill
Went u...Here's my try:<br /><br />Original:<br />Jack and Jill<br />Went up the hill<br />To fetch a pail of water.<br />Jack fell down and broke his crown<br />And Jill came tumbling after.<br /><br />The rest of the story:<br />Jack and Jill just got the bill<br />For Jack's trip to the doctor.<br />Jack said "Ack!" I broke my back<br />And we're in debt to the rafters!Vickihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16078295399962790111noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-76086024986528049722012-04-03T20:46:57.216-07:002012-04-03T20:46:57.216-07:00I have two :)
Original: She'll be coming arou...I have two :)<br /><br />Original: She'll be coming around the mountain when she comes.<br /><br />Fracture: He'll be coming down from Heaven when He comes (repeat)<br />He'll be flanked by host of angels when he comes(repeat)<br />Oh, we'll all sing sweet hosannas when we he comes.(repeat)<br /><br /><br />original:All around the mulberry bush<br />The monkey chased the weasel.<br />The monkey thought 'twas all in fun.<br />Pop! goes the weasel.<br /><br />A penny for a spool of thread,<br />A penny for a needle.<br />That's the way the money goes.<br />Pop! goes the weasel.<br /><br />Up and down the City Road,<br />In and out of the Eagle,<br />That's the way the money goes.<br />Pop! goes the weasel.<br /><br />Fractured:<br />All around Ms. Mother Goose<br />The poet let his word go loose.<br />The poet it knew twas all in fun.<br />Wow! writes the verse<br /><br />A nickel for a pack of gum<br />A nickel for a roll of tums.<br />That's the way the tummy rolls.<br />Wow! writes the verse<br /><br />Back n forth the swing really goes<br />To n fro the see-saw slows<br />That's the way the playground flows<br />Wow! writes the verse<br /><br />EricaEricahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13472302099158384717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-48012140645685168192012-04-03T19:48:20.737-07:002012-04-03T19:48:20.737-07:00Okay, here's my try whether right or wrong.
W...Okay, here's my try whether right or wrong.<br /><br />Wee Willie Winkie runs through the shrubs, <br />Up trees and down trees in his night-scrubs, <br />Swinging from the clinging vine, crying as the vine did break, <br />"Oh my goodness, I think this was a mistake!" <br />Mary in NaplesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2913026257249940532.post-77649090473557953312012-04-03T16:50:22.060-07:002012-04-03T16:50:22.060-07:00Original:
How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if...Original:<br />How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?<br />Mine:<br />How come the woodchuck chucks that wood? Could a woodchuck chuck something softer?<br /><br />(Headaches make for lame rhymes.)Heidi L. Murphyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16451784994050488061noreply@blogger.com