A Colourful Yarn

By luigi_pagano

Mon, 14 Sep 2015
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6 comments
 

Grandma, who was nifty
with the knitting needles,
didn’t know
what colour to use
for a babygro
for the unborn grandchild
but she knew
that the odds were fifty-fifty.
So she knitted two,
one pink and one blue.

What if you find,
asked Claire, playing
with three toy cars
– one green, one yellow, one black –
that it is a baby of the Third Kind
and comes from the red planet
of Mars?

Don’t be silly, said Tilly,
who had been silent before,
looking pretty in a pink pinafore.
It doesn’t take a genius
to know that it is boys
who come from Mars
while girls hail from Venus.

© Luigi Pagano 2015

Certificate U
Poem
Cherry ripe
Children's
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Children's stories always need something of humour to amuse the parents that the children won't necessarily understand, or not until it's explained! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

It may have been true of my generation, Rhiannon, but some of the children of today, brought up with television and computers, can explain a few things to their parents.

Best, Luigi

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Great poem Luigi,

I smiled at the last bit about the boys coming from Mars and the girls Venus. smiley

I suppose yellow or green is a safe enough colour for either a boy or a girl.

Good one for the I P.

Jenny. xx

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

So glad that this piece made you smile, Jenny. I made two previous attempts at the I.P. but they didn't receive a lot of response and I deleteted them. The response to the current one seems more encouraging.
Your contribution has become a real hit and you have my congratulations on the 'cherries'. Well done.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by Deliberately Ev... on

This is really sweet. So light and youthful. A lovely children's poem that adults can crack a smile at too. 

The beat of your heart is the mellifluent rhythm to my soul.

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

You'll find, AE, that no matter how old we are, we are children at heart and can appreciate the, sometimes unintentiona, humour that kids can come up with.

Luigi xl