Monkey Bars!

Vol. 1  Chap. 24

      

                            Monkey Bars!

 

 

                  Well I Still Love Those Monkey Bars,

                Despite My Many Facial Scars!

                My Nose, My Lips, My Chin, My Cheek,

                All Took a Beating, So to Speak!

                             

                Next Time When I Climb Way Up High

                I Think My Feet is What I’ll Try

                To Land Upon When I Must Go!

                It’s Better Than My Face, You Know!   
                           

                Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!

                I Seek Out Danger When I Play!

                I Take My ‘Tude Most Anywhere

                I’m Not an Easy Kid to Scare!

 

             

                But When I Free-Fell From the Top

                I Didn’t Like My Sudden Stop!

                My One-Point Face Plant Kind’a Hurt!

                I Think We Need Some Softer Dirt!

 

                Those Monkey Bars Gave Me a Toss!
                But I’ll Still Prove Just Who is Boss!

                What?   Scared to Watch While I Show’m?

                Read About It in My Poem!

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa                    (August 14, 2010)

 

Globe Hopping!

  Vol. 1  Chap. 23

                    Globe Hopping!

            Australia’s One Small Continent!

            Way Down Under, I Haven't Spent

            A Single Day That Far Away!

            But Boy, Would I Love to Some Day!

            Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!

            I Dream About Lands Far Away!

            What It Would Be Like to Wander

            To Strange Places Makes Me Ponder!

                              

 

            First Thing I'd Do Is Make New Friends!

            Prob'ly a Hundred By Day's End!

            Australians Make Such Lovely Hosts!

            We Speak the Same Language ... Almost!

            Next, I'd Head to the Philippines!

            Now There's a Place With Gorgeous Scenes!

            Mom Says the More Places I Go

            Helps My Geography Smarts Grow!

            I've Found Australia on the Map!

            The Philippines, That Was a Snap!

            I’ll Show You Ireland and Peru

            Or Anywhere That Intrigues You!

                             

 

            I Think Alex Trebek Should Know

            That on the Kid Tournament Show

            If Final is Geography,

            I’m Taking Home That Kid’s Trophy!

  

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

 

Love~Grampa                   (August 7, 2010)

 

Atlantic and Pacific!

Vol. 1  Chap. 22                     

                  Atlantic and Pacific!

 

                    Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!

                    And This, My Friend, is Saturday!

                    The Day That I Go For a Swim!

                    Time For Our Rhyme from Grampa Jim!

 

                    For Me the Beach That’s in My Reach

                    Is My Pacific Ocean Beach!

                    One Time I Swam All Bright and Bold

                    In the Atlantic!   Mighty Cold!
                            

                   
                    Up Close Both Oceans Look the Same!

                    On Sunny Days They Can Be Tame!

                    But When a Storm Begins to Roar,

                    That’s When I’m Headin’ For the Shore!

                            

 

                    Our Storm Waves, So Says My Mammy,

                    Can Grow to be a Tsunami!

                    A Tidal Wave’s from Storms That Grow

                    When Those Atlantic Winds Do Blow!
                            

 

                    Grampa Will Give Me His Surfboard,

                    So Someday When a Big Storm’s Roared,

                    I'll Paddle Out Past Hawaii,

                    Turn and Grab Me a Tsunami!

 

                    First I’ll Hang Five!  Then I’ll Hand Ten!

                    I’ll Walk the Board and Back Again!

                    I’ll Surf Across America

                    To the Atlantic!   That’s Quite Far!

 

                    I’ll Visit Each Adoring Fan!

                    Then Find a Tidal Wave That’s Grand!

                    And Surf Right Back From Where I Came

                    Til Next Time, That’s Where I’ll Remain!

 

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

 

Love~Grampa                    (July 31, 2010)

Sailing the Sea!

 Vol. 1  Chap. 21   
                              
               Sailing the Sea!

            Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!

            Our Mommy Will Come Back Sunday!

            She Shipped Out on an Ocean Liner,

            Looking Good and Feeling Finer!

 

            She Prob’ly Steered the Ship!   And Heck,

            Even Yelled Out, “Now Swab the Deck!”

            Just What My Mom Does, Heaven Knows!

            I Do Know She Brought Extra Clothes!

 

            She Said Clothes Sizes Change at Sea!

            I Guess She Means They Shrink a Wee

            Bit!   ‘Cause She Must Pump Iron Hard,

            To Beat the Dreaded Lounge Lizard!

                            

 

            I Hope My Mom Keeps Her Strength Up!

            Keeps Down the Grub They Serve for Sup!

            Hope No Pirates Attack Her Ship!

            Though There's Not One She Couldn't Whip!

                    

                       
            I Don’t Know Much 'bout Sea Cruisin’

            I Know Cruisin’ for a Bruisin’

            We'll Both Be Glad as Glad Can Be

            When Our Mom's Home With Iz and Me!

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

 

Love~Grampa                   (July 24, 2010)

Flying to Timmy's Birthday Party!

Vol. 1  Chap. 20

         Flying to Timmy’s Birthday Party!

                       

                        

               Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!!!

             My Whole Family Flies Today!

             We’ll Head Out Toward the Rising Sun!

             You Gotta Know This Will be Fun!

               When I Was Young, This Was a Treat!

              Though Flying Meant Stay in Your Seat!

              But Now I’m Old and Done This Lots!

              I’m Nearly One of Those Pilots! 
                           

              If Pilots Need to Take a Nap,

              I’ll Walk into the Cockpit!  Strap

              Myself into the Pilot’s Chair

              Then I Could Fly Us Anywhere!

                             

                 To Rhode Island or to Cancun,

               To Jolly England or the Moon,

               Or Visit Santa and Reindeer!

               Yup!   I Could Fly Us Anywhere!

 

                         

                  This Week's My Cousin Tim's Birthday!

                He’s Turning Five!   That’s Old I’d Say!

                Well, Won’t He be Surprised to See

                The Entire DeMers Family!

                            

                  WHAT!!! Tim’s in Katy!!!   Holy Cow!!!

                I’ll Fly Us There!  ‘Cuz I Know How!

                THERE’S NO AIRPORT IN KATY?!   Shoot!

                We’ll Have to Jump!  So Pack Your Chute! 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

Love~Grampa                   (July 17, 2010)

Pammy the Kid on the Cape (a/k/a How Poems Looked When Mommy Was a Girl!)

Vol. 1  Chap. 19                  


             Pammy the Kid on the Cape!

            I Came Here Just Itchin' For Trouble,

            And Found It Right Quick on the Double!

            I Stand Three Feet Tall!

            I Can Lick Them All,

            And Turn This Whole Place Into Rubble!

            I'm Pammy the Kid on the Cape!

            I'm Napping in Bed For Pete's Sake!

            My Dad Says I'm Sleepy,

            Just 'Cause I Got Weepy!

            But I'll Keep My Eyes Wide Till They Ache!

            I'll Daydream 'Bout Lions and Tigers!

            My Dad Says to Sleep, But I'll Lie Here!

            I'll Think About Fights,

            And of Flying on Kites,

            And Tough Kids Who Cry Just One Dry Tear!

            Right Now I'm Just Dreamin' 'Bout Bad Guys!

            So Bad That They litter and Tell Lies!

            If It Wasn't for Me

            The World Wouldn't be Free,

            I Catch'm from Sundown to Sunrise!

            I'm Pammy, Just Stuck in This Bed!

            I Won't Sleep Despite What He Said!

            Did I Close My Eyes?

            Did I Hear My Sighs?

            And Did I Feel the Nod of My Head?

            Oh Gosh, Now I'm Stretching and Yawnin'!

            My Dad Says a New Day is Dawnin'!

            I Grab for My Blankee

            And My Stuffed Dog Spanky!

            We Slept Through the Night!  Now It's Morning!

Love-Dad

(Here's How Poems Looked When Your Mommy was a Girl!)

[Your Grampa Sure Does Love Y'All!

Love~Grampa]

Happy Fourth of July, One and All!

Vol. 1  Chap. 18

             Happy Fourth of July, One and All!

 

 

               Hey, Hey, My Name is Audrey Mae!

               It’s Fourth of July Weekend!   Yea!!!

               Just Who Do You Think That It Is

               Who Gets to Teach My Sister Iz

 

               The Meaning of Fourth of July?

               It’s Me, of Course!   I’ll Tell You Why!

               Our Mommy Taught Me Years Ago!

               Now I’ll Teach Iz All That I Know!

                              

 

               The Fourth’s America’s Birthday!

               We Celebrate a Hundred Ways!

               Across This Great Country of Ours,

               We Honor the Stripes and the Stars!

 

               In Every Corner of This Land

               Each Parade Has a Marching Band!

               We Wave the Flag and Toast With Pride

               All Those Who Fought and Those Who Died!

 

               And Fire Works Light Up the Night!

               Reminding Us that Some Still Fight

               In Iraq and Afghanistan

               So My Sweet Sister and Me Can

 

               Grow Up Safe and Grow Up Free!

               But Iz is Just One Year Old, See?

               So Lesson One Won’t Go Too Far

               I’ll Teach Her How to "OOOOWW!!!"                                  and “AAAAHH!!!”

Happy Birthday America!!! 

 

Your Grampa Sure Loves Y'All!

 

Love~Grampa                  (July 3, 2010)