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Humphrey the showroom Camel
By gshelme
28 June 2007

some years ago I wrote a book of poems for my children, Ithought I would share a couple of them with you , this being the first


Humphrey sat upon the grass,
he gave a weary yawn,
"I much prefer a sandy dune
to artificial lawn."

"It's not that i'm particular,
or finicky" he said
"but I prefer some nice warm sand,
to curl on for my bed"

"and what a lovely feeling
when sand seeps through my toes,
I'd even suffer sand flies,
that itch and bite my nose"

"i'm not one to complain you know,
well maybe just a bit
the only thing I ask in life
is for a small sand pit !

Reviews

Written by Phil (6838 comments posted) 28th June 2007
Liked this verse, as I think kids will too. Perhaps you might be better off posting this in the 'For Kids' forum. 
 
One or two bits of punctuation missing. 
 
Phil.
Humphrey the showroom Camel
Written by CliffBowes (176 comments posted) 28th June 2007
Hello Ms. Helme. 
I think that your children were very lucky to have a caring mother who wrote such good poetry for them. I like the way this is put together and I'm sure that it would appeal to kids of all ages. Like Phil, I spotted a couple of missing full stops here and there. 
Cliff

Written by gshelme (152 comments posted) 28th June 2007
hi, thanks for you comments.I have always struggled with punctuation, and these days, I do rely too much on my computer to correct it for me. 
Gill

Written by Seagull (174 comments posted) 24th July 2007
Like this too; if I was being pernickety (which I'm not, but my wife says I can be) I would suggest you need another syllable in the final line.
Humphrey
Written by Josie (2825 comments posted) 15th September 2007
So glad that there is another rhyming and rhythmic children's poet on GW. Why did you not post this in the children's section? I don't think you needed another syllable in the final line (unless you have already put it there), but I can comment on the poetry layout as a teacher of typewriting: Capital letters at the start of every line, and indent 3 for the rhyming lines is 100 times more professional. However, I've left the classroom now. ha ha.

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