{"id":2539,"date":"2013-05-23T07:30:21","date_gmt":"2013-05-23T11:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2013-05-23T07:30:21","modified_gmt":"2013-05-23T11:30:21","slug":"poetry-provides-a-much-needed-break","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/njcts.org\/tsparents\/poetry-provides-a-much-needed-break\/","title":{"rendered":"Poetry provides a much-needed break"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am knee-deep in tic writing, and sometimes I just need a break.<\/p>\n

Before my mammoth adventure into book writing, I had started a collection of poems — “just because” poems based on my kids and my zany family and fueled by love of anything Seuss and Shel Silverstein.<\/p>\n

I don’t purport to have the talent of either of these brilliant writers, but I hope to finish my collection of work nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Here’s one I wrote. Would love to know what you are doing to keep yourself busy. Send me to your websites if you have one, even if it’s a business. I’d love know you more.<\/p>\n

The following poem was inspired by Stink. It’s a true story about something that happened to him in first grade. He still has his pink Scooby Doo umbrella (or as we like to call it, his “parasol”), and our family couldn’t find him more weird and charming for it God bless the independent thinkers of this earth!<\/p>\n

Pink Umbrella<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mom said kids might laugh at me
\nAnd even cause a scuffle
\nIf I took this umbrella to school with me
\nIt\u2019s pink (and it has a ruffle)<\/p>\n

\u201cHoney,\u201d she said, \u201cYou know I don\u2019t care
\nBut since you\u2019re a boy\u2026 some kids might stare
\nSo here\u2019s a tip that I have for you:
\nBe prepared for an answer that works for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

My mom\u2019s pretty sharp so I thought of an answer
\n\u2018Bout why boys could wear pink and could sing and be dancers
\nSo when Markus asked, \u201cDude, why are you carrying THAT?\u201d
\nI said, \u201cFriend, can\u2019t you see that some girls don\u2019t have hats?<\/p>\n

“I don\u2019t want their hair-do\u2019s to get wet in the rain
\nSo I\u2019ll walk them to class and they\u2019ll never complain.\u201d
\nAnd then while he stood there, kind of biting his lips
\nI decided to get one more thing in real quick<\/p>\n

\u201cMy papa says girls like boys who can groove
\nSo if I save their hair then one day you\u2019ll see, Dude,
\nThat I\u2019ll have a date to any dance that I please\u201d
\nAnd then something happened that you wouldn\u2019t believe<\/p>\n

At school the next day\u2026 under those rainy day showers
\nMarcus brought an umbrella \u2013 it was purple\u2026 with flowers<\/p>\n

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