Lace Jellyfish and Blackwings

It's a Dove

There's a dove on my windowsill.
It goes coo-coo.
My screen door is closed
but my regular door is opened.
I hear the dove and its beautiful sound.
And now the dove flies away.
She comes back tomorrow--
I put out bread for her
and I watch her every day.
Finally one day
she's gone for a while.
Then suddenly the next morning
I see her nest of eggs.
Now I go outside
and one hatches.
The dove is still there.
I leave bread out for all of them.

Dewdrops

Dewdrops, dewdrops, dewdrops
on my window. Dewdrops falling
from my gutter. Dewdrops on the grass.
Dewdrops on the flowers. Dewdrops on the trees
and the fallen leaves. Dewdrops everywhere.

It rained last night,
and I saw dewdrops on my window.
Dewdrops, dewdrops, dewdrops.
Oh, dewdrops.
When will you stop?

Oh, dewdrops, oh dewdrops, oh dewdrops.
Dewdrops on animals, dewdrops on everything.
I love dewdrops, but I don't want them to be wet.
Dewdrops, dewdrops, dewdrops,
dewdrops, dewdrops, dewdrops.
Oh, dewdrops when will you stop.
Dewdrops, oh, dewdrops.

How Everything Works

Sunlight brightens up the world--
it brightens up the whole universe.
And the moon--
it lets us have night.
The entire universe. The night in the sky.
The moon, white, gives us night.
The animals start falling asleep.
The humans fall asleep.
Even the flowers fall asleep.
Saturn does nothing,
Jupiter does nothing, Pluto
does nothing. The rest of the planets
do nothing either.
And the earth
does A LOT!
It helps us live
and the moon, the sun, the earth,
those are the only planets
that do anything.

I'm Scared

One day I was walking very fast
and I saw a glimpse and it was a shape of a dog
but I looked and it wasn't a dog.
I saw two coyotes chasing me and I was scared.
I ran and ran and ran, still I ran some more.
And I came to my steps and my Mom looked like she was saying,
"What in the world?" And I say, "Mommy Mommy,"
And she says, "What are you talking about?
Honey and Leroy are on vacation,
and we are on vacation, too!"
I'm like, "There are two coyotes chasing after me!"
My mom squints her eyes and she says,
"Come back inside! I do not want one coyote
chasing after you, I mean two coyotes."
And I come inside.

A Distracted Dog

Me, my dog, and Honey
(Honey is not my dog,
but Bobby and Phyllis's dog)
go walking, and we find lots
of mushrooms. We find
ten Puffball mushrooms,
one Fringed Tuberia,
and one Oyster mushroom.
Leroy, my dog, distracts Honey
so much that Honey runs ahead of us.
Then I run ahead of my mom and Leroy,
and I don't find Honey.
My mom doesn't either,
but Honey is at the house.
Honey does not come out again
while we are outside.

Teddy Bear Plays

Teddy Bear is playing.
He sees a big bluebird
and a lizard and a little house.
And Teddy Bear sees
his mom and his dad.
But they say, "fifteen more minutes of playing."
Teddy Bear says, "No Mama. No Daddy.
I want to play fifty-nine more minutes."
"Ok," says Mommy Bear.
"Ok," says Big Daddy Bear.
"We will go into the house,"
they both say together.
"We will make dinner," says Mommy Bear,
"and we will clean your room."
And finally Teddy Bear comes in.
Then Teddy Bear says, but not says,
he yells, "Mommy, Daddy, I'm starving.
Where is my dinner?"