Kick A Little Stone
When you are walking by yourself
Here's something nice to do:
Kick a little stone and watch it
Hop ahead of you.
The little stone is round and white,
Its shadow round and blue.
Along the sidewalk over the cracks
The shadow bounces too.
--Dorothy Aldis
The simplicity of this poem (and most poems in this book) blows me away. Topics range from kicking stones to going to the beach to counting stars to swinging up, up into the sky. Blondie loves this book, and I can see why. I've read it to her a hundred times (before tucking her in) and the poems always make her smile.
I'm stealing this poem and your remarks for a contest idea. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteThat comment of PMM put me in mind of a little boy racing through your blog and stuffing your words into a sack on his bag. He's a tricky little poem nabber, that PMM.
ReplyDeleteLove it...will try getting hands on book.
ReplyDeleteThank you for introducing me to the poem. Makes me wonder if you're familiar w/Paul Hostovsky. Garrison Keillor has read him on "The Writer's Almanac." He wrote a book of poems illustrated by his son.
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