The Boy who wouldn't
The Boy is the hero of this book,
So take a moment to pause and look.
Share his adventures, along the way,
Some with consequences, he has to pay.
Our boy is good, and funny too,
Do you think The Boy, could be you?
March 18, 2019
Everyone else had finished their lunch, But the boy’s plate was left untouched, His mother, again begged him to eat, But The Boy just wouldn’t sit […]
March 18, 2019
The Boy’s mother, could just, her son’s head see; Pursuing the horizon, where the sky meets the sea. She yearns for her boy’s return, If only […]
July 23, 2020
At a party on the beach the other night.The Boy’s father saw a small black crab, in the moonlight.He knew how delighted his son would be, […]
April 30, 2019
The Boy told his granny, her teeth were brown,And that her face deeply furrowed, when she frowned.So first to the dentists she ran, to the edge […]
March 18, 2019
From dawn to dusk he hummed his tune. Strangers thought he could be a lune. His father fed up, left the room; His mother chased him […]
March 18, 2019
He wouldn’t listen to what his mother said. Only to himself, what was in his head. When he was told to stop, at the end of […]
February 27, 2019
A magic brush, he saw on the shore. The like of which, had never been seen before. Picking it up, he had an overwhelming urge, To […]
March 18, 2019
The Boy again, refuses to clean his teeth Hiding toothbrush and paste underneath Him, as he lay in his bed, as though made of led. He […]
March 18, 2019
The boy loved to spin his top That his mother had bought, from a shop. His fingers strong, would make it hum And the colours would […]
March 18, 2019
He whistled, lifting his body and bending his hips. Through his teeth his fingers his puckered up lips. Deafening all, who came into view And those […]
March 18, 2019
From dawn to dusk he slapped the ball Onto walls, windows, doors and floors. Nothing escaped the thud of the ball As it bounced up and […]
July 23, 2020
The Boy wouldn’t leave his younger brother’s side,He thought as he was older, he should be Hughs’s guide.Peering over his shoulder whispering the answer,To a mathematical […]
March 18, 2019
The Boy refused to leave the pool, Despite the weather turning cool, His fingers and toes were turning blue, And skin wrinkly and soggy too. His […]