(19 July 1916 – 11 April 1992 / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

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Catch a Little Rhyme

Once upon a time
I caught a little rhyme

I set it on the floor
but it ran right out the door

I chased it on my bicycle
but it melted to an icicle

I scooped it up in my hat
but it turned into a cat

I caught it by the tail
but it stretched into a whale

I followed it in a boat
but it changed into a goat

When I fed it tin and paper
it became a tall skyscraper

Then it grew into a kite
and flew far out of sight...

Submitted: Monday, January 20, 2003


Read poems about / on: cat, time, change, running

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  • Terence George Craddock (7/22/2012 11:54:00 PM)

    I really liked and enjoyed this imaginative flight of fancy. Yet feel the last stanza does not fit. The 'tall skyscraper/ Then it grew into a kite' would be better as

    'When I fed it tin and paper
    it became a tall skyscraper

    Then it shrank into a kite
    and flew far out of sight...' Just my opinion, the image fits better.

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  • Steve Smith (10/20/2009 10:56:00 AM)

    My teacher plagerised your poem and said it was hers.

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  • Viraj Bhanshaly (V.J) (12/17/2006 3:31:00 AM)

    haha, nice poem defenitely, a bit like one other of mine but mines on magic... great write

    Regards VJ

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  • T L (3/31/2005 6:04:00 PM)

    i thought this was a nice poem

    7 person liked.
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