Could you be this mother who
Loved the alphabet so much
When she was in school that
Decided to name her children after it?
She named her first child A.
The second was christened B.
Along came a set of twins
Whom were named as L and L.
Whenever the children wanted fun
They had no trouble whatsoever.
They simply meshed together
And played BALL with one another.
And then there was this friend
Who also loved the alphabet
And thought it so happily
To name her kids E, T, and C.
When A invited E
And B came home with T,
What fun they had together
Twirling BALLET with each other.
Soon there were so many moms
Naming their kids like the others
And the better the kids could spell
The more games were theirs to muster.
This one mom found working
with numbers so fine
She named her children
Beginning with one and ending with nine.
It was no trouble for the BALLs
To pick a B, an A, a S and an E
With number 9 and make a team
Then play a game of BASEBALL.
Sometimes all the kids
Met in a scramble
Threw a party
And played fun games of scrabble.
Games they all could play together
Including the numbers adding scores
Spelling words they never knew
Having more fun than ever before.
To live and grow and become friends
Does not depend upon one’s name.
What really matters in the end
Is the person with the name.
Ben I agree with our friend who said you have a wonderful imagination. Isn't it strange how a chance remark, or even just a word, can set a poet off on another journey. Names are fascinating things that can have a profound effect on our lives. Irene
I'm envious of your imagination, plus you pulled this off so seamlessly. Great original idea.
beautiful poem, when i read the immortal authors mentioned i am really impressed.
Great imaginative and humorous poem! It clearly suggests the author loves letters (literature) and the ludic play of letters. And though it is a game the author plays with letters, the poem tells a universal truth in the final lines: 'it is not the name that matters/but the person who bears the name.' Thanks for sharing!
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
A clever one, Ben. It must have taken some putting together! Thanks for directing me here - I enjoyed this play on words. Love, Fran xx