Kim Barney

Kim Barney

I was born in a bank - - my mother went there and made a deposit
Kim Barney
I was born in a bank - - my mother went there and made a deposit
Thursday, January 12, 2023

Mischievous Toys Comments

Rating: 5.0

Sometimes I dream that while I sleep
my toys get up and start to creep
around the room and on my bed
and pull my hair and poke my head.
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Kim Barney
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Isadora Quagmire 18 September 2025

I really enjoyed reading this! ! !

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Isadora Quagmire 18 September 2025

I meant to say 1rst place! ! ! It is such a masterpiece! ! ! : )

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Isadora Quagmire 18 September 2025

Aaw! ! ! What a lovely poem! Congratulations! This poem should have received 3rd place! ! ! : )

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Kevin Hulme 26 February 2023

Very Good. Bit Scary. That's me looking under the bed before I retire.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 23 February 2023

A marvellous fun poem that deserves 100 and more. And to my favourite as well.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 23 February 2023

Heartiest Congratulations dear Kim. I can see all your toys coming alive dancing and singing.

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Geeta Radhakrishna Menon 23 February 2023

What a lovely poem Kim. So happy to see it first thing in the morning. So joyful and entertaining.

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Kevin Hulme 23 February 2023

Nice One. Bit scary. That's me looking under the bed tonight before I retire.

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Rob Lamberton 22 February 2023

Kim, Great job! ! Congrats on Member Poem of the Day!

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 22 February 2023

Beautiful poem, Kim, as always. So well crafted, executed and appropriate for children. Very entertaining. I concur with the Poets comments, this poem should have garnered the first place. To my favorites.

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Richard Wlodarski 22 February 2023

Kim, your poem speaks so wonderfully to the child in all of us.1st Place in my heart! Heartiest of Congrats on that achievement & on POD! Great Feats, my PH friend!

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

Thanks very much, Richard.

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Richard Wlodarski 22 February 2023

I had such a great time reading this one, Kim. In fact, has there ever been a time when I hadn't?

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

Thanks again, Richard, for your multiple comments.

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Bri Edwards 22 February 2023

I'd like to read the two poems which got 1st and 2nd places. They weren't MINE, .....were they? ? ? five stars. ;) bri p.s. it's a rare day I look at PODs on PH.

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

Did you enter the contest? No, so they couldn't have been yours. First place was a lady from Ohio, and second place was a guy from Arkansas.

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Bri Edwards 22 February 2023

favorite stanza so far: 'Why don't they move around by day so I could have more fun at play? It would be nice if they would talk and let me watch them while they walk'

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

So far? Haven't you read the whole poem yet?

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Bharati Nayak 22 February 2023

This poem deserves to be on the first page of Poem Hunter.A great rhyming poem for children. Children have wild imagination.Children learn so much from toys.Enjoyed reading your poem.Hearty congratulations for Poem Of the Day!

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

Dear Bharati, thank you very much.

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Congratulations on POD, Kim. POD provided an occasion to revisit the rhyme. Feels great to read again…

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

Thanks, Unnik. You are one of my most faithful readers.

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Jayne Louise Davies 22 February 2023

Congratulations on POD! Great poem Kim x Top marks x

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

Jayne, thank you very much.

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Susan Williams 31 January 2023

oh this is delightful even for adults! ! ! ! you have such a lively imagination, Kim, and a smooth mastery of the art of rhyming---a gazillion dizzy stars for this cutie and a fav

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Susan Williams 21 January 2023

well, tom continue my comment---we love your whimsical side, we love your fanciful side, actually we love all the sides you have and we thank you for putting the technicolor in our lives!

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

Susan, your comments are always such a delight to read. Hmmmm.... come to think of it, your poems are as well.

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Susan Williams 21 January 2023

It certainly deserves the recognition of your talent by the Arizona Poetry Society! We here on PoemHunter have recognized and enjoyed your witty and beautiful verses for years.

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Kim Barney 22 February 2023

Susan, thank you so much for your multiple comments.

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I was born in a bank - - my mother went there and made a deposit
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