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  1. 21. Listen To The MUSTN'TS

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    Listen to the MUSTN'TS, child,
    Listen to the DON'TS
    Listen to the SHOULDN'TS
    The IMPOSSIBLES, the WONT'S

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    I love this poem because I have been writing love letters to my two teenagers and eight year old for fifteen years reminding them of what they shouldn't.

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  3. 22. They Should Have Made Me Inside Out

    • By Mark Bird
    • Published by Family Friend Poems December 2022 with permission of the Author.

    My face is plain
    My eyes are wrong
    My brain is big
    My heart is strong

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  5. 23. Free To Be You!

    • By Lavonna N. Sinclair
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2018 with permission of the Author.

    I see you there, hiding in the dark.
    Don't be afraid, I am here to help.
    Look closely, don't you know me?
    You see how I walk and talk; I am Unique!

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  6. 24. My Penny

    I found a penny upon the walk.
    A rich boy I am...that was my thought.

    The things I can buy at the store...

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    Hello, I hope this reaches Mr. Hollingsworth. At the school my children attend, here in Indiana, each child gets up in front of the whole school once per year during their chapel time to...

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  7. 25. Ants At A Glance

    • By Shiju Sugunan
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2020 with permission of the Author.

    Here's a rant
    About the tiny ant.

    We see them parade in an orderly line,

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  8. 26. Each New Little Day Slips Out Of My Hand

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    Each new little day slips out of my hand,
    And then with another new day I stand;
    But soon that is gone and folded away—
    I wish I might keep forever one day!

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  9. 27. Listen To Mum

    • By John P. Read
    • Published by Family Friend Poems August 2019 with permission of the Author.

    I remember when I was small and cool,
    I was always playing truant from school.
    My mum used to say,
    "You'll regret it one day

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    It's only now that I'm older I realise my school years were the best days of my life. If only I could turn back time.

  10. 28. A Bag Called Me

    • By Mark Bird
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2022 with permission of the Author.

    Be a kid
    Enjoy the ride
    Pause a while
    Step outside

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  11. 29. The Different Path

    • By Mark Bird
    • Published by Family Friend Poems September 2021 with permission of the Author.

    They pick on you
    Play tricks on you
    They talk behind your back
    A hundred whispers to your one

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  12. 30. The Bear With No Hair

    Benny the bear was bare of all hair
    And barely could bear being hairless.
    He felt rather silly (and a little bit chilly)
    And wished that the hairy bears stared less.

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  13. 31. A Daydream

    • By Lolo T. Frenchie
    • Published by Family Friend Poems April 2017 with permission of the Author.

    A daydream
    A world of extreme
    A fantasy place
    Or even outer space

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    I just got off the phone with my mom, and this poem made me smile

  14. 32. Mother Said

    • By Mark Bird
    • Published by Family Friend Poems March 2022 with permission of the Author.

    “Leave this town,”
    my mother said
    These three words
    live in my head

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    The poem "Mother" is lyrical, inspiring, and guiding, written in common diction in which the poet as the central character acts upon his mother's voice as the world is wide and staying only...

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  15. 33. Four Seasons In A Day

    • By Mark Bird
    • Published by Family Friend Poems May 2022 with permission of the Author.

    A winter’s tree
    is just like me
    forgetting what
    it used to be

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  16. 34. It's Hard To Listen

    It’s hard to listen,
    hard to stop thinking
    about what I want to say,
    hard to stop searching

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