A poem popped into my RSS reader and lead me down memory lane to revisit the three poems I most vividly remember my Mom reading to me, time and again. [Some may recall I loved to quote this first one years after I learned it.]<\/p>\n
The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear : The Poetry Foundation<\/a> <\/p>\n "O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love, The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear : The Poetry Foundation<\/a><\/p>\n I still have the giant book from which my Mom<\/a> first read this to me. The book has lush illustrations we both loved. (I still remember the smell of its slick pages.)<\/p>\n CatStuff: The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat<\/a> <\/p>\n The Duel The gingham dog and the calico cat CatStuff: The Gingham Dog and the Calico Cat<\/a><\/p>\n I think this was my Mom<\/a>\u2019s favorite.<\/p>\n The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/a><\/p>\n How do you like to go up in a swing, The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A poem popped into my RSS reader and lead me down memory lane to revisit the three poems I most vividly remember my Mom reading to me, time and again. [Some may recall I loved to quote this first one years after I learned it.] The Owl and the Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear : The … Continue reading The poems of childhood linger long after<\/span> \n
What a beautiful Pussy you are,
You are,
You are!
What a beautiful Pussy you are!" <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
by Eugene Field<\/p>\n
Side by side on the table sat; \u2026<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
Up in the air so blue?
Oh, I do think it the pleasantest thing
Ever a child can do!
Up in the air and over the wall,
Till I can see so wide,
River and trees and cattle and all
Over the countryside–
Till I look down on the garden green,
Down on the roof so brown–
Up in the air I go flying again,
Up in the air and down! <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n