Mother
[Children’s Poems]

My mother

Is nice and gay.

She always wants

To play. Sometimes

Though she’s cross

At me, but that is

How a mom should

Be. When I fall

And skin my knee,

Then she’s like

A nurse to me.

She is often by

My side when

I feel lonely

Inside.

Shawn Larson,
Age 11

Solomon, Arizona.

My mom is nice, my mom is

Sweet, my mom is truly

A special treat. She’s

Loving and kind and I love her. Her voice is like

A kitten’s purr. How I love

Her—my mother.

Lorie Funk,
Age 8,

Mesa, Arizona.

Illustrated by Tom Pratt