On the wonderful day of your birth
I was the happiest person on Earth
Now you teach me each day
In your own special way
How much this life truly is worth
Picture credit: flickr.com/photos/mateusandrefotografia/11844932713 (not my child… isn’t her smile incredible?)
Written for: https://mindandlifematters.wordpress.com/2016/02/27/limerick-challenge-week-9-birth/
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Sweet!
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What a beautiful limerick, I love it Al!
You found a wonderful image too, how cute is that child?! 🙂
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She’s amazing. Am happy to bask in her reflected awesomeness!
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Sigh! You’re good, do you know it? 🙂
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(blushes)
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Woohoo! I made you blush?
Seriously, thank you. When I grow up, I want to know how to write like you!
XO
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The answer will only disappoint 🙂
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Ah! So I *didn’t* make you blush. It’s Ok, I’ll survive 🙂
But I do mean it, I know that I will never write like you do and it is a good thing, because I need to work on getting *my voice* heard. But you do give me something to look up to. And I thank you.
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I do get embarrassed by compliments – it’s just not in my nature to blow my horn about what I can do, whatever that is. I prefer just getting on and doing it. This has caused me some problems at work (and in interviews) tbh. That’s me, writing or otherwise.
But yeah, this is just “my voice”. I work on my poems all the time, posting almost every day. Silly, playful and rhythmic, with a love of language, I guess (*shuffles off again*)
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Yes, that’s it. You’ve described them pretty accurately. Managing to convey such depth with hidden behind a silly playfulness… It’s quite a feat 🙂
Learning to accept compliments takes time, but it can be done. I am getting better at it too, slowly but surely.
So I’ll keep them coming, so you get used to simply say thank you and accept the praise 🙂
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Deal. Thank you! 🙂
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You’re welcome! 😀
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Nice sentiment! I suppose it’s cliche for me to write this, but kids really do change everything.
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Absolutely everything!
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Stunning. I never thought a limerick would make me tear up. 🙂
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Wow, thank you. It’s sort of a companion to the “tight and warm” haiku 🙂
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Now see, this is more like it! What the hell is wrong with me?!? This is precious!
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We can’t write precious all the time… it would get boring, and then wouldn’t be precious at all!
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“Hello, Hallmark Cards? I know this chap who writes the most evocative verse. Yes, he can start straight away! Me? I’m his Fairy GodSister. Cheers”
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Now there’s an idea… and if they ever spread into a “happy zombie birthday” theme, that job’s mine!
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Now you’re talking… So, all of us fan gals and guys need to request such a card and when they say they don’t have one, we simply bite their heads off! 😉
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Works for me! 🙂
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I wish I wrote that!
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Thank you!
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That is such a sweet limerick and a cute picture! 🙂
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🙂
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That’s so sweet!
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🙂
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This is sooo good! And such perfect rhymes! Love it!!
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Thanks, Jade! 🙂
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Your welcome author!
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🙂
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This is so adorable! It reminded me of yesterday when my friend told me her granddaughter was born on 29th of February.
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It’s such a great day to have a birthday! A friend at work once showed me a picture of his “four year old lad”… it was a six-foot tall teenager, born on 29th Feb! 🙂
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Now that little face should inspire the muse in any man. So sweet. Love the limerick.
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Thanks Oneta 🙂
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Lovely Limerick! 🙂
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Thank you!
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