tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59691805243630238932011-09-09T10:44:47.411-07:00A collection of poems and illustrations for all ages.Laura Maenoreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969180524363023893.post-76266576324751204582009-03-25T18:22:00.000-07:002009-03-25T19:28:19.743-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/jaysteingold/thealiens.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 288px; height: 438px;" src="http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/jaysteingold/thealiens.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>When the aliens came,<br />nobody would come with me,<br />but I was ready<br />with my D&amp;D Monster Manuel,<br />twelve-sided dice,<br />laptop,<br />and light saber replica;<br />all packed into a<br />cardboard box.<br />Said they'd rather<br />crack open a soda and<br />watch SportsCenter.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969180524363023893-7626657632475120458?l=beginningofthesidewalk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura Maenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969180524363023893.post-4705242966204692642009-03-25T18:20:00.001-07:002009-03-25T20:25:53.661-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/jaysteingold/field.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 310px; height: 220px;" src="http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/jaysteingold/field.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>through neighborhoods,<br />under the overpass,<br />past the woods,<br />past the field,<br />in between railroad track,<br />through other dead ends.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969180524363023893-470524296620469264?l=beginningofthesidewalk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura Maenoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969180524363023893.post-47677763192657923762009-03-25T18:18:00.000-07:002009-03-25T19:28:43.436-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/jaysteingold/aliceb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 280px; height: 306px;" src="http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/jaysteingold/aliceb.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>She eats brownies instead,<br />Takes super dictation<br />And sleeps on her head.<br /><br />Turning her? Hopeless.<br />She butters buttons:<br />Stuttering, muttering,<br />Award-winning buttons.<br /><br />She rich? More or less.<br />Parties all night;<br />Tossing word salad:<br />this is her life.<br /><br />I don't want to have fame,<br />Only to hold her.<br />Alice, please<br />Can I stand<br />On your shoulders?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969180524363023893-4767776319265792376?l=beginningofthesidewalk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura Maenoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5969180524363023893.post-49946506778019580822009-03-25T18:16:00.000-07:002009-03-25T20:10:27.616-07:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/jaysteingold/head.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 300px; height: 450px;" src="http://i661.photobucket.com/albums/uu334/jaysteingold/head.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a>How can I be<br />out of my mind<br />when I live<br />inside my head?<br /><br />I'd rather be<br />in a suitcase<br />or a shell<br /><br />or a closet.<br />Anywhere but<br />here because I'm<br />claustrophobic<br />and make a<br /><br />lousy neighbor.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5969180524363023893-4994650677801958082?l=beginningofthesidewalk.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Laura Maenoreply@blogger.com0