John's poems of...LIFE - LIVING &LOVE...JDJ
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With a toddler, everyday, is --DIFFERENT--and at nap-time, a--ChALLENGE--AGAIN
As for the--PAST-HOUR--, with --LITTLE- BELLA, --to take a--NAP--were trying and trying, again, as now, she is closing her eyes and asleep, and --PRETEND
She --is --SAYING-- now --from --HER--ROOM
I --LOVE--YOU--SO--MUCH---GRAND-PA-----and --I---hope --she --will --be --down --and --out, --and --NAPPING--very---SOON
She --is ----FIGHTING--to --STAY--AWAKE,--- and --her --SILLY--, SWEET--, NOISES-- SHE--continues --to --MAKE
And -now,- she -is -out -here -on -the -couch -with -me ---WHISPERING---and --im ---LAUGHING---as --this --little --rambunctious --girl, --just --doesn't -WANT--to --TAKE--a --BREAK
She- is -so ----SILLY--SASSY--SOPHISTICATED------and--just-----FUNNY-----as --now --she --is --saying --to ---GRAND-PA----what --are --you --doing,----are--you--writing--a--POEM--- i --want --to --see--IT
To -go -to -sleep -and -to -take -a --NAP---this -little -toddler -now -is --DELAYING--IT--and----SINGING--- her- alphabet- and -she -thinks -its ---FUNNY--- and --is --just---too --LEGIT-- to----QUIT
So ---SHE ---IS---GONNA---GET---ME----IN----DEEP---DEEP------TROUBLE----with--MOMMY---AGAIN As --she --is --up --on --my --shoulders-- as-- im -----LAUGHING -----and --she --wants --to -PLAY --and --GOOF --around-- with --me --more, ---THEN
Her ---MOMMY--is--GOING---to---SCOLD----ME----and-- -SHE---WILL----SAY /> Dad --you --have --to --be -------VERY--STERN--and--STRICT-------- with --BELLA, ------in --every --way, ---she -needs- -her--REST---and---a --GOOD----NAP---EVERY--DAY
Now -she -is -putting -her- fingers- over -my -eyes, -she -wants -me -to -look- at -her -close, -and -give -her -all -of -my --ATTENTION I ---better ---stop ---writing ---and --BE--STRICT--and -STERN--with--HER---to---get--- her--- to ----take ---a --nap---THEN With my own kids of seven, they would already be down napping and--OUT I would not even stand for them to --pause, -play, -and -delay -taking -a -NAP,- or -fuss -cry, -or----POUT But --with-------TWENTY---YEARS--AS---A--MARINE-----and------another------TWENTY----YEARS----in-----NURSING-------im--DONE-- WORKING--RETIRED--and --have --no --more--pressure-- at --ALL--ANYMORE So --I'm-- just ---------LOVING--- and ---TOTALLY---ENJOYING-------- every-- single --moment--breath--and--minute --, with --this --little --PRECIOUS--TODDLER-------BELLA-ANNE-for----SURE
She -just -said, -i -need -to -go -to ---SLEEP--NOW--THEN But-- a --minute --latter-- here --she --is --back --on --my --shoulders---AGAIN>
A --toddler --they --are --just---so--SILLY--and----FUNNY
And --no --matter --what --its --just --so--hard --for --them --to --take --a--NAP--, and --go --to --sleep-- when --in --the --middle--of--the---day --its --still-- BRIGHT-- and ---SUNNY
By john d jungers
18th of march 2017
She- now, -is -HOLDING-and -HUGGING- her -beach- ball,- and -saying-----GRAND-PA---i --love --my --beach--ball--- SO--MUCh Everything ---that ---a ---toddler ---says ---and ---does, ---is ---so ---cute ---adorable---sweet---and--- innocent--- as----SUCH Finally---finally--she--is--knocked---OUT--and--DOWN--for-----the--COUNT--and---NAPPING And me, i keep, watching her on the baby monitor, and checking on her, with her door cracked, and it wont be long, and it will be round two, and we will play, and play, dance, giggle, wiggle, and make up our own fun songs--and--SING
As for the--PAST-HOUR--, with --LITTLE- BELLA, --to take a--NAP--were trying and trying, again, as now, she is closing her eyes and asleep, and --PRETEND
She --is --SAYING-- now --from --HER--ROOM
I --LOVE--YOU--SO--MUCH---GRAND-PA-----and --I---hope --she --will --be --down --and --out, --and --NAPPING--very---SOON
She --is ----FIGHTING--to --STAY--AWAKE,--- and --her --SILLY--, SWEET--, NOISES-- SHE--continues --to --MAKE
And -now,- she -is -out -here -on -the -couch -with -me ---WHISPERING---and --im ---LAUGHING---as --this --little --rambunctious --girl, --just --doesn't -WANT--to --TAKE--a --BREAK
She- is -so ----SILLY--SASSY--SOPHISTICATED------and--just-----FUNNY-----as --now --she --is --saying --to ---GRAND-PA----what --are --you --doing,----are--you--writing--a--POEM--- i --want --to --see--IT
To -go -to -sleep -and -to -take -a --NAP---this -little -toddler -now -is --DELAYING--IT--and----SINGING--- her- alphabet- and -she -thinks -its ---FUNNY--- and --is --just---too --LEGIT-- to----QUIT
So ---SHE ---IS---GONNA---GET---ME----IN----DEEP---DEEP------TROUBLE----with--MOMMY---AGAIN As --she --is --up --on --my --shoulders-- as-- im -----LAUGHING -----and --she --wants --to -PLAY --and --GOOF --around-- with --me --more, ---THEN
Her ---MOMMY--is--GOING---to---SCOLD----ME----and-- -SHE---WILL----SAY /> Dad --you --have --to --be -------VERY--STERN--and--STRICT-------- with --BELLA, ------in --every --way, ---she -needs- -her--REST---and---a --GOOD----NAP---EVERY--DAY
Now -she -is -putting -her- fingers- over -my -eyes, -she -wants -me -to -look- at -her -close, -and -give -her -all -of -my --ATTENTION I ---better ---stop ---writing ---and --BE--STRICT--and -STERN--with--HER---to---get--- her--- to ----take ---a --nap---THEN With my own kids of seven, they would already be down napping and--OUT I would not even stand for them to --pause, -play, -and -delay -taking -a -NAP,- or -fuss -cry, -or----POUT But --with-------TWENTY---YEARS--AS---A--MARINE-----and------another------TWENTY----YEARS----in-----NURSING-------im--DONE-- WORKING--RETIRED--and --have --no --more--pressure-- at --ALL--ANYMORE So --I'm-- just ---------LOVING--- and ---TOTALLY---ENJOYING-------- every-- single --moment--breath--and--minute --, with --this --little --PRECIOUS--TODDLER-------BELLA-ANNE-for----SURE
She -just -said, -i -need -to -go -to ---SLEEP--NOW--THEN But-- a --minute --latter-- here --she --is --back --on --my --shoulders---AGAIN>
A --toddler --they --are --just---so--SILLY--and----FUNNY
And --no --matter --what --its --just --so--hard --for --them --to --take --a--NAP--, and --go --to --sleep-- when --in --the --middle--of--the---day --its --still-- BRIGHT-- and ---SUNNY
By john d jungers
18th of march 2017
She- now, -is -HOLDING-and -HUGGING- her -beach- ball,- and -saying-----GRAND-PA---i --love --my --beach--ball--- SO--MUCh Everything ---that ---a ---toddler ---says ---and ---does, ---is ---so ---cute ---adorable---sweet---and--- innocent--- as----SUCH Finally---finally--she--is--knocked---OUT--and--DOWN--for-----the--COUNT--and---NAPPING And me, i keep, watching her on the baby monitor, and checking on her, with her door cracked, and it wont be long, and it will be round two, and we will play, and play, dance, giggle, wiggle, and make up our own fun songs--and--SING
Comment On This Poem ---
With nap-time, every day, is different, and a --CHALLENGE--AGAIN
With nap-time, every day, is different, and a --CHALLENGE--AGAIN