By my ten-year old son…

These are written by my ten-year old son. I may be biased, but I think it's very well penned for his age.

Dreams

Dreams, dreams…

Our own personal

time machines.

Fall asleep

go back in time

to before you were born!

Dreams, dreams…

A story unfolds

about a knight,

a fair maiden,

and feasts with corn!

Dreams, dreams…

A time machine…

a book and story,

an adventure,

a poem,

a second life,

Most of all… sleep!

Hey Diddle Diddle

Hey diddle, diddle

The moose in the middle

The goose flew over the moon

The little horse laughed 

(Neigh-heigh-heigh-heigh-heigh)

To see such sport!

And the dish ran away 

with the juice

the juice

The dish ran away

with the juice!

Humpty Frumpty

Humpty Frumpty sat on a log

Humpty Frumpty was a fat frog

All the king's horses

and all the kings men

Couldn't catch Frumpty

So nyah, nyah, nyah!

SPLAT!

by D. Denise Dianaty's son

Author's Note

My son composed "Dreams" in response to my poem, "Mother's Lament"

Reviews

[realmwriter]

These are awesome! "Dreams is incredible for a Ten Year Old and "Hey Diddle Diddle" is nostalgic with a nice little twist in the juice, but I really love "Humpty Frumpty" because the end made my tummy role when I laughed. "So nyah, nyah, nyah! SPLAT!" Oh good lord, that's great!

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. I'll be sure he sees your review!

[MomzillaNC]

The line that always stuck in my mind is "Feasts with corn!" LOL

[realmwriter]

It is indeed a good line. It seems to pull the whole thing together like a well rounded composition.

[MomzillaNC]

Feasting with corn? I just thought it was funny!

[realmwriter]

It is funny. But perhaps to me for different reasons than you think it funny. Remember I'm sprained.

[MomzillaNC]

I'm imagining stalks of corn pulling up a seat next to humans trying very hard to act normal about it.

[realmwriter]

That is indeed funny. I wasn't thinking that at all. More the other side, I was thinking of humans trying to exist among living stalks of corn. But then my mind also went to Children of the Corn and being eaten by the stalks. Yeah, that's sprained again. I'm sorry. Don't let your son read this part.

[MomzillaNC]

LMBO! Who's been tap-dancing in your brain!

[realmwriter]

Why you silly!

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you, Mr. Realmwriter. -- MomzillaNC's son

[realmwriter]

You are very Welcome MomzillaNC's son. I trust that your mom isn't really as bad as GODZILLA though?

[MomzillaNC]

I don't get away with nothing! -- MomzillaNC's son

[realmwriter]

Well that's a good thing actually, even if you don't see it that way. You will in time though.

[MomzillaNC]

I'm sure he'll see that. But his response here was an expression of derision. Naturally.

[realmwriter]

Oh I knew it was that. That's why I said what I did.

[MomzillaNC]

. :D

[Dannyisawriter]

Humpty frumpty made me laugh! And I don't mean like just "lol" laugh but actually outright laughed :)

[MomzillaNC]

IKR?! He deliberately mangles songs all the time like that, usually to hilarious purpose!

[Marie]

THese are very clever poems. I really like "Humpty Frumpty." It tells a short but powerful story.

[MomzillaNC]

He's got a great, goofy sense of humor!

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. I never thought of it as powerful. I was just playing with it. --MomzillaNC's son

[A. Amos]

This is no joke, the kid is blessed with the world most beautiful gift and we support his work as much as we can!

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you very much. I'll be sure he sees your review.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. --MomzillaNC's son

[A. Amos]

You're most welcome my friend!

[MusicManiac]

These are so precious! I don't think I wrote this well when I was ten! Well penned, MomzillaNC's son :) I hope you continue to write!

I definitely see the correlation between "Dreams" and "Mother's Lament"--in fact, I thought of "Mother's Lament" before reading your Author's Note. But ah, to think of dreams as a time machine rather than an escape from reality is the beauty of innocence~~~

[MomzillaNC]

He wrote "Dreams" at ten. The other two he made up before his fourth birthday by playing with the nursery rhymes I sang to him all the time.

And, he did write "Dreams" as a kind of response to "Mother's Lament." He's my Goober!

[The Black Warrior]

Aww, that is so cute....so special! I loved them all but specially dreams! my favorite! ;)

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. I'll be sure he sees your review.

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. --MomzillaNC's son

[The Black Warrior]

Aww ;) you are very welcome!

[Pryde Foltz]

Humpty Frumpty
Humpty Frumpty sat on a log
Humpty Frumpty was a fat frog
All the king's horses
and all the kings men
Couldn't catch Frumpty
So nyah, nyah, nyah!
SPLAT!

Haha … love what you do on the page:)

[MomzillaNC]

My son made that up. I used to sing all the nursery rhymes to him and he use to mangle the lyrics. That one and "Hey Diddle Diddle" were so cute they became our standards.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. --MomzillaNC's son

[MsJewel]

This is so precious. Your son is quite talented!

:) Julie

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks. I'll make sure he sees this.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. --MomzillaNC's son

[Matching Socks]

Awesome! Love this so much!!!

[MomzillaNC]

Thanks, Ana. I'll tell him.

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you, Ms Ana Sophia. --MomzillaNC's son

[Matching Socks]

Please do!

[Matching Socks]

You are very welcome. :)

[Dilan Gunawardana]

Wow, he's so talented, Momzilla. I never thought of dreams as our own personal time machines, it's quite brilliant. He has a bright future :)

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you. That's a really big compliment. -- MomzillaNC's son

[MomzillaNC]

Thank you for such fulsome praise for my son. :D