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Cardboard Toy

A cardboard box is
a wondrous toy.
To a child it brings
mysteries and joy.

A house, a home
with dishes to be done,
With beds, and such things.
Will be loads of fun.

A spaceship bold,
with aliens to shoot.
Flying planet to planet,
there's no substitute.

A race car speeding
with stripes down the side.
Running each race
and winning each time.

The imagination of a child
is a wonder to behold,
with little to be had,
more wonderful than gold.

Author notes

I hope this is funny enough or maybe just weird enough.
Written March 11th, 2006

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  • Snowing Kisses gold member
    January 30
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    I LOVE THIS ITS AWESOME, IT IS JUST MARVELLOUS


  • meic
    March 15, 2006
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    It's so delightful that you can spend a fortune on a child's gift only to have the gift ignored and the wrapping provide hours of amusement and creativity. You make a great point here - and you wrap it up very nicely in your words.


  • Amythest Moonjade
    March 12, 2006
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    Merry meet,
    Thanx baby girl. They will come to you eventually if you let them, till then, write away. Love Mom


  • Amythest Moonjade
    March 12, 2006
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    Merry meet,

    Thank you, I'm glas you ejoyed the poem, That's really all any poet/author can hope for.

  • Amythest Moonjade
    March 12, 2006
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    Merry Meet,

    I"m glad you enjoyed this. I was actually think of my daughter when she was really young. She always prefered the big boxes as to the actual toy.


  • Tamaska Forsaken
    March 11, 2006
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    *shakes her head with shame*

    again, mum, u disgust me, im not mentally capable of writing happy poems at the moment, so..... nice job, tho!


  • Viyanna Rosemarie silver member
    March 11, 2006
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    The imagination of a child
    is a wonder to behold,
    with little to be had,
    more wonderful than gold.

    this is so very wonderful. you have captured the life of a cardboard box very well indeed. viyanna r langager


  • sahdana silver member
    March 11, 2006
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    Adorable

    What an adorable poem!It's cute, it's funny, it touches the heart and also the spirit! As a grandma who simply ADORES her grand, I'm reminded daily of the simple wisdom and gentle freedom of appreciation that children have-we can learn much from them-thanx for writing about a child's simple joy-perhaps it will help others to remember and rediscover their true beingness...peace Good luck in the contest!

  • Poetryintheblood gold member
    March 11, 2006
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    This is so true A Child always prefers the box to what's inside Lol Josephine.

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