There was a little spruce tree,
Growing in a tiny pot.
He was the smallest specimen,
Outside a busy grocer's shop.
All the other Christmas trees,
Were tall and rather haughty.
They were so rude and hurtful,
Which really was quite naughty.
They sneered at him and shouted,
"Hey titch! you'll never sell,
Your needles are all droopy
And you've snapped a branch as well."
As the customers came and went,
Buying all the big strong trees.
The little tree felt lonely,
"Won't someone buy me please?"
A week or so went by
And soon came Christmas Eve.
A little boy walked in the shop
And said "Hello, I'm Steve"
"I'd like to buy a Christmas tree,
But I've only got a pound"
"How about this little one?"
The grocer said "I'll bring it round"
He placed the little Christmas tree,
In the corner of the room.
Steve watered it and nurtured it
And the tree began to bloom.
The needles looked so fresh and firm,
With pretty fairy lights, adorning.
Steve thought the tree was bigger,
When he woke up Christmas morning.
The little spruce was really grateful,
That he'd found a lovely home.
He stands in Steven's garden now,
Oh, how that tree has grown!
A contest entry
- Write A Children's Poem by Poetess12.
900 points, ended December 18, 2007, 17 entries
Honorable mention
• next poem in this contest, remove from contest
Please tell me what you think
Comments
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Love it!
I loved your poem and I bet my grandson khailer will too! Thank you for sharing this delightful poem!
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This is wonderful. This shows what love and caring
in any of our lives can do. Attention, thats what all
living beings need. great job. -
very good
"...And said "Hello, I'm Steve..........."
i like the way you perso alize it with a name
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this was like a "rudolph, the red nose reindeer" for christmas trees
so wonderful a real "christmas gift" of poetry
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Hey, Charlie Brown's tree finally grew up. Always wanted to know what happened to that poor tree..lol. This was cute and perfect for a childrens poems. Congrats on the HM trophy, well done.
Jen
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just a quick note to tell you that I enjoyed your beautiful tree story very much and I will share it with my grand son! He is 4! :
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this is really cute! I loved reading it! haha. nice work! Congrats on the honorable mention! keep up your amazing work!!!
Crimson -
i like christmas trees i have loads
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Such a cute tale you have told in these rhyming lines - liked the flow and the rhythm as well. A lovely poem for kids to read and bigger kids too! NIce HM.
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Congrats on the honorable mention trophy. This was very sweet. It made me wonder, why are there no claymation holiday specials about a Christmas tree??? I mean isn't that one of the BIGGEST things about Christmas? Well... anyway, I really enjoyed your write. Well done.
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Very pretty, very sweet and very you!
Lovely poem.
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Awesome!
I really enjoyed this poem!It has great ryhmn and flows very well!The message is true-what is larger is not always better.I had a Charlie Brown tree one year. I had just moved and had no ornaments.I made a garland of dancing victorian girls, angels to hang, homemade dough ornaments, cranbery and popcorn garlands.It was the most beautiful tree I'd ever seen!It was so much fun to make those ornaments with my daughter.She was in third grade.
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oh! that's a really sweet poem! i like your story. the rhymes flow very nicely! i like your ending,
Oh, how that tree has grown!
it's makes you kind of sad at first your poem, and then your happy ending !
(it's almost like the ugly duckling!)
beautiful write!
it's a wonderful children's poem!
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This is really nice! I felt as if I were in the story, sharing the expiriences with the cute little tree! This I think I will show this to my little bro-
Vivien
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This is a cute poem. i like it. I will read it to my 8 year old later. Thanks for your entry in my contest.
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I like it
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Awwwwwwwwwwww, cute little story.
All the best in the contest
Sue
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