I always wrote poetry for my children and now I’m doing the same for my grandchildren. This is a favourite. I’m not sure how this fits in here, but I like it – so you get it…
THE MANY SAYINGS OF MILLIE’S MUM.
Millie, are you getting dressed?
Please don’t make a dreadful mess.
I cleaned your room out yesterday
And tidied all your toys away.
Millie, have you made your bed?
Please just say, don’t shake your head.
Run a hairbrush through your hair
And Millie, please don’t put that there.
Millie, have you cleaned your teeth?
Please remember those beneath
The gaps where other teeth have gone…..
And put the toothpaste lid back on.
Millie, will you wear your hat?
Please don’t look at me like that.
Don’t get jam all down your clothes
And Millie – please don’t pick your nose.
Millie, must you play the fool?
Please don’t make us late for school.
I’m sure you haven’t lost your book…..
It’s on the floor. Why don’t you look?
Millie, must you always be
The last to leave at half past three?
I’m sure your teacher didn’t seek
To see the bruise you got last week.
Millie, is it only you
Who has to look the way you do?
Your socks are down; your blouse askance;
Your dress is tucked up in your pants.
Millie, will you eat your tea?
Please don’t pull that face at me.
If the wind should start to blow
It will stay like that, you know.
Millie, have you had a bath?
Please don’t make your sister laugh,
She’s eating beans – oh, look at that;
She’s coughed them all up on the cat.
Millie, are you in your bed
Or are you in the loo instead?
It’s very strange why this should be
The time you always need a wee.
Millie, will you go to sleep?
Please don’t make a single peep
And don’t get up at crack of dawn.
I need my sleep, I’m feeling drawn.
Millie, are you sleeping yet?
I didn’t mean to wake you, pet.
When you’re asleep, I feel ignored.
So come and talk to me….. I’m bored.
© C McQueen 2019
Getting On 
Read it to my daughter, we both loved it!
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This is fantastic!! You are so talented!
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Blimey. Thank you. I love writing this kind of thing but I wasn’t at all sure how it would be received. So pleased you like it. 😊
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I hope you are still writing when my bub is here – I would love to read them your writing! Have you considered a book on poetry by any chance! You’re very talented 🙂
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I have lots of such rhymes, but I always feel they need an illustrator. I have a good book full written for the kids and now the grandkids. They all love them, but you do, don’t you, when they’re written by dad/grandad
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I love this. I have three little ones and it really hits home. Sometimes I wish they were little robots and did everything I said. I know it’s not realistic and I’d miss their spunk.
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Subversive from birth, as it should be 😊
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