Our Little Brother

Hi everyone,

This isn’t my August Word of the Month poem. I’ll write one soon. But for now I’ll show you a “name” poem I did for a book called A THOUSAND COUSINS, published by Boyds Mills Press in 1996. Thank you for clicking over my way today. I appreciate it.

Out Little Brother

Our little brother’s name is Paul
Bartholomew Frockmorton
William Jennings Lincoln
Alexander Jackson Horton
Richard Lyndon Timothy
Leonardo Jeffrey Sid
Edward Perry Johnson,
But we just call him kid,
“Cause by the time you holler, “Paul
Bartholomew Frockmorton
William Jennings Lincoln
Alexander Jackson Horton
Richard Lyndon Timothy
Leonardo Jeffrey Sid
Edward Perry, OPEN THE DOOR!”
You’re sorry that you did.

The delicious artwork is by Betsy Lewin. Isn’t it wonderful?