Comments on: Slam (brother) Poetry

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:25:29 +0000

Thanks so much! I think there is a good reason that “Where the Wild Things Are” resonates so powerfully with boys – because each of them has a little wild man in their souls that needs to strutt and yell and slay monsters as much as it needs to be polite. Finding the balance is the tricky part; but somedays it works out just right when they rush into the kitchen with swords and helmets at the ready and then politely asd, “you need to be rescued, mama?”

By: Mari Mayborn

Mari Mayborn — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:16:44 +0000

I love this way of seeing brother-love. I have 8 great nephews—they rough and tumble and love it…and love each other with all they have. A lot of people want to tame this right out of boys. Thanks for delighting in it and letting it dance and tumble through your words. ‘Enjoyed it very much!

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 23:47:37 +0000

Ha! Parktown prawns – the biggest, juiciest cockroaches known to man!

By: Tony York

Tony York — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 15:02:10 +0000

By the way.. I had a friend that I worked with who was from South Africa. Do you know what a Parktown Prawn is?

By: Tony York

Tony York — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:59:51 +0000

Oh.. I am sure she does. There is only 4 and half years difference from the oldest to the youngest. My guess is that her blindness kept her from having a heart attack because if she could have seen half the things we got into, there is no doubt her heart would have given out.

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:56:35 +0000

Thanks – there certainly is a wild and untamed energy about boys. Your mom must have some tall tales to tell after surviving 4!

By: Tony York

Tony York — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:50:51 +0000

Very cool. I have 3 brothers (no sisters) … I can see us in your words.

By: thegypsymama

thegypsymama — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 20:16:08 +0000

I have never owned a beret in my life.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 19:12:39 +0000

I like this one better because I can really see you reciting this, decked out in black… with a beret. *snap snap snap*