Poem ----- Well I Did!

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  1. Tony Page

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    Did you ever catch a tadpole with your hands
    Did you ever listen to the old swing bands
    Well I did!
    Did you ever study the night sky
    Did you ever watch a dragonfly
    Well I did!
    Did you ever wrestle your dog on the floor
    Did you ever eat your dinner fast to get out the door
    Well I did!
    Did you ever plant a tree too close to a fence
    Did you ever read a book that made no sense
    Well I did!
    Did you ever collect fresh eggs from your own chickens
    Did you ever come home from work and search for pickens
    Well I did!
    Did you ever catch a mouse and make it a pet
    Did you ever go to a track and place a bet
    Well I did!
    Did you dance with a girl who made you tongue tied
    Did you ever grieve a dog that died
    Well I did!
    Did you ever eat a banana split
    Did you ever swallow and olive pit
    Well I did!
    Did you ever hug your mom for no reason
    Did you ever eat ripe peaches when in season
    Well I did!
    Did you ever come out of a movie theater in tears
    Did you ever try to contain your fears
    Well I did!
    Did you ever think how many things we say and do
    Did you ever think how many things we go through
    Well I did and still do!

    Tony P
    12/16/23


    PS I tried to make the W in the title a Capitol letter didn't work.
     
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  2. Mary Stetler

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    Good one! And, yes. (except the dancing with a girl part;)
     
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  3. Nancy Hart

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    Very nice, Tony. Now you need to put it to music.
     
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    Love it, Tony!! And to get the capital to work, you'd need a space between the dashes and the W so it can recognize a new word.
     
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    Did you ever see a dream walking? :D:D
     
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    Beth,
    Just reminded me that catch praise Was already used in the song.
    I woke up around 5am with this Thought in my head. I called them "pop ups".
    Maybe in the future I'll ask my daughters to put one of my poems to music, They both study music in college.
     
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    Beth,
    Thanks for the info it's great to learn something new every day Now if I can only remember it.:)
     
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    Yours has a much different rhyme pattern than that song.
     
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    Very well done and thought provoking, Tony! Thanks!
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    Now I'll have that stuck in my head.
     
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    I fixed your W. Thread titles automatically capitalize every word. It defines a word as "Something preceded by a space."
    -Typing "OA" will display as "Oa".
    -Typing "O.A." will display as "O.a."
    -Typing "O A" or "O. A." will display as "O A" and "O. A.", respectively.

    So I did as @Beth Gallagher suggested (actually, I did it when I saw your note about the lower case "w" and then read her post later.) Great minds, huh?

    edit to add: Well, I did most of those.
     
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    have you ever seen a dream walking.jpg

    23 Skidoo, baby!
     
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    That actually makes total sense to me at the moment.
    Whodda thunk?
     
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