#playfulpoetry
A DANCE OF INNOCENCE AND ADVENTURE
By Paul Baldry
ECHOES OF CHILDHOOD
Underneath the orchard tree, echoes of playful boys,
Innocence twirls, jests soar, tease the girls they will.
Within their hearts, full of naughtiness they be,
Their giggles, their delight—then we say, they’re just boys.
Beneath the moon’s glow, whispers of adventurous boys,
In their games, pranks fly, chase the girls they will.
In their souls, love—hidden behind playfulness it be,
Their chuckles and boisterous deeds—they’re just boys.
In the park around swings, giggles of playful girls,
With laughter teasing the boys, then away they skip,
Creating a world of joyous and magical memories and
Under the warm sun, majestically they prance and dance.
Beneath the moon’s glow, whispers of adventurous girls,
In their soul, love hidden playfully—away they skip,
Creating a majestic world of dreamy imagination and
Under the moonlight, the boys and girls gracefully dance.
Feb 13
Feb 13, 2026 at 5:03 AM UTC
_To rhyme or not to rhyme_—
that's a question for the next line.
In a figure of speech, a poem is a direct
comparison to how I really feel, think—
it's a metaphor to my pen’s speech.
__Listen:__
I dance with my words, make missteps
through misspellings; I never planned
to rhyme, yet rhythm finds its way
underneath my feet.
My pen — _the poetic device._
Dec 14, 2025
Dec 14, 2025 at 3:49 PM UTC
...thought i was on the moon's surface,
tumbling high, low, over its dark craters
but, no...i was floating on the earth's atmosphere,
where winds of all seasons blow without cease
where fogs and mists do exist
where clouds do form and mold
they are, in truth, in their own world...
but, it suddenly rains
can't help it... i slowly descend...
...i am transformed into an umbrella.
for, Gene Kelly soon takes me, while singing a cappella
"I'm singing in the rain," to my ear he whispers
... and a bit later, the song, he would whistle
in his free hand, i become a blooming, pale- rose-y stunner
claiming eyes of passersby, through my magical flower power...
but...all wonderful dreams come to an end
when the aroma of steaming brew permeates the air
right through my nostrils....and i suddenly choose:
cream and sugar.........for my coffee
while reading classic works...or writing sad or crazy poetry
radio plays, "My Funny Valentine"....and i feel
like a singer, who sometimes sings off key
singing of thoughts of who i wanna be
singing of dreams of who i wanna be with
singing, i wish i could dip my feet into different seas
singing, i wish...i wish, i could travel with thee
but now, i'd rather be, there.....in my cozy nook
to slowly scan through the pages of a thick book
my life...a hardbound, glossy-paged book, rimmed with brown and gold
where half of my pages still choose to be unturned, unread, and untold
while half...the rest of me, dog-eared or otherwise, have started to unfold.
Sally
Copyright September 2015
Rosalia Rosario A. Bayan
Oct 10, 2015
Oct 10, 2015 at 12:15 AM UTC