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Home Sweet Gnome

by Ged Thompson

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Home Sweet Gnome
 
When the lights go out and no ones about 
In the gardens of our homes
 
There comes the cheery, happy, shout
Of  our friends the garden gnomes
 
They know its spring and work they must
They have a lot to do
 
The secret work that goes unnoticed
By the likes of me and you
 
There’s a hive o...

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Saturday 1st June 2013 12:05 am

middle earth. spells   gardening   magic   childrens. gnomes

My Dragon

by Ged Thompson

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My Dragon
 
A dragon lives beneath my bed, it hides there through the day
It waits until I’m all alone and all the adults gone away
 
Then at the bottom of the bed, I see its tail, uncoiling round and round
Then some golden wings, a slender neck, as if its coming out the ground
 
Its eyes are red and its breathing smoke and its teeth are sharp and shiny
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Wednesday 30th January 2013 2:07 pm

children's poetry   dragons   magic

Four Leaf Clover

by Ged Thompson

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Four Leaf Clover
 
I saw two leprechauns last night
Doing a dance around our garden light
 
So I snook out the front, and down our back alley
with my hood pulled up just like a scally
 
Scaled next doors fence, then over ours
with a fishing net and two jam jars
 
Then I crept up…..I caught the two
They didn’t know just what to do
 
B...

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Sunday 13th January 2013 2:04 am

children's poetry   sad   magic   Leprechaun   middle earth   elves   fairies

I believe in fairies

by Ged Thompson

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I believe in fairies
 
I believe in fairies!…… don’t tell me that you don’t?
You don’t believe in fairies?…… Is it that you don’t?…. Or wont?
 
Yes I believe in goblins, trolls and fairies
And pink and yellow polkerdot canaries
 
I believe in wizards and dragons and magic
And fairytales both joyful and…….. tragic
 
I can conjure them in my own mind
See them...

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Monday 24th December 2012 12:32 am

bed time poem for children   believe   children's poetry   fairies   innocence   magic   wonder

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