I love this little girl. Can you see her? Look closely. You might know her.




Maggie McMolly

Maggie McMolly loves to ride the trolley
From here to there, going everywhere
She's green of eye and red of hair
Curls that spiral without a care
Freckles and speckles that adorn her face
She loves to wrestle the boys and race
Full of mischief with a pixie grin
She's nearly nine, going on ten
Dolls are not her choice of toys
She rather play with the neighborhood boys
With skinned up knees and dirt on her hands
She often plays in mud and sand
If you see her in a skirt or dress
It's because her momma made her wear her best
But in the wink of and eye and a flick of a fly
She's back to the girl in here dungaree style
All she is, and forever will be,
Is the girl who lives inside of me

Kathy Lockhart
9/1/07 





Poetry by Kathy Lockhart
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Written on 2007-09-01 at 20:29

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Phyllis J. Rhodes
Of course I mean Maggie, sorry about that.
2007-09-03


Phyllis J. Rhodes
Oh, I know this girl well. She tagged along with me, pestering me like a gnat, laughing when she riled me enough to get a response from her big sister. Somehow, no matter if she'd just had her face washed and her hair brushed by Mom, she managed to have a smudge of dirt on her cheek or nose and a tangle in her hair. This Miss Molly still makes appearances now and then and is always alive in Kathy's eyes. This is a wonderful story that brings back childhood days of my sister and her Molly ways.
2007-09-03



Delightfully charming!
2007-09-02


Rob Graber
Full of fun--
Well done!
2007-09-02


lastromantichero The PoetBay support member heart!
I recognise this little girl in you daling katherine this is so lovley the little girls is you when you were ten lolol xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxylk Michael
beautifully written button xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
2007-09-02


Zoya Zaidi
Lovely description of a tomboy dear Kathy.
I guess we havew all ben that at one stage or the other in our lives, I know I was!
((Hugs))
Love, Zoya
2007-09-02


Hagzissa
sounds a lot like me when being a kid. :)
2007-09-01


M Heathcote
A Charming poem
reminds me of one of my sisters
a lovely read, thanks Kathy X
2007-09-01