A collection of charming poems by James W. Foley, Poet Laureate of North Dakota where he was also city editor of the Bismarck Tribune. Each poem is written from the point of view of children or about children. (Summary by Larry Wilson)
AwayThe Reciprocity of SmilesA Domestic RippleThe Adams’s BoysBilly Peeble’s ChristmasThe Way He Used to DoA Boy’s Vacation TimeA Boy’s ChoiceA Discouraged KindergartnerThe Delusion of GhostsA Story of Self-SacrificeThe Lost ChildDoughnutting TimeA Modern MiracleNervoustownSong of Summer DaysWhat Mother Doesn’t KnowSo Lonesome NowA Little Love StoryOn a Noiseless FourthConscious IgnoranceThe Playtime of Bachelor BillHow Henry Blake KnowsThe Land of Blow BubblesThe Gingercake ManLonesomeThe Garden of PlayWe Ain’t Scared of PaA Pearl of PriceDear Little, Queer Little ManGirl of MineChumsThe Lost BoyLines to a Baby GirlLittle MischefussThe Travels of Mortimer BrownAdventurers ThreeWhen They Love You SoSomebody DidThe WadersThe Prisoned PupilA Prayer for Jimmy BanksA Child’s Christmas PrayerHenry Blake’s ChumOnce Upon a TimeThe Way to SchoolA Present for Little Boy BlueThe Evolution of an AdoptionSome Girls that Mamma KnewGoneThe Neighbor’s BoysA Quiet AfternoonThe Ownerless ToysThe StrangerIn Vacation TimeBereavedTwo Little MaidsA New Christmas CarolThe Reconciliation of PaA World without CareRight After SchoolA Plea for Old FriendsThe Boyville CadetsA Little Boy I KnowAsleep at the CircusThe BarriersThe Plaint of the New DollA Child’s AlmanacThe LoserBack to SchoolDisenchantmentsA Rainy NightKitchen MiraclesJim Brady’s Big BrotherThe ScapegoatA Tragedy of Center FieldIn SwimmingAn Unusual ChumAnd Just ThenAfterwardsCircus DayThe Tour of a SmileWhen Grandpa PlaysThe Parted WaysA Message HomeLullabyDisguising ToilLittle Girl with the CurlsMy Wonderful DadRemembrances, BillThe BereavementIn Childhood TimeDon’tExtinguishedThe Uncheered HeroOld Hallowe’en FriendsA Refuge in DistressThe Lost HeartVerses of a Little ChildGolden Days in SlowvilleThe Heart of a ChildThe Strenuous LifeA Song of MotherhoodYouthAfter the YearsA Verse to MemoryLest I ForgetEcho of a SongLovers’ LaneTo Children at the HearthDaddy KnowsA Toast to the Small BoyAn Adventurous DayPoem of the Foragers
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