Edgar Allen Poe-Win?

My 7 year old girl is at it again... Her imagination is enough to give one pause. Here's what she handed me yesterday with a proud smile of accomplishment and a "Mom, I wrote a poem, see."

Haunted
A poem by Vicbowin

I have no friends
Because my mom was killed by a gangster
My dad ran away for a trip
But never returned
My friends were haunted
My dog got buried
My hamster died
The only friend I have is my parrot.

What am I going to do with her?

Comments

IB said…
Put her on TV!
June 8, 2009 at 8:54 AM
Cari Hislop said…
I love it! Tell her to keep writing...she's bound to win the Edgar Allan Poe Award in ten years!
all we need to know now is what happens to the parrot? And who killed the hamster?

You could also publish it as a child's picture book where the reader draws the pictures...why hasn't any publisher thought of that yet? You could make her pay for her own shoes at eight!
June 8, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Sara said…
I like the poem. I haven't read amu poems from Megan yet. She is ahead of her age!
June 8, 2009 at 11:13 AM
Claire said…
Does she watch the news? lol Wow, that is quite the imagination! There was this kid I used to babysit who had an imaginary parrot with a foul mouth. He was six at the time. Kids are a trip :)
June 8, 2009 at 12:49 PM
Jennifer said…
ROTFLOL

That's even funnier the second time! She is destined to be a writer, I fear. :)
June 8, 2009 at 4:02 PM
Anonymous said…
Sean Gilmore thinks ur daughter should learn about Hi coo's or however you spell it. When I was a small young toddler, I wrote one about Christmas and we hang it on the tree every year.

"It is Christmas Time
Rudolph has a big red nose
I love Christmas time"
June 8, 2009 at 6:25 PM
Cannwin said…
I do need to encourage her writing, but she shocks me so much with it that I don't know if I can handle more.

Gangsters? that just kills me, I don't even know where she came up with that word... we don't have any TV channels so it's got to be from school.

She's a real riot.
June 16, 2009 at 10:28 AM
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