Creative Souls Story Time #25

Creative Souls Story Time #23 - Old Houses

This is the poem given for our inspiration:

Old Houses by: Jennie Romano

I like old houses, with steps that sag, and worn picket fences running zig-zag.
Like little children playing tag, happy old houses, with thresholds worn thin,
By young ones and old ones who walked out and in.
I like old houses, that squat in the rain, that have welcomed the years
and sheltered the pain, of knowing they wait for a loved one in vain.
Crazy old houses that bask in the sun, browned like a crusty, flaky bun.
I like old houses that patiently wait, for a new friend's hand on the creaky gate-
Knowing that love is never too late.  Houses sagacious-like prophets of old;
Knowing so many things they never have told.

Creative Souls Story Time #18

This quote is from page 181 of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children:

"Ladieeees and gentlemen!" he crowed.  "It gives me the utmost pleasure to present to you a performance like no other in history!  A show of such unrivaled daring of such accomplished magicianship, that you simply won't believe your eyes!  Good citizens, I give you Miss Peregrine and her Peculiar Children!"

The above quote was suppose to be our inspiration.  The digital picture I created doesn't represent the quote above so much as represent what kind of crazy children they must have been. I've never read the book, but it sounds like they were pretty outrageous! Evidently Miss Peregrine's peculiar children were/are quite a handful to take care of. Every time she turns her back, they run off to go skinny dipping.

(I hope I can't be held personally responsible for the craziness my brain comes up with. Maybe I'm one of those peculiar children! I do remember someone whispering behind my back that many years ago my mother dropped me on my head.)

Creative Souls Story Time #17

The poem is "Four Glimpses of Night" by Frank Marshall Davis.

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