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11. The CN Tower
Stand Up Straight
Okay, Mom.
I get it now.
All those
"Stand
up
straight!"s
were your way
of saying,
"Be proud!"
"Be confident!"
"Be yourself!"
I wish
I had listened.
I'd like to
go back
and tell my
teen self
those very same
things.
And now,
as I watch
you bend
and shrink
with age,
my own
"Stand up straight!"s
take on
new urgency,
as does
my own reminder to
"Listen to your mother"
so I can soak up
every story.
every bit of wisdom
before it's too late.
©Mary Lee Hahn, 2014
What a week. More than once, I've grumbled, "Who thought up this crazy Wonders of the World poem-a-day challenge?"
Oh, yeah. I did.
One of the things I've done to keep myself sane (and keep the poems coming) is to not write exactly about the wonder itself.
Today Carol shares an arun about the Channel Tunnel from yesterday's wonder.
Kevin added humor to his poem for the CN Tower by making a webcomic.
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