Tag: toys

KIDSBOOKS | THE WONKY TOY BLOCK

On By Mahvash K. M.In bookworm, childrensbooks, kidlit, Kidsbooks, poetry, verse, writing2 Comments 
There was once a toy block 
The kind that’s in a set 
Of twenty blocks all sharp and square 
Some blue and others red 

Bendy Block stood starkly out 
Because she was quite grey 
She also had one dented edge
That made her lean sideways

While the other blocks climbed up 
To build a tunnel or a house 
Bendy would lean back and watch 
As timid as a mouse 

She’d straighten to ninety degrees 
From the surface where she sat 
But within a minute or two 
She’d slowly lean right back

One day the building blocks all heard 
A loud crash from within 
The family photo had fallen down
With a mighty gust of wind 

The glass was whole but the stand 
Had broken into two
The lady tried to mend the break 
With a tube of super glue 

But that didn’t work so she looked 
Around for inspiration 
She spied the bendy little block 
And used it for elevation 

The photo with its smiling faces
Stands again up on the dresser
Bendy is the happy prop 
As the frame now leans back on her.

KIDSBOOKS | GOLDEN REPAIR

On By Mahvash K. M.In bookworm, kidlit, Kidsbooks, poetry, verse, writing2 Comments

Golden Repair or Kintsugi is the Japanese art of repairing broken pottery by mending the areas of breakage with lacquer dusted or mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum.

There was once a china mug
He was some twelve years old 
He’d done a very good job 
Holding drinks both hot and cold 

Over the years the china mug
Had seen his share of strain 
His rim was chipped in two places 
He had permanent tea stains 

But he was quite a trooper 
He never lost his smile 
Even when the bright new mugs 
Would tease him all the while

One day the lady of the house
Was wiping down the sink 
Her hand hit the china mug
And down he went crashing

He lay in five odd pieces 
Across the kitchen floor 
The lady picked them all up 
And put them in a drawer 

Ten days later the other mugs 
Saw a creature most divine! 
A pretty china mug laced 
With lovely golden lines

It’s me the old china mug!
He said smiling at their stares 
I’ve just been mended gently 
With love and Golden Repair

And so it is with old things
Friendships, mugs and toys 
With love and care, gentle repair 
They bring constant joy