The Meet the Editors event I attended this week proved to be very informative. I'm hoping the contacts it gave me will lead to a publishing break of some sort. In the mean time, I will continue to do what I love and write for kids. Here's my latest story. My boys got a kick out of it - hope you will too.
The Day I Laughed Until I Almost Died
Even more peculiar than ketchup pie
Was the day I laughed until I almost died
It started with a slight and innocent grin
In that space in my face just above my chin
Then something in my throat that felt like a tickle
Rose up and came out in the sound of a giggle
Yes, a serious case of the giggles I got
So severe that I giggled a lot and a lot
I tried to stop them, but they kept coming faster
When suddenly I exploded into full blown laughter!
I laughed so hard my face contorted
I laughed so hard I even snorted
I laughed so hard I had to dance
Yet still it happened - I watered my pants!
That struck me so funny that I laughed even more
Fell over and rolled around on the floor
I laughed till the tears rolled down my cheeks
My sides and belly ached, I could barely breathe
I laughed my head off - right off my body!
But stuck it back on with silly putty
Then continued on in my merry mood
My HA-HA-HA-ing would not be subdued
Maybe, I thought, something I ate
Had caused my precarious hilarious state
Had the Laffy Taffy or Snickers bar
Made my humor go bizzare?
Could the Jolly Ranchers and Cheerios
Have triggered a laughter overdose?
Whatever the cause, the effects left me giddy
And feeling dizzy and a bit nit-witty
I knew my situation was dire
If it kept up this way I would surely expire
Then a funny thing happened I cannot explain
Out of the ground it started to rain
As the rain came up, my laughter died down
A last snicker escaped with no more clowning around
The raining lasted just eleven minutes
And with the last drop, my comedy finished
That day I laughed until I almost died
I’m lucky I survived
I’m lucky to be alive!
For had it not been for odd precipitation
I’d certainly be in a grave situation.
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Copyright (c) 2010 by Tammy Pringle. All rights reserved. Poems may not be used or reused without permission.
About Me
- Tammy Pringle
- I graduated college with an English degree, and although I have been writing and editing for 20 years, I did not start writing for children until I had my own. I guess I needed to feel qualified, and I think that being Mom to five creative and lively boys has filled that requirement! Soon after my oldest son was born, I started making up silly rhymes to sing and say to him. When he became a toddler, I composed a rhyming prayer for him to memorize and recite at meal times. I continued having children and making up rhymes for them until the combination quite naturally turned into a passion for children's writing. I enjoy working with the English language and coming up with fun and absurd ideas. I grew up reading Dr. Suess. His works, because of their rhyme and the style in which he wrote them, have stayed with me into my adult years. Most of us can remember the rhymes we learned as children. My hope is that my poems will be widely read, enjoyed, and remembered by those children (and adults!) who read them.