Poodlums, Boogeymen and Booglers
A Poetry Collection
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"Poodlums, Boogeymen and Booglers," was inspired by a little boy with a very big imagination. It is amazing what a small child will say when they get scared. Of course it is usually a precocious sibling that is the cause of their fear. It seems to be the job of an older brother or sister to intimidate the younger sibling. Sometimes it is just the wild imagination of a child that causes them to see things that aren’t there. Whatever the case may be, children have a vocabulary that is uniquely their own.
In this book there are poems inspired by family, age related problems, entertaining story poems and some about life in general. There is definitely something for everybody. I’m sure you will find one or two that will touch your life or remind you of somebody you know.
My Mother, C. L. Blankenship, coauthored this book with me. She has many inspiring poems about people or things that have touched her life. It was a joy and a pleasure to work on this, my second book, with her. She is an exceptional writer. She looks at life through the eyes of our older generation. She reminds us of how things used to be and hopes that we won’t let our old traditions die.
The following is an excerpt from the poem The Poodlums. It was written by C.L. Blankenship.
A "poodlum!" A "poodlum!" He thought he saw
In the basement of a tri-story house.
He was shaking so bad he could barely talk,
Could this "poodlum" have been a small mouse?
Convinced that a mouse was not what he saw
To him, "Poodlums" really were there.
In all of the basements, in all of the homes
Just to give a small boy a scare.
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About the Book
Inside "Poodlums, Boogeymen and Booglers," A big sister convinces her little brother that a boogeyman lives under the bed. She also tells him that there are monsters living in the closet.
He knows for sure that the "Booglers" will come in the house if the doors are not locked at night. At another time, he sees "Poodlums" in the empty house down the street and runs home to tell his mother. She never did figure out what a "Poodlum" was. This little boy’s inquisitive nature later gets him in trouble with an electric fence and his determination, to do what he’s told, causes him to get dragged across an open field by a hunting dog. Within the pages of this book are many family-inspired poems. Every family has stories to tell. Some can be very humorous, while others, will break your heart.
Sometimes we just need to laugh at ourselves. Some of the problems we encounter becoming a senior citizen we can’t change, so we might as well make the best of it. People tend to be very forgiving of us seniors. They don’t realize we do some of what we do because we know we can get away with it. Our wonderful second childhood! "Huh" and "Poor Thing," proves there is humor in getting old.
Has there ever been something you wanted while you were little and didn’t find it under your tree at Christmas? Was there ever something you wanted to accomplish and just couldn’t get it done? "The Doll" or "Ice Dancer"might be the poems that you will identify with. You’re sure to find something that will touch your soul, lighten your heart, or cause the hair to raise on the back of your neck.
About the Author
S.L. Chessor lives in small town Indiana with her husband and their Border Collie, Sassy. Her husband and her have a great sense of humor which gives S.L. plenty of writing material.
C.L. Blankenship lives four blocks away from her daughter with her little Dachshund, Roxy.