A poem by Ken Nesbitt
Xbox Xbox,
you're the one for me,
I also love my 3DS
and my Nintendo Wii.
Gamecube, Gameboy,
Apple iPod Touch.
I never thought that I would ever
be in love this much.
Pac-man, Sonic,
Mario and Link.
Your names are etched inside my mind
In everlasting ink.
Run, jump, flip, hang,
double-jump and climb.
That's all I want to do
with every second of my time.
This is true love
Yes it's plain to see
X box X box
will you marry me?
Ken Nesbitt is an American children's poet. he was named Children's Poet laureate in 2013 by The Poetry Foundation. His writings often include imagery of outrageous happenings, before ending on a realistic note. he's a wonderful writer, so I urge you to Google him and read some of his stuff, well worth a read !
My sincere thanks to our eXuberant Denise for devising ABCW and also to Roger for his eXactitude in administrating ABCW
Without these two eXceptional people and the band of eXcellent helpers. ABCW would not be here so to quote Roger "Thank you for all you do".
Pac-man, Sonic,
This is true love
Thanks for this fun post. And for your comment. The boat on the photo was painted on the glass wall, so I don't know where the boat was heading.
ReplyDeleteHave a great week, Di!
Wil, ABCW Team.
I'm not familiar with Nesbit, but his children's poetry has the same whimsical and appealing quality of Shel Silverstein's poetry. Thanks for sharing. Have a happy ABC Wednesday! #16
ReplyDeletea true indication of our youth's obsession with X Box and other such devices- can't say that share it.
ReplyDeleteA wonderfully jaunty poem and the perfect X.
ReplyDeleteFantastic post for the letter X.
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what a cute poem! Not related to Denise, eh?
ReplyDeleteROG, ABCW
Nice modern up-to-date take on the letter X.
ReplyDeletethe only thing i do know about these things is that they are very expensive ;-)
ReplyDeleteA cute little poem for the meme. :)
ReplyDeleteHappy ABCW!
X Box is a great word for the round!!! My grands would approve.
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Reader Wil:
ReplyDeleteHi Wil, thanks for your kind words,most appreciated.
I can't believe that I thought the picture of the boat
on your blog was a real boat leaving the jetty....
Obviously an optical illusion!
Have a good week,
Best wishes,
Di.
ABCW team,
Arnoldo :
ReplyDeleteThanks for stopping by.
I shall look up Shel Siverstein later.
I 'm a great fan of children's poetry
and literature too!
Best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
Norma:
ReplyDeleteIt is worrying the amount of time youngsters spend
on their XBoxes, but then, adults should shoulder
the responsibility, ie for creating and marketing
the devices originally !
Sign of the times I'm afraid.
Best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
Joy:,
ReplyDeleteThank you for yor kind comments.
It is difficult sourcing a subject for X, I was wracking my brain
then in front of me sat two of my grandchildren, clicking away on
their XBoxes...
Voila!
Best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words,
it's always good to hear from
fellow ABCW bloggers,
Best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
Roger:
ReplyDeleteHa ha ! The Nesbitt's certainly get
around!
Thanks for commenting,
best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
Hildred,
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by and your comments,
BEST wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
Melody,
ReplyDeletethey cost about £300;00 each-- crazy
Thanks for stopping by and commenting,
Di,
ABCW team.
Indrani,
ReplyDeletethanks for stopping by and your
kind comments,
best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
Ann,
ReplyDeleteThanks for your comments, good to hear from
you again,
my grands too would like this poem, I shall read it to them
the next time we see them,
best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
Someone really loves his/her video games. lol I went and read about him at Wikipedia. His titles "I'm Growing a Truck in the Garden" and "The Armpit of Doom" sound very appealing. I must see if our library has any of his books.
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my nephews played the x box, my sis even made a cake for him.
ReplyDeleteHi Susie I too must look up his books in the Library, good idea xx
ReplyDeleteDi.
ABCW team.
ReplyDeleteHello Ann,
good to hear from you again, Our four grandchildren have X Boxes,
however their parents monitor the amount of time they spend on them,
also what they are looking at.
best wishes,
Di,
ABCW team.
Oh poor XBox has to now even consider marriage proposals from kids! :P Lovely poem focusing on 2de's non-butt-moving-kids addicted 2 their gadgets! :)
ReplyDeleteHi Amrita,
ReplyDeletegood to hear from you again and thanks for stopping by.
If I had my way I would hold an amnesty and ask all addicts
to hand in their x boxes!
Of course, this won't happen, but I worry how much time my
grandchildren spend on them !
best wishes,
Di.
ABCW team.
ganga cassette is very nice it has a good content and religious content. It was pleasure to read it religion cassette
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