Father's Day Poem

Father's Day happened a week ago and I called my dad that day and we talked, but I was at my place because of classes.  Well, I am visiting my parents for a few days and my dad, while looking for something else, happened upon a Father's Day Poem I had written for him, ca. 1997.  It was not just a poem but a whole collage, with the poem on it.  I thought I would share it with y'all because it clearly shows my artistic ability when I younger.  So, without further ado....

 

I'm going to explain everything because some of it is hard to see with this picture.  In the top right corner is my attempt at Mickey Mouse wearing Mickey Ears.  The images are a golfer, a cherry cake, ham, wine on a table, tulips, fireworks, poker cards, etc.  The green thing on top of my amazingly drawn pizza is a pepper.  The hammer looking thing is my beautifully mastered golf club and the words on the left side say "building & fixing", "Favorite Colors, Blue, Red, Purple, Yellow" (which is colored over in purple because yellow crayon does not show up on Yellow paper), also around the poem it say "love is in the air" and "I Love You" (but is depicted as an eyeball, with lashes, a heart and the letter "U").

I'm pretty awesome, right?  Well apparently I'm even more awesome, according to the poem I wrote.  Here is the text, as written on the paper, so you can read for yourself my mad writing skills at the age of 8.

Father's Day Poem

My father is a golfer

He lets me be his tee

He puts his ball upon my 

nose, And hits it right off 

me.  He says that I can 

share the joy of every ball 

he hits.  Oh, ain't it grand 

to have a dad Who spends 

time with his kid!

Like I said, mad skills.  Also, apparently I let my dad use my nose as a tee.  I can tell you right now my father never would have allowed that and I have no recollection of that ever occurring, so why I wrote a poem about it is beyond me.  But I was 8, so who knows what was going through my mind at the time.  We did play golf together, but never in that fashion.

I hope everyone had a wonderful Father's Day and many more with their Dad!