David Bradford Jr : 55 books

     The spoken word, depending on the orator, can produce wide-ranging effects and emotions in a listener. Likewise, the written word, whether a story, an autobiography, an historical account, or even a fortune cookie, can also impress upon its reader innumerable feelings. This impact,...

    Frog Day is a fun poem about a particular instance in a frog's day, as observed by 'the reader'. In this day the frog meets two characters (a crocodile and a crane) who each try to get a curse-breaking kiss from the frog (of course the subtext, never stated, is that such a kiss would...

    Kitten Chicken is a a fun filled children’s poem. It is the exploits of a chicken 'chick' (a very young chicken) who puts on a kitten mask and plays --- or is it the other way around?!! There are plenty of references in each line to the various ways we 'pull chickens' into our everyday...

    I Did It is a fun poem about creation, in this case creating a turkey on construction paper by using your handprint. I wrote this after completing degree work in college, so it is an homage to working hard on something and completing it while having fun doing so. The poem mentions (in...

    The Lizard Day is a magical tale of how caring influences the happiness of a couple. We initially meet the couple on their porch, observing a bicycle race of lizards streaming past. Through caring for an injured participant they reinforce their own bond. The poem initially does not rhyme...

Cats Love Lollipops is a fun poem examining how all cats love lollipops. It was written to be enjoyed by younger audiences and inspire them to imagine the various cats described, with lollipops. This poem is 5 stanzas which rhyme only coincidentally as the end of each line (for the most part) is either...

Nightingale is a fun poem about a bird singing, and joining along with that joyous song, making a new friend. Nightingale is written in 12 four-line stanzas. Each pair of stanzas is further divided as its own sub division. I wrote the poem with a structure of alternating lines of seven, then...

The Jaguar Princess is a single poem using rich imagery that brings the reader into a fantasy world of animals as people. It speaks to love, longing, happiness, and the necessity of going after what has been promised. We meet the Jaguar Princess in the throne room inquiring about her Prince and his...

Humberpeel is a playful exploration of how the sounds a hippopotamus window washer makes while cleaning skyscraper windows (in a very unique way). This poem has a rhyme to the "story stanzas" (though that rhyme is less evident due to the manner the lines have been divided up for each 'page')...

    Drench Me In Flowers is a poem written in response to a present I received - a shirt covered in flowers. There is a lot of repetition in this 5 stanza (8 lines per stanza) rhyming poem. The rhyme has each odd numbered line rhyme the same word while each even numbered line rhymes the...

    With Salt - A Riddle is a short fun riddle poem. It presents its subject in the many various ways we see and use it every day, without ever once 'naming' what is being discussed. Can you guess the riddle answer?       There are five stanzas, each of six lines....

The Crab Genie is a magical tale of how a crab turns into a genie and what that crab really wants out of life. We initially meet the crab on a beach searching for food and follow its metamorphosis into a genie and, later, when found by a young girl on a yacht, released.   This...

    Hoodoo Cure is a poem considering how to break a voodoo curse! There are a lot of steps, but it is certain to work... maybe!     There are sixteen lines, grouped into four stanzas of four lines each. The rhyme scheme for each stanza is the same (AAAA).  ...

Seeing Is Believing is a poem that I wrote to explore that age old question of 'who are we'; are we what we think we see, are we seen by others as we see them, does it matter if you are other than what you see yourself to be? There are three stanzas of eight lines each. The even lines have...