David Bradford Jr : 55 books

    Little Bugs is a sing-songy poem about where we can find little bugs and what they always seem to be doing. There is a wistful, incantation-like, aspect of wanting to be a little bug, to live your life as they. It's is best read at a little bit of a fast pace.     There...

    Caterpillar Kid is a short poem inquiring into the change a caterpillar goes through, from caterpillar kid to butterfly. It wonders what, if anything, the caterpillar remembers or has at its mental disposal to assist in its transformation.     There are four stanzas....

Dream Day is a playful exploration of the dreams of a monkey and a rooster which get crossed. This poem is 10 stanzas of 14 syllables per line, rhyming A A B B in each stanza. The story is told in paired stanzas, making 5 chapters (1 stanza to each page), and, each 14 syllable line has been split at its mid-point for easier reading.

Cheese Me is a poem that I wrote which for the love of cheese, ostensibly, but really so I could have a couple of lines with "made up" beast names. There are nine stanzas of six lines each. The all lines are as close to 11 syllables each (at my whim), with a "last word rhyme...

    The Pair is a loving poem about two birds, a canary and a seagull, who are sharing a happy life, and inspire the reader to do so too.     There are three stanzas of six lines each. The rhyme is AABBCC per stanza.     The structure of three stanzas...

    I Eat Leaves is a poem which has three animals telling a caterpillar what it should eat based on what they eat, and then they rush away. The caterpillar responds even though they don't wait to hear!     There are thirteen stanzas of four lines each, grouped into...

   Magical Syllogism is a poem that I wrote which is a combination of words that may or may not make sense together. It is up to the reader to determine if the poem makes any sense, and, there is no punctuation. There is alliteration and also distraction, where words sound like they would...

    Cricket Philosopher is a poem which takes the point of view that what you have is what you need, and if you don't want what you don't have (and also don't want what it is supposed by others you need) then you'll find happiness... in the forest of your life. I've always imagined a cricket,...

    Masks is a poem about the masks we wear and what it means to take one off, in your own eyes as well as those eyes around you.     There are four stanzas of eight lines each. Every other line rhymes (the even numbered lines which have 6 syllables), the odd numbered lines...

Ophelia is a thirty-line poem about a person searching for his beloved, and finding her too late. The final imagery is that of her drowned, so this poem may not be suitable for a young audience.     There are six stanzas. Each stanza, has five lines. This poem does contain a systematic...

The Strawberry Handmaiden is a single poem using rich imagery that brings the reader into a fantasy world of royalty and serfs. We meet a young prince who has made a decree that strawberry seeds are not allowed on his strawberries; however, upon meeting a handmaiden, his decree is forgotten (and the...

   Fate Forgot is a poem that I wrote which looks into the lives of two people who "should have" been in love, should have gotten married, should have lived happily ever after, but, fate somehow dropped the ball.    There are twelve stanzas of four lines each. The odd line...

Jellyfish Starfish is a playful adult exploration of how a jellyfish and a starfish might like to make love. There are five stanzas of five lines each. The first two stanzas and the next two stanzas share the same rhyme.