Breakfast, Naptime, Playtime, Bath: A Poem
Many people often ask creative writers where we get our ideas. This poem was inspired by a variety of posts I read here at Babies Online, especially those that discussed bedtime routines and setting a schedule.
Then, my niece had an assignment in her college writing class to write a particular form of poem, a villanelle. I thought it would be fun to try!
In this form, the first and last line of the first stanza repeat. I gave it a twist, changing the second refrain in order to represent the rapidly passing time with a baby! Enjoy!
- Breakfast, naptime, playtime, bath
Then off to bed with a lullaby
These newborn days go by so fast.
Our day is planned, a common path
Treasure each moment in my mind
Breakfast, naptime, playtime, bath
I try to make each second last
As gurgles and goos turn into “bye-bye”
These infant days go by so fast.
Others warned it would pass in a flash
And daily routines make the minutes fly…
Breakfast, naptime, playtime, bath
Then bedtime stories and your cute little laugh
Someday I’ll miss the cuddles and cries
These toddler days go by so fast
Then one day, no lullabies,
No more stories, nor cuddles and cries…
No breakfast, naptime, playtime, bath–
Childhood goes by so fast.
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