Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Split Color Garden Marker at Willow Root Gallery
The final word changes from try to why, then two, and finally true. A miniature marker tests near and wide choices before the full marker is used.
Rhyme
At willow roots, three friends stayed.
The split-color marker changed hands as they played.
“Near is best.” “Wide is best.”
“Tiny first—then we can try.”
Austin set two little paths.
Alice asked, “Which one, and why?”
Aralynn moved one tiny gate.
Near left room. Wide left room, too.
One small picture showed pinecone shop.
They kept it a clue and did not stop.
At clover gate, once they stood.
Three marker pieces met as they could.
Austin held blue. Alice held gold.
Aralynn held one center fold.
Silver shadow joined the three.
Near and wide made one message true.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken changing-last-word couplets with tiny-piece placement, passing, and a three-part hold.
Estimated spoken length: About 50 seconds.