Hawkins Hollow Nursery Rhymes
Balance Question Drum at Lantern Porch
The rhythm shrinks from tap, brush, hush to silence. The missing rhyme may stay empty. The final pause gives the sprinkle time to reveal the garden picture.
Rhyme
Maple hollow heard three sounds:
tap, brush, hush went round.
Next came brush, hush—two stayed.
Then one soft hush was made.
Last came no sound. Lex held still.
Emmitt watched one wet mark fill.
“What can silence help us ___?”
Fill the word only when you are ready.
The sprinkle answered with a drop.
The drum said, “Wait,” so both could stop.
At lantern porch, one cup poured low.
Wet lines made a leaf and moon shape show.
About This Rhyme
Performance style: Spoken missing-rhyme verse with tap, brush, hush, and one silent beat.
Estimated spoken length: About 40 seconds.