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Lyrical Miracle: Creativity in Creation (front cover)

In this 80-page stream of story-poems, prayers, songs and ideas, Shayley shares her insights about God, nature, and her mind’s own characters and worlds. Then, in the last chapter simply called “Ideas Shared,” she includes new games and projects that you and your family may want to try if you want to kick-start new imaginative adventures.

She wrote these things from ages 5 to 8. I’m biased, of course, but she truly seems to have a gift from God, which I pray she will continue to use in His service.

Here are excerpts from each of the four chapters of Lyrical Miracle: Creativity in Creation (by Mountain Grace Publishing, 2009)  . . .

Chapter 1: The Creator

God’s Quilt (about a picture she drew at church)

This painting tells you:

God’s fingers are rainbows,

His face a spiral of light,

His castle made of butterflies,

The stars of hearts thou made,

He made the world,

A razzle of joy,

Leaves as neon lightness,

Loves as a bunch of colors,

The land might be partiful,

Thee has not made a pool of happiness,

Spirals of evil are turned

Into Spirals of Color,

Burst into greatness,

Light forth go the way,

Curtains fly joy,

Bunching joy,

Loving much,

Beach of loneliness,

Shall go into color,

Flowers of beauty,

Keep good mother earth,

Our Father,

Protect daughter continent,

Watch over baby country,

Over cousin state,

And over Grandmother county,

Amen.

Chapter 2: The Created

 

Earth’s Beautiful Creatures

Someday when the cardinal sings its first spring song

All of humanity will sing along.

With God’s peace and eternal love

Coming to us from up above

Sharp as a bear, soft as a dove,

And someday soon

Birds sing tunes

Crickets croon

Just know

To sow

Your seed

To grow.

Babies, what they do is play

All day, as they may,

So I say,

Just know,

So your seed

To grow.

Sing along,

Sing your song,

And I long,

To belong

In the fronds

And, after all,

When it is the last of fall

Nature is still alive

Nature still will thrive

When doing our daily routine

We should stop and look at the greens.

Beyond the sun

And the sunset

There are flocks of birds, I bet

And on the ground, way back down below

Bugs are helping the earth to grow.

From tiny shrubs to great big cedars

Do not be a nature-weeder

And in fact, we are needers

Of Earth’s beautiful creatures.

Chapter 3: Creating

I’ve Outgrown Kindergarten

I’ve outgrown Kindergarten

(and almost my teacher)

I’ve outgrown the song and the sights

And the feature!

I’ve outgrown the frog, and puddles and bogs!

I’ve outgrown the friends I used to have there.

I think I’ve outgrown my own old hair!

I’ve outgrown the shakers, I’ve outgrown the chair!

 

Dufus Rufus

Dufus Rufus is a dog

We found him chewing on a log.

We took him home and named him Rufus

We found out he was a dufus

That means accident-prone

We’d have double the trouble

If he had a clone.

He scratched the couch

He chewed the chairs

When we went to bed

We had Rufus nightmares.

He always ate our food

And pooped in the house

One day he caught and drug in

A mouse!

Its blood sprayed

All over the door

Not to mention on the floor.

He got a chewtoy with which to play

Which he broke

Leaving a rubber array.

He barked and barked

Keeping us up all night

Howling and howling with all his might.

Rufus was a dufus

As you know

Had friends

But had some foes.

He upset the neighbors

For cryin’ out loud

He howled at the moon

And disturbed the cloud.

Kids were scared of him

So was I

Some ran away from him

That’s no lie!

He won’t let us walk him

On a leash

He tried to break free

Bad dog, SHEESH!

Chapter 4: Ideas Shared

Switcho Nursery Rhymes

Pickory Pickory Pock

The mouse was about

To rock

When she fell into

My sock.

Bawl bawl black sheep,

You lost your little lamb,

Why don’t you go

To the beach

And find a clam!

Little Jack corner,

Bumped a big horner,

That his mother

Didn’t see

All she saw

Was a bee!

Penny the hen

Laid eggs of ten,

One on her neck,

One on her chin,

One on her elbow,

That one wins!

Penny the hen

Laid eggs of ten!

Simpleton Simon

Spent a dime on a rod to catch his dinner.

And when he cast it out

He caught a thread and spinner.

Found a tomato,

Found a rack,

Found an abandoned shack.

His tomato he, almost ate

He figured out, it had a worm for bait.

While her Dad and I have been focusing on building a solid foundation of faith and unconditional love for her, Shayley has transformed us with her amazing mind, living language and artful vision.  We hope it will also inspire many others, by driving us all deeper and yet lifting us up.

May we all have some fun in the storms!      

                                         ~       Lydeana Martin

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