Baby Talk
They are not merely drivel, these noises that you coo.
You accent their importance with everything you do.
Your waving arms and thrashing feet, your pooched lips all implore
that we try to learn your language to see what they are for.
I guess it is inevitable that our efforts fail
to try to learn your lingo beyond giggle, frown and wail,
for although we’re sympathetic, we do not get your gist.
So please forgive our ignorance of messages we’ve missed.
We’ll shoulder all the blame for this lack of understanding,
knowing all too well that by the time that you are standing
you’ll have learned our language, making you the fastest starter—
proving once again that you are by far the smarter.
Prompt words today are inevitable, sympathetic, drivel and shoulder.
lifelessons - a blog by Judy Dykstra-Brown 
That’s a fun poem. Really does seem that babies have a language all of their own doesn’t it?
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It does.. both between themselves and to us.
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Indeed they always seem to understand each other don’t they. Weird really.
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Love this delightful poem, Judy! “Baby talk” is really a language, inasmuch as it is a means of expression, like any other language. This has been indicated by many studies of twins as babies.
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I would just love to be able to read Babie’s thoughts. What do they think in if not words?
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What do deaf/mute people think in? The do have the rest of the senses and they experience the world; their brains process these experiences in whichever symbols it chooses. Essentially, that’s what thinking consists of.
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I have two toddlers,grand babies and it’s often a struggle to understand what they want. Nicely written poem
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Thanks, Grandma. You must be an expert in ready babies!!!
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Getting there Judy
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Haha as a mother of a toddler this is so true. At a recent playdate mid-chat I turned and said “oh he wants whatever the item happened to be” and she said I had forgotten about the baby stage when only parents understand their language (although this is not always the case). How funny humans are. Great post and use of all the prompts too.
KL ❤
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Cute, adorable and true! lol loved this.
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So glad you enjoyed it, Phyllis..
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I always do and I can’t thank you enough for sharing your poetry. It’s always such a pleasure to read.
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Which adds to my pleasure in writing it. I can’t wait to wake up in the morning and open the prompts. It has become an obsession..
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Due to health reasons I took a break and haven’t been writing for awhile, that and disappointment when wp crashed on me and I had a long road to get back. So finally, over my frustration, I am back. Loving it too. Perhaps I needed a break! lol who knew!The one odd thing is, I can’t seem to write poetry any longer. it simply isn’t flowing, as in at all!
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You’re going through your prose stage…
You know how to get to the classic editor, don’t you? If so, it is exactly the same as before.
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No idea what the “classic editor is” lol. I will ask my son. He’ll know. Perhaps he’ll have time to assist with it. Thank you in advance tho, I appreciate your help.
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You said that WordPress broke down…or something to that effect. Was it a year or so ago when they made us use the blocks? If so, there is a way to get around it.
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Thank you so much, I’ll have Adam look into it when he can. That’s great news, wooot.
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Tell him to go to https://covertnovelist.com/wordpress.com/wp-admin/post-new.php?classic-editor
and to put that address in your favorites or somewhere where you can easily get to it. When you want to post, click on it and that brings up a page where you can construct a blog page using the classic editor. If you have to come back to the page after you’ve posted, always select classic editor, not block editor. If he needs more information, contact me via a comment on one of my blogs..Hope this helps.
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