Teddy Bears

Teddy Bear Poem


I threw away my teddy bear,
The one that lost his eye.
I threw him in the garbage pail
(I thought I heard him cry.)


I've had that little teddy bear
Since I was only two.
But I'm much bigger now and
I've got better things to do


Than play with silly teddy bears.
And so I said good-bye
And threw him in the garbage pail.
(Who's crying - he, or I?)


~Judith Viorst


The Coming of Teddy Bears


The air is quiet
     'Round my bed
The dark is drowsy
     In my head.
The sky's forgetting
     To be red,
And soon I'll be asleep.


A half a million
     Miles away
The silver stars
     Come out to play,
And comb their hair
     And that's okay
And soon I'll be asleep.


And teams of fuzzy
     Teddy bears
Are stumping slowly
     Up the stairs
To rock me in
     Their rocking chairs
And soon I'll be asleep.


The night is shining
     'Round my head
The room is snuggled
     In my bed.
"Tomorrow I'll be 
    Big," they said,
And soon I'll be asleep.
~Dennis Lee