A Nickel, a Dime, a Dollar . . .

    In childhood -- and later also -- rhymes help us to remember.  I recall reciting, in early years. "Pme, two, buckle my shoe; three, four, shut the door . . ."  Here -- at the website, Empowered Parents -- are a number of counting songs and rhymes.

    Recently I found among the poems of one of my favorite poets -- Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes (1902-1967) -- a delightful counting poem entitled "Brass Spittoons."  Here are some of its lines:

From "Brass Spittoons" by Langston Hughes

This link leads to the Poetry Foundation website and a complete version of "Brass Spittoons."

Here is a link to a list of previous blog postings that feature work by Langston Hughes.  Earlier postings that mention counting rhymes are listed at this link AND -- a last-minute discovery -- a collection of counting rhymes for preschoolers may be found here.