The Devil Liked Her Too Poems By Lynn Barany I may have looked like an angel, But what is one to do? It's hard to be like an angel When the devil likes you too. Friends were always welcome To my house at any time. I never really asked my Mom, But I knew she wouldn't mind. Many friends came home with me I never gave it too much thought. I knew all Mom would do Is throw another potatoe in the pot. One day my Mom had told me Before she went away, Don't go into the attic, You're not to go there to play. So when she was out of sight I openned the attic door, Which caused her favourite wooden chest To crash upon the floor. Another day I was told Be good while I'm away, But as soon as she left the house I went flying in a plane. A rainy Saturday evening I invited my best friend. When we came out of the bathroom, We had dyed my brown hair red. I remember a tall policeman Showed up with such a frown. Your daughter, and some other kids Broke a window in a barn. And you'd better tell your daughter To stay far away, and stop tormenting that gentleman Who lives beside the bay. How did they ever stand it, What were they to do, When their daughter was no angel And the devil liked her too.

Hi, Thank you for coming to my poetry site. I hope you've enjoyed reading my poems and will come back again to this humble poets home -- Island Poetry. Every poem is original and is derived from my daily encounters, thoughts, experiences, relationships and contacts with family, loved ones, friends, nature, the world and people at large. My poetry is simple, uncomplicated, straight-forward and honest coming from the heart, soul, a spiritual presence and obviously God -- Her/Himself. Thus, once the idea and first line of a poem "pops" into my head, the balance of my poems "arrive to me" more or less complete requiring only my immediate and total attention and focus in its writing down, with minimal additional work or effort thereafter. While belonging to the International Society of Poets, I have also been fortunate to have had the support and publication of many of my poems by local community newspapers, faith groups, charitable organizations, and in various anthologies published by the National Library of Poetry and catalogued in the U.S. Library of Congress - Publication Data ISBN 1-56167-256-4 I now live on lower Vancouver Island, off the Canadian west coast. Although originally from the Canadian province of Ontario, I have over the years also lived in the province of Manitoba, as well as Germany. Once again thank you for reading my work, hope you enjoyed and found it relevant also to your own experiences of the living, loving and challenges of everyday life. I truly would appreciate and love to hear from anyone with comments, critiques, suggestions or what-have-you. Email Me - lynnbarany@islandpoetry.com Regards, Lynn Barany (Hanna)