Skating with Dad
We skim, scrape
We slip, slide
Left skate, right skate, side by side
His glove black, my glove pink
We wobble and giggle around the rink
We slip, slide
Left skate, right skate, side by side
His glove black, my glove pink
We wobble and giggle around the rink
This poem is copyright (©) Mary E Cronin 2026
About the Writer
Mary E Cronin
Mary E. Cronin lives on Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Her books include Trucks, Boots, and Bells, a poetry collection set in a busy city firehouse, and Like a Mother Bear, a picture book biography of PFLAG founder Jeanne Manford. Mary’s poems have appeared in numerous children’s anthologies and in The New York Times. You can reach her at www.maryecronin.com.
