Shoes
@allknowing (153544)
India
March 14, 2023 7:51pm CST
Thinking about shoes it took me to that choral recitation 'Choosing Shoes'
New shoes, new shoes,
Red and pink and blue shoes.
Tell me, what would you choose,
If they’d let us buy?
Buckle shoes, bow shoes,
Pretty pointy-toe shoes,
Strappy, cappy low shoes;
Let’s have some to try.
Bright shoes, white shoes,
Dandy-dance-by-night shoes,
Perhaps-a-little-tight shoes,
Like some? So would I.
BUT
Flat shoes, fat shoes,
Stump-along-like-that shoes,
Wipe-them-on-the-mat shoes,
That’s the sort they’ll buy.
Source:https://suth2.wordpress.com/2012/12/04/new-shoes-new-shoes-red-and-pink-and-blue-shoes/
Right through one's life time is spent on choosing shoes and the poem explains the kind of shoes that exist.
I have worn shoes that did not fit me but chose them because they looked fashionable
What is your shoes story?
Image Credit:https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Stilettos-heels-b.JPG
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
We just recited it something like what is called rap now a days but with no music. We had a nice teacher who taught us many of these kind of choral recitations.
Those are stilettos. I have worn them but not that high
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
15 Mar 23
I only remember my Mother singing One Two Buckle My Shoe
Oh girl I had every shoe imaginable.
My shoes were stripper shoes. High heeled platform and every color you name it.
Even since teenage years the over the knee black velvet platform boots.
The silver soft kid platform heels.
The metal toed Italian leather cowboy boots.
The burgundy lace up knee high Doctor Martens.
The ruby red heels to go with my hair.
Forest green suede boots to go with a green velvet coat.
Nine West pink patent to go with my patent bag.
All these I recall.
Now I wear mostly only Crocs sandals..comfort.
I also wear Minnetonka suede soft soled moccasin slippers indoors.
Oh girl I had every shoe imaginable.
My shoes were stripper shoes. High heeled platform and every color you name it.
Even since teenage years the over the knee black velvet platform boots.
The silver soft kid platform heels.
The metal toed Italian leather cowboy boots.
The burgundy lace up knee high Doctor Martens.
The ruby red heels to go with my hair.
Forest green suede boots to go with a green velvet coat.
Nine West pink patent to go with my patent bag.
All these I recall.
Now I wear mostly only Crocs sandals..comfort.
I also wear Minnetonka suede soft soled moccasin slippers indoors.2 people like this
@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
I am sure there will be countless like you who had loads of shoes in every design under the sun.
I too wear just sandals these days
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
@RebeccasFarm I have a few pairs that are languishing - shoes with wedge heels and even those I do not feel comfortable wearing
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
15 Mar 23
@allknowing They are so nice on the feet are sandals.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
Can you wear shoes that you wore when you were younger?
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@jstory07 (148701)
• Roseburg, Oregon
15 Mar 23
@allknowing Yes but I never wore anything with heels.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
In our young days there is so much we do - shoes, matching bags, trendy clothes, matching nail polish, ................
I too have given away my shoes and now just have a few pairs.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
@LadyDuck I mostly wear sandals these days.
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@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
15 Mar 23
@allknowing - I still have many pairs, but I donated all those 12 cm heels, I do not feel safe wearing them anymore.
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Mar 23
I sold women's shoes for about 2 or 3 years, It was in California in the 1960s. I worked in more than one city, but spent a year working in the Hollywood store, one block from Hollywood and Vine.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
That must have been a great experience helping the Star trying to see which shoes looked good on them. A nice way to meet celebrities
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
15 Mar 23
@JamesHxstatic When you said Hollywood Stores my imagination went haywire (lol)
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@JamesHxstatic (29410)
• Eugene, Oregon
15 Mar 23
@allknowing I met one very minor one. We sold cheap women's shoes, no stars came in.
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
28 Mar 23
Very nice poem about shoes. Who is the poet of this poem?
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
28 Mar 23
Internet says it was written by Frida Wolfe
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@Nakitakona (59987)
• Philippines
28 Mar 23
@allknowing Her name rings a bell. She's a good poet for children.
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@Adie04 (17405)
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17 Mar 23
@allknowing I know right! I wonder why they are buying shoes everyday. Shopaholic? Maybe.
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