Wynken, Blynken, and Nod

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©2004 courtesy Keri S. Hathaway

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Washington Park, Denver, Colo.

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Wynken, Blynken, and Nod is a popular poem for children by Denver journalist Eugene Field. It was written on March 9, 1889.

Related Topics:
Denver - Eugene Field - March 9 - 1889

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The original title was Dutch Lullaby.

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The poem is a fantasy bed-time story of three fishermen sailing and fishing in the stars. Their boat is a wooden shoe. The fishermen symbolize a sleepy child's blinking eyes and nodding head.

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