To all the mothers doing NaNo...
I heard this poem on my Woman's Hour Poetry tape. It sounds just like our house this month!
Why Dorothy Wordsworth is Not as Famous as her Brother
by Lynn Peters
"I wondered lonely as a ...
They're in the top drawer, William,
Under your socks -
I wondered lonely as a -
No not that drawer, the top one.
I wondered by myself -
Well wear the ones you can find.
No, don't get overwought my dear,
I'm coming
"One day I was out for a walk
When I saw this flock -
It can't be too hard, it had three minutes.
Well put some butter in it.
- This host of golden daffodils
As I was out for a stroll one -
"Oh you fancy a stroll, do you?
Yes all right, William, I'm coming.
It's on the peg. Under your hat.
I'll bring my pad, shall I, just in case
You want to jot something down?"
posted by purpleelephant at 11:24 AM
5 Comments:
*laugh* ... how very true ;)
Heehee. My mum showed me that poem a while back - its a sentiment she very much agrees with having had countless clashes with my younger brother 'remembering' he needed his incredibly-stuck-together-with-mud-from-the-last-game rugby kit half an hour before going to school, along with countless other examples.
BTW I found your blog via Blackbird Days - its very entertaining and thought provoking.
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Hi Kate, Thank you for the compliment I'm really flattered!Be careful though or my head might get too big to go through the door! 'Entetaining and thought-provoking!' *thud* Ouch!
Oh, how I can relate!
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