With praise for all you are, Lord ( Read more... )

When fishes flew and forests walked ( Read more... )

I lately lost a preposition
It hid, I thought, beneath my chair
And angrily I cried, "Perdition!
Up from out of in under there."

Correctness is my vade mecum,
And straggling phrases I abhor,
And yet I wondered, "What should he come
Up from out of in under for?"

New Yorker, 1947

I was shocked, confused, bewildered ( Read more... )

This is the House that Jack built ( Read more... )

My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here ( Read more... )

I do not look for holy saints to guide me on my way ( Read more... )

I keep six honest serving-men:
(They taught me all I knew)
Their names are What and Where and When
And How and Why and Who.
I send them over land and sea,
I send them east and west;
But after they have worked for me,
I give them all a rest.

I let them rest from nine till five.
For I am busy then,
As well as breakfast, lunch, and tea,
For they are ( Read more... )

If you can keep your head when all about you ( Read more... )

I have a Gumbie Cat in mind, her name is Jennyanydots ( Read more... )