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debris4spike

Poem MEME 2 - Comedy!

Jan 15, 2009 10:43

Yesterday I posted the very poinant poem "Perhaps" by Vera Brittain, which was dedicated to her fiance who died in the first world war.

I said then, that I didn't remember poetry ...Well, that was a lie!

I do remember one poem, and that is "One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night".

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As you can tell by the title it is weird(!) ... probably ( Read more... )

poetry, meme, fun

Comments 11

lifefailsme January 15 2009, 11:51:18 UTC

ROFL!

OMGoodness!

This takes me right back to my childhood, chanting that over and over again in the playground hehe!

My old Gran used to tell me o shut up cos "It makes no bloody sense!"

Thanks for posting it!

debris4spike January 15 2009, 13:49:45 UTC

It makes perfect sense - your Gran just didn't understand the finer points of logic!

Glad to bring back some memories.

lilachigh January 15 2009, 12:41:29 UTC

OMG, I haven't heard that for years! My Dad used to say it every year at the Christmas dinner table, followed by a very cut version of The Boy Stood on the Burning Deck, his feet were covered in blisters. He had no trousers of his own, so he had to wear his sister's!

I have a feeling the words were slightly different in the original!!!

debris4spike January 15 2009, 13:50:26 UTC

Yay - my Mum's other poem ... that apparantly her father used to quote.

Great memories!

enigmaticblues January 15 2009, 14:17:24 UTC

Hee! I don't know where I've read that before, but I know I have.

debris4spike January 15 2009, 15:45:18 UTC

Must say something about me - that it's the only poem I remember!

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debris4spike January 15 2009, 15:46:03 UTC

Yes, it is one of those that you seem to have known all my life!

mabel_marsters January 15 2009, 15:02:45 UTC

I remember that one! The poem I usually think of if I have to say one from childhood is Hunter Trials - a nonsense poem by John Betjeman I think? It begins...

It's aw'fully bad luck on Diana,
Her ponies have swallowed their bits.
She fished down their throats with a spanner,
and frightened them all into fits...

Don't think DJ would have liked to have met her do you? LOL

debris4spike January 15 2009, 15:47:21 UTC

Thanks for that reminder - I remember reading that as a kid and laughing ... and have just re-read it (sad to know which joke book it was in!) ... and have just choked ... DJ would not be happy!