Today's poet

[freckle]

I've has an especially rotten day today and now feel like I might be coming down with something....does anyone have any cheer up poetry to offer please?

On the positive side we had a great thunder storm with very heavy rain. Those are always a bit of a treat.

Stef

Dear stef, hope you are feeling better...cheer up poetry? ...well this one from roald dahl makes me laff every time...

hot and cold

A woman who my mother knows
Came in and took off all her clothes.

Said I, not being very old,
'By golly gosh, you must be cold!'

'No, no!' she cried. 'Indeed I'm not!
I'm feeling devilishly hot!'






southern softie i loved your contribution!
n dubya you are so down with the kids..like
hes...i love the image of you working with the kids on the spring images/books
herakles i loved your poem nearly missed it in my haste!

[freckle]

and.....

peas
anon


I always eat my peas with honey;

I've done it all my life.

They do taste kind of funny

but It keeps them on my knife.

[dominion]

Bradley Wiggins was reading poetry about cycling earlier. If I can find what it was I'll post it....

[freckle]

oh and here is another supposedly funny one from the nations favourite comic poems...

on a tired housewife

Here lies a poor woman who was always tired,
She lived in a house where help wasn't hired:
Her last words on earth were: 'Dear friends, I am going
To where there's no cooking, or washing, or sewing,
For everything there is exact to my wishes,
For where they don't eat there's no washing of dishes.
I'll be where loud anthems will always be ringing,
But having no voice I'll be quit of the singing.
Don't mourn for me now, don't mourn for me never,
I am going to do nothing for ever and ever.'

Anonymous

think i am done being funny...off to read plath....

[freckle]

Bradley Wiggins was reading poetry about cycling earlier. If I can find what it was I'll post it....

Oooo yes please that will be good....he wasn't talking about lance by any chance was he?

[stevefoster]

Cheer up Stef, don't be sad
You ain't bald and av oldmonia
Trust me, that's bad

[Stef F]

Aww thanks freckle; you raised a reluctant smile or two

oh and here is another supposedly funny one from the nations favourite comic poems...

on a tired housewife

Here lies a poor woman who was always tired,
She lived in a house where help wasn't hired:
Her last words on earth were: 'Dear friends, I am going
To where there's no cooking, or washing, or sewing,
For everything there is exact to my wishes,
For where they don't eat there's no washing of dishes.
I'll be where loud anthems will always be ringing,
But having no voice I'll be quit of the singing.
Don't mourn for me now, don't mourn for me never,
I am going to do nothing for ever and ever.'

Anonymous

think i am done being funny...off to read plath....

[Hes]

Dear stef, hope you are feeling better...cheer up poetry? ...well this one from roald dahl makes me laff every time...

hot and cold

A woman who my mother knows
Came in and took off all her clothes.

Said I, not being very old,
'By golly gosh, you must be cold!'

'No, no!' she cried. 'Indeed I'm not!
I'm feeling devilishly hot!'






southern softie i loved your contribution!
n dubya you are so down with the kids..like
hes...i love the image of you working with the kids on the spring images/books

Love the poem Freckle! The kids took my class into their own hands with the 7 year olds making friendship books and one on the solar system (!) and the older ones did Tim Burton films, sharks, reptiles, a fabulous mixed media piece featuring body parts, a beautiful illustration of a combine harvester at work and one actually illustrated a poem! Just goes to show, I prepare too much and should just wing it.

[freckle]

While traipsing through the storms and gales,
Stef F was dreaming of a move to the Dales,
The cold and wet was a pain,
It was all wind and heavy rain,
What she really needed was a boat with sails!

[freckle]

Love the poem Freckle! The kids took my class into their own hands with the 7 year olds making friendship books and one on the solar system (!) and the older ones did Tim Burton films, sharks, reptiles, a fabulous mixed media piece featuring body parts, a beautiful illustration of a combine harvester at work and one actually illustrated a poem! Just goes to show, I prepare too much and should just wing it.

The creativity of children is awesome at times and i bet you were a fab facilitator!