Wordsworth In Lockdown
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Wordsworth In Lockdown
I wandered lonely as a cloud,
Two metres from the madding crowd,
When all at once my name was called
To enter the Waitrose hallowed hall.
This was the pensioner’s special hour
I’d gone to get a bag of flour,
But I forgot -when through the door -
What I had gone to Waitrose for.
The Waitrose staff are extra kind
I told them it had slipped my mind,
They ask what else I had forgot
They clearly thought I’d lost the plot.
I phoned my wife again to ask
She reminded me of this special task
“I need some flour to bake a cake
With all that cream you made me take!”
“Ah yes, I recall” I had to lie,
I dared not ask what flower to buy,
But then I saw them at the tills
A host of golden daffodils EricT
Two metres from the madding crowd,
When all at once my name was called
To enter the Waitrose hallowed hall.
This was the pensioner’s special hour
I’d gone to get a bag of flour,
But I forgot -when through the door -
What I had gone to Waitrose for.
The Waitrose staff are extra kind
I told them it had slipped my mind,
They ask what else I had forgot
They clearly thought I’d lost the plot.
I phoned my wife again to ask
She reminded me of this special task
“I need some flour to bake a cake
With all that cream you made me take!”
“Ah yes, I recall” I had to lie,
I dared not ask what flower to buy,
But then I saw them at the tills
A host of golden daffodils EricT
Now at the age where I know I like girls but can't remember why!
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Now that is splendid . If you want more Wordsworth, you'd better watch Rumpole tonight at 9 pm on Channel 81 !
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Brilliant
Graham
Graham
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Wordsworth was a man ahead of his time.
Brian
Brian
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That’s great Graham.
May I use it on our local retirement village website. Nearly everyone would relate to it.
John
May I use it on our local retirement village website. Nearly everyone would relate to it.
John
I have the mind of an athlete, but the body of a spectator.
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John may I just point out that it wasn’t Graham who posted it but little old me.Yes if course you can use it as you request, I have no ownership of it at all. It’s a delightful short poem which I believe Is in the public domain and I hope your website readers all enjoy It. EricTThat’s great Graham.
May I use it on our local retirement village website. Nearly everyone would relate to it.
Now at the age where I know I like girls but can't remember why!
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Mistaken for the Poet Laureate now. My, my, whatever next?Tomliner wrote: ↑08 Jul 2020, 23:11John may I just point out that it wasn’t Graham who posted it but little old me.Yes if course you can use it as you request, I have no ownership of it at all. It’s a delightful short poem which I believe Is in the public domain and I hope your website readers all enjoy It. EricTThat’s great Graham.
May I use it on our local retirement village website. Nearly everyone would relate to it.
Graham
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Aren’t poets supposed to have long unkempt hair Graham? Now your barnet’s gone I don’t think the title is appropriate ‘til it regrows. EricTMistaken for the Poet Laureate now. My, my, whatever next?
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Good find, Eric!
Brightened our return home after a long day out.
Brightened our return home after a long day out.
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Oops sorry Eric. Goes to show what we’re like here.John may I just point out that it wasn’t Graham who posted it but little old me
Thanks
John
I have the mind of an athlete, but the body of a spectator.