Mrs Moon by Roger McGough
Mrs Moon
sitting up in the sky
little old lady
rock-a-bye
with a ball of fading light
and silvery needles
knitting the night
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Mrs Moon – a knitting poem
Posted in knitting, poetry on September 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Jenny. A Poem
Posted in poetry, tagged Paul Depasquale on August 30, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Jenny by Paul Depasquale. He recently gathered together some of his previously published poetry into a collected works. This is one that made the cut. I cried as I listened to as a child.
I remember old Jenny, the bottle’o’s mare,
And the day they singed the hair off her belly.
It reminded me of things not worth [...]
The post-modernist limerick
Posted in humour, poetry, tagged humour, limerick on June 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I sent Petrus, an artist, an email that contained reference to a pair of jugs. He sent one back about knockers (and I’m not talking doors here). Why couldn’t a pair of jugs be just that, I asked him. Two matching pieces of ceramic ware that poured liquids? Before long we were embroiled in a [...]
