tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post2802845023228863631..comments2024-02-19T23:01:34.366+11:00Comments on eglantine's cake:: PoetryPenni Russonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17956453252195293843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-28052893242085281892007-08-28T10:39:00.000+10:002007-08-28T10:39:00.000+10:00Naughty, but like most good pastiche, quite fun. (...Naughty, but like most good pastiche, quite fun. (TWL is a fragment I have shored, after all. For better or worse.)genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-57584059094850855212007-08-23T14:22:00.000+10:002007-08-23T14:22:00.000+10:00hihi i love that wasteland poem.hihi i love that wasteland poem.melihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10026675747253438229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-40789277587220839822007-08-23T13:29:00.000+10:002007-08-23T13:29:00.000+10:00I love Wendy Cope - poetry that doesn't hurt my po...I love Wendy Cope - poetry that doesn't hurt my poor inadequate little brain cells. <BR/><BR/>I particularly like this one: <BR/><BR/>You have to try. You see a shrink.<BR/>You learn a lot. You read. You think.<BR/>You struggle to improve your looks.<BR/>You meet some men. You write some books.<BR/>You eat good food. You give up junk.<BR/>You do not smoke. You don't get drunk.<BR/>You go to yoga, walk and swim,<BR/>And nothing works. The outlook's grim.<BR/>You don't know what to do. You cry.<BR/>You're running out of things to try.<BR/><BR/>You blow your nose. You see the shrink.<BR/>You walk. You give up food and drink.<BR/>You fall in love. You make a plan.<BR/>You struggle to improve your man,<BR/>And nothing works. The outlook's grim.<BR/>You go to yoga, cry and swim.<BR/>You eat and drink. You give up looks.<BR/>You struggle to improve your books.<BR/>You cannot see the point. You sigh.<BR/>You do not smoke. You have to try.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11582796689281835066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23502762.post-25233702999124519542007-08-23T11:48:00.000+10:002007-08-23T11:48:00.000+10:00So much better. I guess you have read The River Gi...So much better. I guess you have read The River Girl by Wendy Cope. Should be warning enough about poets for all girls. Now poetry, that's a different matter.<BR/>MikeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com