tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114845 ekaterinn ekaterinn 2012-04-21T05:05:21Z tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114845:152912 2012-04-21T05:05:21Z 2012-04-21T05:05:21Z public 0 Tonight, since I'm somewhat tipsy, here's another poem by Dennis Lee:<br /><br /><i>William Lyon McKenzie King</i><br /><br />William Lyon McKenzie King<br />Sat in the middle and played with string<br />He loved his mother like <i>anything</i><br />William Lyon McKenzie King<br /><br /><br />If you a) know who William Lyon McKenzie King was, b) know what the other two lines of the poem refer to, and c) think that's a perfect piece of history to encapsulate in a children's rhyme, then, congratulations, you're a Canadian!<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ekaterinn&ditemid=152912" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments tag:dreamwidth.org,2009-04-22:114845:152429 2012-04-19T02:57:10Z 2012-04-19T02:57:10Z public 0 Tonight's poem is a silly favourite from when I was a kid, lo all those eons ago:<br /><br /><br /><i>Alligator Pie</i> <br />by Dennis Lee<br /><br />Alligator pie, alligator pie,<br />If I don't get some I think I'm gonna die.<br />Give away the green grass, give away the sky,<br />But don't give away my alligator pie.<br /><br /> <br />Alligator stew, alligator stew,<br />If I don't get some I don't know what I'll do.<br />Give away my furry hat, give away my shoe,<br />But don't give away my alligator stew.<br /> <br /><br />Alligator soup, alligator soup,<br />If I don't get some I think I'm gonna droop.<br />Give away my hockey stick, give away my hoop,<br />But don't give away my alligator soup.<br /><br /><img src="https://www.dreamwidth.org/tools/commentcount?user=ekaterinn&ditemid=152429" width="30" height="12" alt="comment count unavailable" style="vertical-align: middle;"/> comments