https://ekaterinn.dreamwidth.org/ ekaterinn - Dreamwidth Studios Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:05:21 GMT LiveJournal / Dreamwidth Studios ekaterinn personal https://v2.dreamwidth.org/452152/114845 https://ekaterinn.dreamwidth.org/ 100 100 https://ekaterinn.dreamwidth.org/152912.html Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:05:21 GMT https://ekaterinn.dreamwidth.org/152912.html 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 https://ekaterinn.dreamwidth.org/152912.html poetry is what april is for other people's poetry canada public 0 https://ekaterinn.dreamwidth.org/152429.html Thu, 19 Apr 2012 02:57:10 GMT https://ekaterinn.dreamwidth.org/152429.html 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 https://ekaterinn.dreamwidth.org/152429.html canada poetry is what april is for other people's poetry public 0