That poetry thing

[pecunium]

It said, when you read this, post a poem.


This was the first one to come to mind.

Jenny kissed me, when we met
Jumping from the chair she sat in.
Time you thief!, Who loves to get
Sweets into your list; put that in.

Say I'm weary, say I'm sad
Say health and wealth have miss'd me.
Say I'm growing old, but add
Jenny kissed me.

Leigh Hunt

"I could not love thee half so much, loved I not honor more."

Comments

[jonquil.livejournal.com]

I've always loved that one. It's the perfect short poem.

[rivka.livejournal.com]

Unfortunately, in my youth I read a parody of that poem in which the second verse ran:

Say I'm weary, say I'm old
Say health and wealth have miss'd me.
Say I've had a dreadful cold since
Jenny kiss'd me.

I know, I know. But it's ruined the original poem for me, ever since.

[hammercock.livejournal.com]

The band I sing with does a round version of that. :)

[ourika.livejournal.com]

One brother for sale, one brother for sale
one crying and spying young brother for sale.
I'm really not kidding,
so who will start bidding?
Do I hear a quarter?
a nickel?
a dime?
a penny?

Oh, isn't there, isn't there, isn't there any
any one person who will buy this young brother for sale?

Shel Silverstein (possibly slightly off since I'm doing it from memory)

[i-come-undone.livejournal.com]

i love that poem...now i'm off to post one in my own journal.

k.

Sentimental poertry

[(Anonymous)]

OK, Terry: I've posted my poem at http://www.geoffarnold.com/mt-archives/000254.html
Sentimental, but what the hell....

Geoff

[writingortyping.livejournal.com]

Posted mine at my LJ. It's in French, and English translations don't seem to do it much justice, but there's an okay one here.

Thought you might appreciate it, Terry - it's a soldier's poem.

[soldiergrrrl.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go post in my LJ now. :-) Prolly Kipling.

[ladymeow.livejournal.com]

Isn't it young sister for sale?

[ourika.livejournal.com]

If it is, my 13 year old mind morphed it since I've got a brother who's ten years younger than me!

[ladymeow.livejournal.com]

Hahahaha... understandable :)

[jennae.livejournal.com]

As a Jenny...I have a special place in my heart for this poem! I've had one of the editions of Best Loved Poems of the American People, and I always dog-earred that page as a young girl.....although I never realized the subtleties until much later....