Memories of my schooldays


Rain Clouds In The West by M.A.Meddings

After school on Saturdays
We always attended school on Saturday
Nine Until twelve
An hour of Differential calculus
Then political history never a mystery to me 
Followed by  Shakespeared English Lit
By which time I was becoming impatient
With 'The quality of mercy is not strained' routine
Oh!Hurry noon time release
Then home for the weekend and peace
I guess since then I always become
Impatient with Skakespeare
Excepting for much more recently
'Will Thee, Nil thee, Katie I will wed thee
Has held much more meaning for me
But then the bard was hard at five to twelve
At saturday noon my mind was on Worms
Those in grandfathers compost heap
In that 'dig for victory antiquity'
There were worms that would ensnare 'Leviathan'
Actually it was a young frog
That got my biggest chub
But a healthy lob that caught my first
Grandfathers heap was so legendry that
In my fledgling years as a romantic
I once enquired of sweet Jennifer
Did she want to see my worm   sss
It was weeks before she smiled at me again
Those weeks of her unsmiling
Were the first time I knew what loneliness was like
And it rained in late October




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Written on 2007-08-10 at 18:13

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Rob Graber
Weeks of unsmiling because of an innocent question? I say "sweet Jennifer" was a stony young lady! Entertaining text.
2007-08-12



An absolutely delightful text, hero!
(Why not collecting all your boyhood poems in a book? It would make such a charming compilation, I think!)
2007-08-11



good writing i liked it
2007-08-11


Kathy Lockhart
what a wonderful peek inside your school days. The poem is so enjoyable to read full of images and memories that are made alive because of your writing talents. I love getting to know the boy in you. ; ) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxyb
2007-08-11