Allotments , land given over to growing crops. Dates back to Anglo-Saxon times. Took root back in the nineteenth Century. WW1 , due to U boats sinking so many merchant ships. People tacking up allotments to grow their own food. Became popular. As today.
Stalk the seas off the coast of Britain and
Ireland
Sinking merchant ships , carrying supplys
Food that the people were much in need of
Half the British fleet , laying siege to German ports
German citizens grown hungry , as the ware drag on
Slow starvastan
The Germans suffering as much as us
Some will say even more suffering than us
Dispatched a U boat Deutschland , to the U S A
Crossed the Atlantic , treated as heroes in America
Wined and dined , had a jolly good time while there
On returning to Germany , wined and dined once more
Germany was grateful to America , for it's supplys it needed
For it's war
Americas entrepreneurs , only to happy to supply all sides
Parks that had been all in bloom that August 1914
Were to become full of vegetables and fruit
Brussel sprouts , replasde roses
For sweet Willams
King Edwards , for sweet williams
Green peas in pods , replasde sweet pea in flower
Sweet tasting tomatoes
Broad beans , spuds of course , kidney beans
Butter beans , lentils , runner beans , cabbage , carrots
Rosemary and thyme , onions and leeks , artichokes
Bit foreign them
Parsnips with turnips , swede , cant forget sweet shallot
Waist , unused land , dug and cleared , turned in to gardens
To feed the locals , referred to as allotments , allotted land
Now today people have allotments , among the good , that came
Out of that war
Ducks swimming on the park ponds , well casualties of war
In to pots they went!
Ken D Williams
The Dyslexic Wordsmith
Poetry by ken d williams
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THE U BOAT THREAT AND ALLOTMENTS (WORLD WAR ONE)
The U boats , like great dark human sharksStalk the seas off the coast of Britain and
Ireland
Sinking merchant ships , carrying supplys
Food that the people were much in need of
Half the British fleet , laying siege to German ports
German citizens grown hungry , as the ware drag on
Slow starvastan
The Germans suffering as much as us
Some will say even more suffering than us
Dispatched a U boat Deutschland , to the U S A
Crossed the Atlantic , treated as heroes in America
Wined and dined , had a jolly good time while there
On returning to Germany , wined and dined once more
Germany was grateful to America , for it's supplys it needed
For it's war
Americas entrepreneurs , only to happy to supply all sides
Parks that had been all in bloom that August 1914
Were to become full of vegetables and fruit
Brussel sprouts , replasde roses
For sweet Willams
King Edwards , for sweet williams
Green peas in pods , replasde sweet pea in flower
Sweet tasting tomatoes
Broad beans , spuds of course , kidney beans
Butter beans , lentils , runner beans , cabbage , carrots
Rosemary and thyme , onions and leeks , artichokes
Bit foreign them
Parsnips with turnips , swede , cant forget sweet shallot
Waist , unused land , dug and cleared , turned in to gardens
To feed the locals , referred to as allotments , allotted land
Now today people have allotments , among the good , that came
Out of that war
Ducks swimming on the park ponds , well casualties of war
In to pots they went!
Ken D Williams
The Dyslexic Wordsmith
Poetry by ken d williams
Read 652 times
Written on 2014-03-29 at 15:19
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