11-25-2012, 03:44 AM
Whilst I also share a love of a fine selection of the clasics, and amongst these I could perhaps select something more worthy than what i'm about to offer. (I did breifly consider posting John Betjemen's Shropshire lad, but then my taste in poetry is so eclectic that it did not feel right to profile one style or poet as prefered to another...I just couldn't choose)
For me some of my best loved memories are from reading to the kids at bedtime. Mostly childrens nonsense rhyme by Edward lear and other fun poetry that we used instead of the dire selection of modern bedtime stories, such as Post man Pat!
Amongst our favourites were Little red ridding hood & also The three little pigs by Roald Dahl. (And we loved Lewis Carol's Jabberwocky as well)
But I think top of the kids' list was A Bad Week for the Three Bears by Tony Bradman, illustrated by Jenny Williams. It was read out at least once a week for several years)
Although this would not pass much muster in the serious critique board... (perhaps in doggeral), it has managed to shine a light into our family that has helped to keep us sane through 7yrs of things being pants (Devonshire for rubbish). Whenever things looked like they were finally going belly up....we would look at each other and chime the refrain from the book "The rest of the week wasn't too bad....except that it started to rain and junior said....." (after which we would fit some doggeral rhyme about our situation in). So for outstanding service in difficult circumstances it deserves to be in at least my top 20.
For me some of my best loved memories are from reading to the kids at bedtime. Mostly childrens nonsense rhyme by Edward lear and other fun poetry that we used instead of the dire selection of modern bedtime stories, such as Post man Pat!
Amongst our favourites were Little red ridding hood & also The three little pigs by Roald Dahl. (And we loved Lewis Carol's Jabberwocky as well)
But I think top of the kids' list was A Bad Week for the Three Bears by Tony Bradman, illustrated by Jenny Williams. It was read out at least once a week for several years)
Although this would not pass much muster in the serious critique board... (perhaps in doggeral), it has managed to shine a light into our family that has helped to keep us sane through 7yrs of things being pants (Devonshire for rubbish). Whenever things looked like they were finally going belly up....we would look at each other and chime the refrain from the book "The rest of the week wasn't too bad....except that it started to rain and junior said....." (after which we would fit some doggeral rhyme about our situation in). So for outstanding service in difficult circumstances it deserves to be in at least my top 20.