A bit of IP nonsense

By Rhiannonw

Fri, 19 Jan 2018
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8 comments
 

The grand old duke of York
just had to march his men
they must not pause or talk,
they marched to port, and then

‘blow the wind southerly’,
he wished to sail north,
if it alter or gust*
they may venture forth
erratically, slowly
– he cannot command
the wind how to march them quickly to land.

* = August

[This week's IP: include three different months of the year and two songs]

 

Certificate U
Poem
Miscellaneous
Humour
Inspiration Point (work that responds to our weekly writing cue)

Comments

Submitted by airyfairy on

Nicely done, Rhiannon!  

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Airy, it was a bit of fun, and I hoped would be appreciated for that! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by skinner_jennifer on

Great approach to the I P Rhiannon.

Jenny.

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thanks, Jenny! Rhiannon

 

Submitted by gletherby on

Great - I liked this so much Rhiannon it insprired me to write one too.... Gayle 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Well, must look out for that! thanks, Gayle. Rhiannon

 

Submitted by luigi_pagano on

Clever use of march and may. or gust requires a bit of lateral thinking.
Overall a fun piece.

Luigi x

 

Submitted by Rhiannonw on

Thank  you, Luigi, glad you enjoyed my bit of fun! Rhiannon