Free Verse


in Just-
spring when the world is mud-
luscious the little
lame balloonman
whistles far and wee

and eddieandbill come
running from marbles and
piracies and it's
spring

when the world is puddle-wonderful

the queer
old ballonman whistles
far and wee
and bettyandisabel come dancing

from hop-scotch and jump-rope and

it's
spring
and
the

goat-footed
balloonMan whistles
far
and
wee



e.e.cummings

Lame, queer, and goat-footed. Sounds extremely uncomfortable.

I keep wondering who that dog is... maybe I should switch back.

Ellis-GROMMIT!! From Wallace and Grommit. (May have spelled it wrong.)


Ruth-GREAT poem!!

No no... I know who HE is! I just don't recognize him as my representative. I keep wondering where that fat lady is!
I love Wallace and Grommit. I wish the producer would do more stuff with them.

I liked the goat-footed part. Nice and pagan!



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And then there is one from Grade 1 - not when I taught but when I was a kidlet.

"Listen" said the Pussy Willow,
"I can hear a brook!
Spring is coming! Spring is coming!
Let's go out and look!"

I think I weighed 48 pounds then and had my hair in braids with ribbons.

But it is you Ellis! Note that he is reading, you always have your nose stuck in a book


Spring has sprung,
the grass has riz,
I wonder where
the birdies is?

That's what I thought too, Mauvais!

48 pounds, huh Ruthie? That's like one of my legs.

Spring is sprung,
the grass is riz,
I wonder where the birdies is?


Plenty of birdies twittering outside my window today. Thank God for Spring! It's warm and sunny (kind of) and I'm going out to (willingly) do some yard work. Good exercise there...physical AND mental!

Happy Spring to all!

Kat darling... is it my imagination, or did Mauvais just post that? It's like I'm seeing double...
Have fun in your garden!

The worms crawl in,
the worms crawl out.
The worms make compost
when spring's about.

Duh! How did I miss that? I guess great minds think alike!

I like Den's poem...gotta get my compost pile going again!

Hey Ruthie... guess what I saw at the peace rally the other night?! A couple of ummm, .... what the **** are they called... water something something dogs. Oh lordy... I knew the name as soon as I saw them... my mind is a blank. They looked very peaceful.

Ha-Ha, Ellis! I'll leave you guessing.
( You'd think she could remember an easy name like Portuguese Water Dogs!)
Hint: PWD