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Wordsworth Would Be Rolling In His Grave

WORDSWORTH WOUD BE ROLLING IN HIS GRAVE So I’m just out there chilling this one time By myself after a hill climb And suddenly down one of the hills I sees this bunch of daffodils. Near the lake, a whole line of ‘em - Blowing in the wind every stem. Wow, there’s like a huge number,. . . .say. . . Oh. . . . . maybe about 10K, ok? The dancing daffodils looked so happy - The waves were dancing too, - but crappy: Yeah, those flowers were better, way Better. . . . and it made me feel kinda gay. * So I’m standing there watching this yellow horde, And like, I’m feeling real bored : And now and again, when I got nothin' else to do, I sometimes remember them too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: This is a paraphrase of Willam Wordsworth’s I WANDERED LONELY AS A CLOUD, reduced to the essential message as seen and spoken by youth of today. *The word “gay” in the original poem means simply “happy”.

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Date: 8/25/2011 9:15:00 AM
Lift your pen and let your creative words flow onto the paper Syd. Thank you for sharing your writing with us. I enjoyed reading your amazing poetry this morning. Love, Carol
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Date: 8/24/2011 7:04:00 PM
write on!! I second the motion of jocundity!
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Date: 8/24/2011 1:22:00 PM
A spritely, jocund poem. Good write.
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Date: 8/24/2011 12:50:00 PM
he'd definitely shake his head wouldn't he, well done, I enjoyed this immensely
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Date: 8/24/2011 12:12:00 PM
Yellow and gay....yes Wordsworth willy nilly was wronged. heehee!!
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Date: 8/24/2011 11:34:00 AM
Lovely verse my friend, I too have seen those clouds of daffodils and you bring the picture to life again. Isn't it awful when you have to define the word "gay". I won't think of it as anything but happy.
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