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I Hate That Wordsworth

I HATE THAT WORDSWORTH

“I wandered lonely as a cloud”.
So starts the famous Wordsworth ode
My teacher makes me read out loud.

To me that Wordsworth is a pain;
For, if I stumble o’er his words,
The teacher says, “Again, again.”

While children in the class all titter,
Enjoying my predicament.
No wonder Wordsworth makes me bitter.

The poem’s silly and here’s why.
How can there be a lonely cloud
When there are hundreds in the sky?

And though some daffodils are fine,
I think it’s overdoing things
To see ten thousand in a line.

My heart does not with pleasure fill 
When oft upon my couch I lie,
To think of dancing daffodils

So, sorry Wordsworth, I’m afraid
Your daffodils just bring me pain.
I simply hear my teacher say,

Go back and read it all again

14th April 2019
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P.S. Awtry Date: 4/28/2019 6:48:00 AM nicely done fun! Login to Reply

Barbara Gorelick Date: 4/15/2019 1:50:00 PM Very clever and I enjoyed it..althoughI love that poem...smiling. BG Login to Reply

Line Gauthier Date: 4/15/2019 7:23:00 AM Superbly done, Bryn. Delightful. Login to Reply Bryn Strudwick Date: 4/15/2019 10:14:00 AM Thank you Line

Panagiota Romios Date: 4/15/2019 6:15:00 AM LOL. Wordsworth, whoever. We all learned to rhyme from them and some poetic mastery. There are some poets I cannot bear who are very popular. Wordsworth was not a connection for you. It doesn't lessen him for others, But you do have a masters degree in combining humor and poetry I got slammed here for making a joke about Shakespeare. It was not putting him down at all.Panagiota Login to Reply Bryn Strudwick Date: 4/15/2019 10:14:00 AM Thank you for the comments Panagiota. My poem was, of course, written with tongue firmly in cheek. It's over 65 years since I was asked to read anything in front of the class!