John Anderson Poet Free verse

Notes About The Poem

“What about second breakfast? What about elevenses?”
- said by Pippin (Peregrin Took) in Peter Jackson’s film adaptation of 'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001)'. 

"Pooh's clock, you will remember, 'stopped at five minutes to eleven some weeks ago,' meaning that the idle bear, in A.A. Milne's 'The House at Pooh Corner', is blissfully trapped in a sort of eternal elevenses." - derived from an article titled "Whatever Happened to Elevenses?" published by The Idler magazine.

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Whatever Happened to Elevenses

Breakfast done, lunch so far away.
It's never too early or late for Elevenses!
Perhaps a seed-cake, sweet fragrant and so very proper.
Or a steaming currant bun, warm, light and spicy.
Oh perhaps the splendor of a freshly baked scone with jam and cream.
Or delicate petite fours scattered with remnants of a dream perchance?
Who stole the plate the strawberry tarts, red, tangy and sweet?
Or the short-bread creams rich in flour and butter, filled with icing?
All swerved with steaming tea, brewed in a pot, warmed in a knitted cosy!
It's ten past ten, how can we wait any longer?
For the clock to strike - Elevenses!

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