Sidney Beck Poet Couplet

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.

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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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Carol Sunshine Brown August 25, 2011 at 9:15 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

Nancy Jones August 24, 2011 at 7:04 PM write on!! I second the motion of jocundity!

John Smith August 24, 2011 at 1:22 PM A spritely, jocund poem. Good write.

Francine Roberts August 24, 2011 at 12:50 PM he'd definitely shake his head wouldn't he, well done, I enjoyed this immensely

Doris Culverhouse August 24, 2011 at 12:12 PM Yellow and gay....yes Wordsworth willy nilly was wronged. heehee!!

Elizabeth Wesley August 24, 2011 at 11:34 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.