Sing a Song of Sixpence
"This is believed to be a version that I'd furthered a bit more," ... by Poet
Sing a song of gone-byes,
A pocket golden watch.
Four and twenty hours
Staked as top-notch.
When the time had entered,
The Cuckoo Clock did sing.
Wasn't that a dandyish,
As sunset be the king.
The king in his grandfather clock,
Tick tocking away.
The queen mooning the dark hour,
Waxes
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Categories:
sixpence, allusion, analogy, appreciation, bird,
Form: Rhyme
Sing a Song of Sixpence
When words were once enough,
To make the difference;
And took me somewhere high.
As if I had heard someone say…
“soft landings are not free”
How I remember the winter to be an honest season
In which I might become a bit more of who I am.
Another thin minute to befall an aged way,
To bring a bright thought to my
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Categories:
sixpence, meaningful,
Form: Free verse
Sixpence
Our Christmas dinner was served,
With traditional veggies and meat,
It’s a roast with the usual crackle,
Plus gravy to make it complete.
And then it is time for the sweets,
It’s a pudding with personal pride
From a recipe of our grandmother,
With money that’s hidden inside.
Now each and all hope and they pray,
The pudding that’s put on their plate,
Will be
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Categories:
sixpence, christmas, humor,
Form: Rhyme
Sixpence
Ask yer mother for sixpence,
to see the Jerry Giraffe,
freckles on his eyebrows,
and big ones on his, Ask
yer momma for sixpence
...by dunno whozit 1950
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Categories:
sixpence, absence,
Form: Ballade
A Silver Sixpence
On a cold frosty night the moon hung in the dark sky like a silver sixpence,
Waiting for a bus that seemed to be hours late, wind dried my face I was cold,
While leaning on the stop sign I could see into rooms through lighted windows,
All seemed warm and cosy Christmas Trees glowed and fairy lights
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Categories:
sixpence, christmas, christmas, night, grandparents,
Form: Prose Poetry