tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post2282381462995199867..comments2024-03-28T20:56:34.131+00:00Comments on Tracing Rainbows: ...And Cheap Tin TraysAngelahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-40076206004111830412019-04-12T07:35:17.801+01:002019-04-12T07:35:17.801+01:00Yes, the Lady of Shalott is indeed lovely, and JWW...Yes, the Lady of Shalott is indeed lovely, and JWWaterhouse's Pre-Raphaelite picture of her is gorgeous too! Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-23555451761491441612019-04-12T07:32:12.429+01:002019-04-12T07:32:12.429+01:00I'd forgotten about 'High Flight' it i...I'd forgotten about 'High Flight' it is a beautiful poemAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-74276589183244068012019-04-11T21:37:57.193+01:002019-04-11T21:37:57.193+01:00Cargoes is one of my favourite poems too - and I a...Cargoes is one of my favourite poems too - and I also have the "cheap tin trays"( minus the forks ) and cinnamon and a diamond ring but had never thought to associate them with the poem until now! Another favourite poem is High Flight by John Magee.Dohetuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05156932933155697252noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-52697670159346525292019-04-11T19:35:33.149+01:002019-04-11T19:35:33.149+01:00So glad to be reminded of this poem. cheersSo glad to be reminded of this poem. cheersCarolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16985978221627051493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-43411665778886341472019-04-11T17:29:06.235+01:002019-04-11T17:29:06.235+01:00Hiawatha was one that my mother used to recite to ...Hiawatha was one that my mother used to recite to me, but my favourite was The Lady of Shalott, not strictly speaking a poem, but lovely nevertheless.Elizabethdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02405703727112759947noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-68754264228878408992019-04-11T15:57:50.767+01:002019-04-11T15:57:50.767+01:00My Favourite poem is yours!! When in the first yea...My Favourite poem is yours!! When in the first year at senior school we had to recite our favourite poem in a elocution competition, to my surprise I won.......the comment from the judges said I recited the poem with great feeling for the words........the prize... The Little Golden Treasury of Verse, Its a long time since I won it, but I still have it.sweet blondie blue eyeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10415902997410295811noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-16273400836961356912019-04-11T11:57:13.382+01:002019-04-11T11:57:13.382+01:00If only more parents taught their children poetry....If only more parents taught their children poetry...Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-58266885204913042772019-04-11T11:56:39.209+01:002019-04-11T11:56:39.209+01:00That's very impressiveThat's very impressiveAngelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-78560716923340427222019-04-11T11:56:26.113+01:002019-04-11T11:56:26.113+01:00My problem with Hiawatha is I remember bits of the...My problem with Hiawatha is I remember bits of the parodies [eg "Hiawatha made some mittens, made them with the skin side inside"] and I am never sure which words are genuine Longfellow verses!Angelahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494078135251214182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-32343769245769484472019-04-11T10:13:49.840+01:002019-04-11T10:13:49.840+01:00My mother taught me that poem when I was in junior...My mother taught me that poem when I was in junior school, she learnt it at school in the 1940s!Lynn Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05300519765837463217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-22480558676565108362019-04-11T10:09:50.819+01:002019-04-11T10:09:50.819+01:00I love poems! Good thing, too, because I had to m...I love poems! Good thing, too, because I had to memorize many of them in two languages for school! LOL! Blesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16369267622517848850noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-72060968391504426182019-04-11T07:48:12.166+01:002019-04-11T07:48:12.166+01:00That poem is one of the few things I remember from...That poem is one of the few things I remember from primary school along with Ducks Ditty and bits of Hiawatha Sue in Suffolkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166036914348424622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1341483723976821096.post-52676411828468465682019-04-11T07:05:11.944+01:002019-04-11T07:05:11.944+01:00Oh thank you! I'd forgotten that poem and, li...Oh thank you! I'd forgotten that poem and, like you, I enjoyed it as a child. It was "Dirty British coaster with a salt caked smoke stack" which I remembered most. Frugally challengedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10222391810215537820noreply@blogger.com