Do you have a short poem that has stuck in your head..

[C.Ann]

throughout the years and you can recite it from memory? I don't know where I read this - or why I remember it - but here it is:

Give me a minute?
A minute is cruel..
It challenges the wise man
And shows up the fool..
Lifetimes are changed,
Some canceled out..
All in that minute,
That seemed not to count......

Anyone know where this came from??

 

[wdwmom2]

I always remember this one. I had to memorize it in 6th grade(1976).

I think that I shall never see,

A poem lovely as a tree.

A tree whose hungry mouth is prest,

Against the earth’s sweet flowing breast.

A tree who looks at God all day,

And lifts her leafy arms to pray.

A tree that may in summer wear,

A nest of robins in her hair.

Upon whose bosom snow has lain,

Who intimately lives with rain.

Poems are made by fools like me,

But only God can make a tree.

 

[CarolA]

Never heard of it, but it's nice.

I have a phrase...

When the Lord closes a door, somewhere he opens a window.


I heard it in the Sound of Music and I refer to it when bad things happen to me!

 

[SDFgirl]

There is a a poem about a dog dying, that I can recite from heart. It echoed through my head for days after my beloved dog, Chester, died two Decembers ago. It still brings a tear to my eye:

REST IN PEACE

Father, in Thy starry tent
I kneel, a humble suppliant …
A dog has died today on earth,
Of little worth
Yet very dear.
Gather him in Thine arms
If only
For awhile.
I fear he will be lonely …
Shield him with Thy smile.

- Dr Wilfred J. Funk

 

[Sparx]

I didn't, but now I have the one that C.Ann posted. I really like that one, but I don't know who wrote it.

 

[Pooh Girl 71]

Oh yes, I almost got expelled from Christian school in the 6th grade

The moon may kiss the stars on high
The stars may kiss the bright blue sky
The bright blue sky may kiss the grass
But, you my friend, may kiss my a**

I think I may get that etched on my grave

 

[aprilgail2]

There once was a man from Nantucket......hmmmm...don't think I can type the rest on here LOL.....ok ok so its more of a limerrick...close enough LOL

 

[orvilleair]

"The Fog" by Carl Sandburg.

"The fog comes on little cat feet. It sits looking over harbor and city on
silent haunches and then moves on."

Always used it when I had to stand in front of everyone during English class.

 

[nemo1987]

Well its not a poem and its not short, but in fifth grade we had to learn the fifty states that rhyme song and I can still sing it word for word even all the phrases.
-Sarah

 

[Stacy's a freak]

*in a sing-songy voice*

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
perhaps she'll die

yeah... I sing that when I'm stressed ... I'm also a freak...

 

[crazyforgoofy]

I was a rather dramatic early teenager. My favorite poet was Edna St. Vincent Millay and I memorized tons of her odd and depressing poetry. The one that sticks with me to this day is.


My candle burns at both ends; It will not last the night; But, ah, my foes, and, oh, my friends - it gives a lovely light.

 

[kirbsam]

There once was a man from Nantucket......hmmmm...don't think I can type the rest on here LOL.....ok ok so its more of a limerrick...close enough LOL

you beat me to it. that was super funny.

 

[cynsaun]

Oh yes, I almost got expelled from Christian school in the 6th grade

The moon may kiss the stars on high
The stars may kiss the bright blue sky
The bright blue sky may kiss the grass
But, you my friend, may kiss my a**

I think I may get that etched on my grave

 

[rnd4life]

There once was a man from Nantucket......hmmmm...don't think I can type the rest on here LOL.....ok ok so its more of a limerrick...close enough LOL

LOL!

 

[C.Ann]

Anyone else?

Of course I had my silly ones too.........

"Mary had a little lamb
His fleece was black as soot
And everywhere that Mary went
His sooty foot he put..."

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[Shelby5514]

From Charlie...

Chewing gum is really gross,
Chewing gum I hate the most.
(I think this is right? Only seen the movie once but it stuck in my head. )

 

[C.Ann]

*in a sing-songy voice*

There was an old woman who swallowed a fly
I don't know why she swallowed the fly
perhaps she'll die

yeah... I sing that when I'm stressed ... I'm also a freak...

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There was an old woman who swallowed a spider
that wiggled and jiggled and wriggled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly
perhaps she'll die...

There was an old woman who swallowed a bird
Swallowed a bird?
How absurd!
She swallowed the bird
to catch the spider
that wiggled and jiggled and wriggled inside her
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly
perhaps she'll die..

There was an old woman
who swallowed a cat..
Swallowed a cat?
Fancy that!
She swallowed the cat
to catch the bird,
she swallowed the bird to catch the spider
that wiggled and jiggled and wriggled inside her..
She swallowed the spider to catch the fly
I don't know why she swallowed a fly
perhaps she'll die..

There was an old woman
who swallowed a dog..
Swallowed a dog?
What a hog!
She swallowed the dog
to catch the cat
she swallowed the cat
to catch the bird
she swallowed the bird
to catch the spider
that wiggled and jiggled and wriggled inside her
She swallowed the spider
to catch the fly
I don't know why
she swallowed a fly
perhaps she'll die..

There was an old woman
who swallowed a horse
Swallowed a horse?
She's dead, of course!!!

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My granddaughter and I sing this at the campfire every weekend..

 

[Sparx]

From Charlie...

Chewing gum is really gross,
Chewing gum I hate the most.
(I think this is right? Only seen the movie once but it stuck in my head. )

I love that part! I also like the squirrels.

 

[Figment22]

I learned this in fifth grade. If I remember correctly it's by e.e. Cummings:

Hamburger is a word worth hating
Both fraudulent and infuriating
Contrived to foster the belief
That only beefburgers are made of beef
Implying with shoddy flim and flam
That hamburgers are made with ham

Why that little poem sticks in my head (when no others have) after about 35 years is a complete mystery to me!

 

[Disney Doll]

It's not the cough
That carries you off
It's the coffin
They carry you off in.