A Walk Around the Block : Poem #6

Blackberry Picking for Philip Hobsbaum   Late August, given heavy rain and sun For a full week, the blackberries would ripen. At first, just one, a glossy purple clot Among others, red, green, hard as a knot. You ate that first one and its flesh was sweet Like thickened wine: summer's blood was in it…

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A Walk Around the Block : Poem #5

Concord Hymn By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood And fired the shot heard round the world. The foe long since in silence slept; Alike the conqueror silent sleeps; And Time the ruined bridge has swept Down the dark stream which seaward…

A Walk Around the Block : Poem #3

Buckingham Palace They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice. Alice is marrying one of the guard. "A soldier's life is terrible hard," Says Alice. They're changing guard at Buckingham Palace - Christopher Robin went down with Alice. We saw a guard in a sentry-box. "One of the sergeants looks…

A Walk Around the Block : Poem #2

What is Purple? Time is purple Just before night When most people Turn on the light— But if you don't it's A beautiful sight. Asters are purple, There's purple ink. Purple's more popular Than you think.... It's sort of a great Grandmother to pink. There are purple shadows And purple veils, Some ladies purple Their…

A Walk Around the Block : Poem #1

Sick   “I cannot go to school today," Said little Peggy Ann McKay. “I have the measles and the mumps, A gash, a rash and purple bumps. My mouth is wet, my throat is dry, I’m going blind in my right eye. My tonsils are as big as rocks, I’ve counted sixteen chicken pox And…