Patience and the Prodigal have hit upon a novel idea and we propose to test its merit. What we intend is to revisit the obscure and much forgotten verse and poetry of some of the great poets of all time and with the juxtaposition of words, phrases and lines, represent these more or less ignored stanzas in a new light.
William Wordsworth, for instance is generally credited with composing roughly 1000 separate poems, yet how many are well known. Perhaps aficionados of Wordsworth might know a dozen or twenty of his more celebrated poems such as ‘The Green Linnet’, ‘The Daffodils’, ‘Composed upon Westminster Bridge’ or ‘The Solitary Reaper. What about the rest? Surely these must be infused with the creative genius of Wordsworth. This we intend to explore, if only for the Craic.

Tuesday, 16 April 2013

Legal Fees.(from the Farmer of Tilsbury Vale)

He dwells in the centre of London's wide town,
On his head near-white curls, on his back near-black gown,
And this small critic wielding his delicate pen
hurries back-to-front progress; grants smiles to old men.

A farmer, his father, whose house far and near
was the boast of the country for excellent cheer,
For thirty smooth years did he thrive on his farm,
The genius of plenty preserved him from harm.

Then the small town of Oxford made many demands,
All purses are finite in ill-advised hands,
His eldest son, only son, rustic and raw,
decided he wanted to learn about law.

Then Dad had to borrow and steal to survive,
His fingers as busy as bees in a hive,
He himself, had always been free with his money,
But where is the bee that makes twelve carat honey?

Now nothing in purse and nothing in hand,
Who once had twelve reapers working the land,
For laws are like teats on a Jersey cows udder,
they cant stand alone; they must lean on each other!



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