NONSENSE POEMS

Southland Times, Issue 23652, 29 October 1938, Page 5 (Supplement)

NONSENSE POEMS

—VERY HIGHLY COMMENDED— While wandering in the field one day, A timid little bull Met a fierce-loo'king'maid, * And felt so very much afraid. The bull, a dainty little thing, With hair in plaits of brown, Just looked the maiden up and down, Then turned around and fled. —3 marks to Cousin Valerie Fox (8), 57 Conyers street —HIGHLY COMMENDED— Soft warm hailstones fall in spring, Flying worms on everything,Big black sheets of greyish mist, Mussels the stars have kissed, The song of a tiger upon a tree, Resting at sunset on the sea, Crimson elephants among the corn. The cry of a ship at the dawn, _ A flaming moon on a jet black night, A wet wind blowing the elephant’s kite, ' The thunder peels the foam along, But best of all is the farmyard song.

—2 marks to Cousin Margaret McCleery A.C., (12), 193 Ritchie street.

—HIGHLY COMMENDED—“Hey! hey butcher! Any brains to, sell?” “No sir! no sir! I don’t feel well, For when I had bought them I put them in my head, And with so many in it, it’s like a lump of lead.” (Based on “Baa-Baa Black Sheep.”)

—2 marks to Cousin Margaret Francis (12), 78 Russell street

—HIGHLY COMMENDED— The goose purred when she called her baby. The cat went flying round, The dog meowed when we went

near him, The hens barked at every sound.

Then suddenly all the flowers, Broke away from their stalks. Then went in pairs, arm-in-arm, And took the garden walks. —2 marks to Cousin Dorothy Lake (9), Tussock Creek.