OUR POETRY

Taranaki Daily News, 17 May 1930, Page 24 (Supplement)

OUR POETRY

THE RAINBOW. (Sent by M. Murray.) Boats sail on the rivers, And ships sail on the seas; But clouds that sail across the sky Are prettier far than these. There are bridges on the rivers, As pretty as you please ; But the bow that bridges heaven And over-tops the trees, And builds a road from earth to sky, Is prettier far than these. THE DAISY. (Sent by Josephine Green.) With little white leaves in the grasses, Spread wide for the smile of the sun, It waits till the daylight passes And closes them one by one. I’ve asked why it closes at eve’n, And I know what it wished to say. There are stars all night in heavens, "And I am the star of day.” THE FAIRY COACH AND FOUR. (Sent by Moira Hoben.) At midnight on the roadway, There’s a sound of horses’ feet, And the little fairy -coach and. four Comes flying down the' street. Each night I draw the curtain, As quiet as a mouse, And watch the fairy coach and four Come flying past the house. (Sent by Keith Gosnell.) J don’t like porridge, skinny and brown, Waiting for breakfast, when I come down. Whatever happens, however late. Porridge is always sure to wait. Nobody steals it. They clear- the dish Of egg and bacon or cheese and fish. They eat the butter and all the good things meant for me. THE CLEVER CHEF. (Sent by Hene Thompson.) "We have no coal,” the fairies cried, On pancake day, "Oh, dear” "Well, never mind,” the chef replied, "We’ll have them, never fear!” He cooked them o’er a candle flame And jolly nice ones too. I think he well deserves hie fame To think of it, don’t you? - ' THE THREE. ’ (Sent by Doris Whiting.) "Let’s to bed,” said sleepy head, "Stay up a while,” said slow, ‘Put on the pan,” said greedy Nan, "Let’s sup before we go.” PETER’S FRIENDS. (Sent by “Fuchsia.) Said the sugar, “Peter likes me, I am always sure to please,” Said the pepper, with a chuckle, “1 delight to make him sneeze.” Said th© mustard: "How I sting him, 'fill the tear drops All his eye.” Said the vinegar: "He tastes me, And his face is all a awry.” Said the milk: “He loves me truly, In his coffee, or his tea.” Said the jam: "I rather fancy He thinks the most of me.” Said the butter: "I’m a comfort He could never do without.” f Said the bread: “My worth to Peter Is a worth lie cannot doubt.” Said the toast— But what the toast said, It is past my power to say; . For the servant brought the tea-tray And cleared them all away. (Sent by Walter Clarke.) No-one knows how the violets grow. You don’t know. I don’t know. No-one knows where the west wind goes. I don’t know, nor you. No-one knows how the glow-worm glows. You don’t know, I don’t know. And w e never did know and we never shall know. But we only know they do. WHAT BABY HAS. (Sent by Eileen Hurley.) , Ten little fingers, Ten little toes, Two little ankles, One little nose. Two little chubby feet, Kicking all the day, Four little dimped hands. Fearless at play. Two little rosy cheeks, Never to fade, One little body Beautifully made. Two little glistening eyes, Pretty and grey, One mop of golden curls, Bobbing all day. WINTER. (Sent by Winnie King Hon.) - The wind may rear, the snow may whirl, As fiercely as can be. They cannot stop this little boy and girlj From hurrying home for tea. There was an old woman Who lived under a hill, And if she’s not gone She lilves there still. CAN YOU GUESS? (Sent by Rose Skedgwell.) How van you make a coat last? Make everything dee first. When where A E 0 the only vowels? —Before U and I were born. (Sent by "Fuchsia.”) What room can you not enter? A mushroom. What runs but has no legs?—A river. Which is heavier, a man with one sack of flour or a man with three sacks? —A man with 1 eack of flour, for 1 sack of flour ie heavier than 3 empty 6<l ck S What can you put in a china jam dish and cannot take out?—A crack. What plant stands for the number 4? —lvy (iv.). Which is the most useful letter in the alphabet?—C. because it turns ash in to cash. (Sent by Hene Thompson.) What is the dirtiest letter in the alphabet?—o. because it has been twice placed in soot. Why is the sea always so restless?— Because it has so many rocks in its bed. What three letters of the alphabet ought we to have? —A Y Z (A wise head). What reptiles are best at arithmetic? —Adders. What paper resembles music.? —notepaper.