OUR OWN VERSE-MAKERS

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18659, 30 August 1930, Page 12

OUR OWN VERSE-MAKERS

A PUZZLING DILEMMA. My Dear Peter Pan, please tell me if you can, What gave the window a pane? And is it true that a chimney flue? —I wish you would explain. Because it did espy a pretty little horse-fly, Would that make a window blind? And although they never spoke, when they saw the chimney smoke, Do you think the sparrows didn’t mind? I expect it is absurd, but have you ever heard The music stealing from a new hatband? And do the flowers stalk, when they see the garden walk, Or merely make a pretty flowerstand? Have you ever been told of a drum major bold, Who can beat on the drums of his ears? And the corn that will grow on our poor little toe Is to feed up your calves, it appears It’s really a shame when hunting big game, You can’t use your shoulder blades, And would it be sore if you gave some jaw To the gardener using your spades? Now, my dear, if you’ll tell, then all will be well, And you’ll save me a great deal of worry; But if you can’t see, you’re as bad as me, And I won’t ask again in a hurry. (5 Marks and a Merit Card awarded to “Airy Fairy,”—lris Kellie, Pleasant Point, aged 12).