Thursday, January 9, 2014

Sweeter Words Saturday:


Children literature and prose is my favorite section in every library and bookstore. I am drawn in by the colours, the typography, book design, and the quirky stories that lie within each book. I have the refined taste of a twelve year old and I am not a ashamed. 

I read a bit of children poetry and prose a while ago and copied the poems I liked into a small journal. This was one of them. The age is evident in the old choices and how people are described, but the sass is undeniable there.

I will share a bit more information about the author later. I also think that a poodle can substitute for a lamb.

"If No One Ever Marries Me" by Laurence Alma-Tadema

If no one ever marries me-
        And I don't see why they should,
For nurse says I'm not pretty
        And I'm seldom very good-

If no one ever marries me
        I shan't mind very much;
I shall buy a squirrel in a cage,
       And a little lamb, quite clean and tame,
That I can take to town.

And when I'm getting really old,
        At twenty eight or nine,
I shall buy a little orphan girl
        And bring her up as mine.


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