WHAT ABOUT A DITTY
It’s not too deep
And seldom pretty,
Partly poem
And that’s a pity.
Takes a leap,
A high, a fall,
A lousy rhyme
Or two—that’s all.
Won't save the world,
Won’t change a mind,
Won’t move a mountain,
But you’ll find
An entertainment,
Sometimes witty.
Daft, and different.
That’s my ditty!
© 2016 Jane Yolen. All rights reserved.
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Thank you, Jane, for getting us off and running. As usual (always?), you're ahead of me. But I promise to catch up before long. Come on, everyone, follow Jane!
ReplyDeleteAnd we're off to a great start!!!
ReplyDeleteExactly right. What fun to start with a lovely description. Now I need to remember all the fun "ditties" my mother sang to me.
ReplyDeleteDaft and different work for me! Thanks, Jane.
ReplyDeleteI enjoy the rhythm rolling down the lines, then slowing down just a bit to tie it together on the last refrain.
ReplyDeletewonderful poem to start us off I love the sound of the words together as I read them Thank you for sharing you poem Jane !!!
ReplyDeleteVery fun!
ReplyDeleteDoes this "paroditty" count"?
ReplyDeleteJenny Dumped Me
[Pace Leigh Hunt]
Jenny dump’d me when we met,
Bolting from the store she walked in;
Time, that burglar, stole my pet
Seconds after I had clocked in.
Say I’m happy nonetheless.
Say that life has not speed-bump’d me.
Say whatever. I confess,
Jenny dump’d me.
J. Patrick Lewis
For you, Pat, it ALL counts. :) And here's a link for those not familiar with the original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny_kiss'd_Me
DeletePat, I just now read this so I'm just now smiling for the first time. Well I just read it again so I'm smiling for the second time. And on it will go.
DeleteOh, it's a ditty party. Love being a guest among Pat and David and Jane. Such masters and so funny.
ReplyDeleteJane's ditty poem is ditty-licious! Lots of fun!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love it.
ReplyDeleteTerrific stuff, but then we expect that from Jane Yolen, no? It's a pretty little ditty.
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