Pen & Ink

If all the world were pen and ink

And all the folk were sorrow,

If all the trees were burly breeze

And Wednesdays, come tomorrow,

If all the stars were out of sight

And snow fell softly overnight,

If all we woke to morning white

Who’d lantern light the morrow?

 

If all the earth were beaten gold

And all the fields were fallow,

If all the bees were try-to-please

And all the mud marshmallow,

If all the children walked away

To never change from day to day

But gambolled in the autumn hay,

Who’d taper light the tallow?

 

David Lewis Paget

Reviews

[The Ponderings of Bella]

This has to be one of my favourite poems of yours!!! It is absolutely fantastic!! The imagery is incredible and whimsical, I love this poem!! I like the mud marshmallow part!! Well Done! :)

[Angel Bird]

- Marvelously done!!! I like it very much!

[Jaffa Forbes]

This is really very good. I'm not a huge fan of carefully rhyming poems, but this one has class. Not only that, it has an easy to understand but very interesting meaning and also beautiful imagery that effectively conveys what is trying to be said.
good stuff
jaff