ABPA - Australian Bush Poets Association

No problems Marty - do you think you could write a simple nursery rhyme for the kiddies Something along the lines of this one should do it....

Betty Botter by Mother Goose

Betty Botter bought some butter,
but, she said, the butter’s bitter;
if I put it in my batter
it will make my batter bitter,
but a bit of better butter
will make my batter better.
So she bought a bit of butter
better than her bitter butter,
and she put it in her batter
and the batter was not bitter.
So ’twas better Betty Botter
bought a bit of better butter.


I liked your poem Marty - you are a clever bloke. At least I keep you thinking Mate

Cheers

Maureen

You win and yes I reckon the kids would love it - you should run it by Stephen he is the expert on childrens poetry

Well done Marty. You may or may not be interested to know but according to Stephen Fry the old Anglo-Saxon bards used to construct their poems very similar to the way you have done it; two sets of accents stresses in each line ( they had two accents you have three ) with a slight break in the middle of each line and alliteration as the " rhyming " feature.
To think Will Scarlet may well have entertained Robin the Hood and his gang with something just like that. being a bit feral they would have enjoyed Pongy Peter I reckon