Posted by on Aug 10, 2020 | 14 comments

Thinking of new words to make poetry out of  a llama…

Actually, Caesar is Argentine, although many llamas come from Tibet.

And he has a fan club and followers and shows up at protests to calm the crowd.

Is this wonderful or what?

Mama remembers a poem by Ogden Nash that her mama used to tell the kids for a laugh:

In far Tibet there lived a llama,

he had no papa, had no mama,

he had no wife, he had no chillin,

he had to no used for penicillin.

There  is more but…

Who know what it meant – it was just fun to rhyme and then the kids would make up their own words of poetry.  I guess at that age, very young, it’s easier to introduce kids to fun poems by Dr Seuss than old T S or Frost.  Although mama thinks kids can understand much more than they are given credit for.

Stopping By Woods On A Snowy Evening, for example, is easily understandable at almost any age with someone to help explain it.  But Frost himself says that it is only a poem about loneliness and a moment of reflection on the snowy woods’ beauty, but the speaker has obligations and must go on to fulfill them.  A little like now – we are all a bit lonesome for our friend and family and normal life and yet we must go on with our obligations until this virus is under control.

And how I got from llamas to snowy woods…jeez…don’t ask.  Just enjoy the poems.