My support client loves to recite poetry but generally gets stuck a few lines in. Robert Brownings poem beginning “O to be in England now that April’s there” is one of his favourites. So much so that I have printed it out for him to keep on his coffee table to act as a prompt at the end of the second line.
Isn’t the human brain an amazing thing?
It can recall in detail many of our earliest experiences such as our English teacher waxing lyrical about a piece of prose or poetry in this case.
I recall my grandfather having a collection of limericks in his bookcase. It was a slim publication with line drawings that drew me to read it. The verses it contained made me chuckle with laughter and inspired me to have a go at creating my own versions …
There was a young lady from Stroud
who voice was exceedingly loud
Each time she spoke out
She just seemed to shout
That extraordinary lady from Stroud
and so on .. and so forth ..
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