Hi Sally. A bit of verbal fun,.... although I took her to Skpton yesterday
and she finished up with a new pink scarf, a pink hat and a pair of pink
gloves. Well, it was a cold day and there was a cutting wind. Regards Arthur
----- Original Message -----
From: "Sally James" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Thursday, November 11, 2004 12:49 PM
Subject: Re: New Sub: Choosing a gift
> Yes I love this poem jArthur but I think just a little too long. Maybe you
> could cut a few lines with the beginning "If".
> Pink by the way is definetly the "in" colour at the moment. How do I know?
I
> went on holiday recently to a fashionable part of Italy and was told that
> pink was THE colour last season and also this season too. Just a differant
> shade. So your granddaughter is in fashion.
> A lovely gentle poem I found and would be good to hear in performance.bw
> sally j
>
>
> >From: Arthur Seeley <[log in to unmask]>
> >Reply-To: The Pennine Poetry Works <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: New Sub: Choosing a gift
> >Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 11:07:44 -0000
> >
> >Choosing a gift
> >
> >
> >
> >She has this thing about pink,
> >
> >it's more of a yen than a thing,
> >
> >perhaps more a yearning than a yen,
> >
> >certainly it is an overwhelming desire,
> >
> >an all-consuming hunger, you might say,
> >
> >or you might say, a grand obsession.
> >
> >
> >
> >If pink did not exist she would invent it,
> >
> >she would discover it, seek it out,
> >
> >find it, mine it, harvest it,
> >
> >hunt it to the ends of the earth,
> >
> >look for it in the deepest places,
> >
> >dare blizzard and tempest,
> >
> >earthquake and hurricane for it,
> >
> >just for a jar of it, a sample of it,
> >
> >a spoonful, a soupcon, a smidgen, a smear of it.
> >
> >
> >
> >If pink was running for president she would vote for it.
> >
> >If pink was a prisoner held in durance vile
> >
> >she would dare a squadron of dragons to free it.
> >
> >If it were a share on the stock market she would invest in it.
> >
> >If pink were a planet she'd send spaceships to it.
> >
> >If it were a religion she would convert to it, raise altars to it.
> >
> >If it were a film star, a pop star or some such celebrity
> >
> >she would write fan letters, demand photos and autographs
> >
> >and locks of coiled pink hair.
> >
> >She would squeal as it passed in a pink Cadillac with smoked windows,
> >
> >weep for it, stick it on her wall
> >
> >and sigh each night before she turned
> >
> >to float through dreams of Pinkdom.
> >
> >
> >
> >She wears pink, layers of it,
> >
> >walks around glowing like a raked fire,
> >
> >or a smacked arse, like a carnation or a freshly boiled crab.
> >
> >She changes light like a glass of vin rose,
> >
> >like a dawn's beginnings,
> >
> >or a summer evening melting into night.
> >
> >She shines like the inside of a pomegranate
> >
> >or a bitten fig, a rose petal.
> >
> >She is herself quintessentially pink,
> >
> >pink to the very core of her,
> >
> >from tiny pink toe to the ribbon that binds her hair,
> >
> >tip to glowing pink tip of her fingers.
> >
> >
> >
> >I have detailed, at some length I have to agree,
> >
> >her devotion to the cult of pinkery and all things pink
> >
> >but I do this only to confirm that, come Christmas,
> >
> >I shall have no difficulties
> >
> >with my four-year-old grand daughter,
> >
> >no problem choosing the right gifts for her.
> >
> >
> >
> >If its pink its in
>
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