stuffed clouds like stuffed bears
tut-tut
and
well
Christopher Robin knows
and a blue or green balloon selected
and a mud-caked
bear
attached to string should rise
up in the air
to
find the hive
and do
stuffed bears get stung
or is the lack an
asset
in the Hundred
Acre Wood
unstung
good for a bear and
for
a child
and
I’d think good for bees in there as well
c l couch
(named for C Robin)
photo by Jez Timms on Unsplash
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Prayers for Alan Alexander
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Yesterday was A. A. Milne’s birthday
I didn’t know
And didn’t learn
Before posting time
(which sounds like horses
on the track
sorry, horses)
Anyway and, oh, bother
For not knowing
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Nothing new to pray for
Regarding supplication,
I suppose,
Except that A. A. be welcomed
Into heaven
And his boy who died some years
After and for us
Some years
Ago
And that both and all
Go on to play in
The Hundred Acre Wood
Until it’s time for honey
Then rest upon the bridge,
Followed by
Trudging up the stairs
To bed
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Sunset in the forest.
Photo by Marek Piwnicki on Unsplash
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Public Bear
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Pooh
Has entered
The public domain
Welcome, Pooh
And Piglet
Tigger
Rabbit
Kanga and Roo
Owl
And the blond boy
With buckles on his shoes
Who made a world
So that our world
Might be
Prettier
And kinder
And we can hope
A little wiser
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Thee Bee of Mee
inspired by a typo
Tut-tut rain, Christopher Robin
Says because he wants to fool the
Bees into distraction so that his
Mud-cloud bear might swipe honey
From their tree; the bear so-loved
Is grasping a balloon, and bear
And balloon are lifted up toward
A relished but unplanned
Reward of something sweet and
Lasting ‘til the next time the bear
Wants honey—I love the stories
And was named for the bear’s
Boy, who also went down to
The palace with Alice
Paraphrase
Of A A Milne—life by
Christopher Robin
And by me
Tut-tut rain, we say
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