Kingsthorpe Middle School brings back lots of memories. When Eric said "Alas and Alack" to me earlier, my memories came flooding back. I suddenly remembered about a poem I… urr… created in Year 7, I think it was.

We had a task set to make our own anthology. Basically, we had to find five or so poems we liked, make poems in a certain style (Like a haiku, Tanka and whatnot) and a couple of our own random poems. My Pet Duck is a random poem, but it’s quite cute, so I’ll share it. Enjoy, I guess. (You need to view the blog post to see it)

I purchased a duck  
But alas and alack  
One cold winters morn  
He woke minus his quack  
We searched round the garden  
He wanted it back  
For a duck’s not a duck  
If it’s not got a quack. 

I called in the vet  
Who said "Poodles I do,  
Cats, hamsters, stick insects  
And the odd cockatoo  
But I confess for the first time  
I’m taken aback  
For I’ve not even heard  
Of a duck with no quack"

But he stuck a thermometer  
In the duck’s beak  
Then said "Ahhh, the problem’s  
Become clear as I speak -  
This duck has developed  
A case of the ‘flu  
And just lost his voice  
As a human would do….

Just keep your duck warm,  
Give him plenty to drink  
(And some vitamin pills  
Would help too, I think)  
And you’ll find in a few days  
The sounds that he’s lacking  
Will come back full force  
And you won’t stop him quacking…" 

You know something? He was right!

Trackback URL - Share on Plurk

Tags: blog, Eric