It's weird, isn't it, how sometimes your brain just never lets up! This morning, I woke up at 5 o'clock! I went to the loo, as you do, and then got back into bed. And then this popped into my head:
The Writer and The Bookseller
"The time has come," the writer said,
"To talk of many strings:
Of freebie books -- and Amazon --
Of Rough Cut -- and Kindle things --
And why on earth you wouldy not
Go and start downloading!
I was going to add: with apologies to Ruddy Hard Kipping!
but actually I think it should be with apologies to Loos Carol.
And of course it would be emiss of me not to give you te link, now wouldn't it?!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B006RBGJ88
But it won't be available free until today from 12:00 midnight Pacific Standard Time which I think is 8:00 am GMT.
And so, back to bed!
Great post! Love ruddy Hard Kipping - always thought it was Kipling and he also made exceedingly good cakes ....
ReplyDeleteHe was a man of many talents!
ReplyDeleteI must admit I liked the cakes as well as Kindle things.
ReplyDeleteI wandered in the night
ReplyDeleteTo find the toilet and with the roll
Completed the task at hand quite largely
Only dealing with private malarchy
...The stairs they stood tall and imposed
On my heart and the kitchen supposed
My next visit would come swift
I felt my feet go slightly adrift
...The remaining chocolate brownies and milk
That the kids had knashed at and also spilt
Sat unnasuming quietly on display
One or two for me - Yay!
...And a novel later (on most nights youtube)
Secured my fate as a puppet of voodoo
It had all gone swimmingly up until this point
My heart, mind, body and spirit were out of joint!
...In my defence I lacked the courage
To stand against the evil flourish
Of over attentive proverbs of cursing
I once heard my mum tell me when I was nursing
...And to the day, or the night time creeping
I feel less likely to be sleeping
A day spent with a beer and folly
In this house oh how so jolly!
- Thomas Latcham
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DeleteThomas,
ReplyDeleteI think you are another poet,
The thing is did you know it?
Oh what fun it is to write,
Even if it is at night!
:-)
P.S.
My previous comment on your comment
contained a typo
So I deleted it,
it only took a mo!