Roald Dahl

(13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990 / Cardiff / Wales)

poet Roald Dahl
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St Ives - Poem by Roald Dahl

As I was going to St Ives
I met a man with seven wives
Said he, 'I think it's much more fun
Than getting stuck with only one.'


Comments about St Ives by Roald Dahl

  • (9/17/2015 8:27:00 PM)


    ....flows and rhymes very nicely ★ (Report) Reply

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  • Brian Jani (4/28/2014 4:06:00 AM)


    You surely know how to wrote, I like each and every poem of yours (Report) Reply

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  • (12/7/2011 6:17:00 AM)


    LOL...AT first line I tought this would be the same. (Report) Reply

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  • (11/11/2008 12:38:00 AM)


    heck wifes are only fun for the first year lol. I think this is a very good and funny poem.
    *Purkey Girl*     (Report) Reply

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  • (2/22/2008 3:20:00 AM)


    this is great: DXDXDXDXD (Report) Reply

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  • (5/3/2007 4:25:00 AM)


    you have a wive? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
    well, i certainly don't.
    i'm 10!     (Report) Reply

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  • (4/25/2005 7:36:00 PM)


    haha, its so much more fun than getting 'stuck with one.' great, great. hahaha (Report) Reply

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Poem Submitted: Friday, January 3, 2003

Poem Edited: Tuesday, November 3, 2015
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