Friday, May 6, 2011

The Plaint Of The Camel Comments

Rating: 3.0

Canary-Birds feed on sugar and seed,
Parrots have crackers to crunch:
And, as for the poodles, they tell me the noodles
Have chickens and cream for their lunch.
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Charles Edward Carryl
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Sylvia Frances Chan 01 May 2021

Congratulations with the Poem Hunter's choice of the Classic Poem of the Day. True fantastic poem!

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Sylvia Frances Chan 01 May 2021

Congratulations! Enjoyed very much this famous poem full of humor. True wonderful and so refreshening! Congrats being chosen again as The Poem Of The Day!

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Rose Marie Juan-austin 30 April 2021

A well crafted poem. Very entertaining. Great images.

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Harley White 30 April 2021

Ah, what a delight to read! Thank you for posting it...

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Lakshya Prasanna 22 November 2020

it" s so funny that i can" t stop laughing! ! !

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Janya 01 February 2022

Not funny

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Bill cook 18 November 2020

He was certainly inventive. This one is fun. I also appreciate the walloping window blind song.

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Moe Linzel 09 March 2020

This line was the first thing I committed to memory when I first learn to read - " for it's nobody's habit to ride on a rabbit or try to bestraddle a fox' It still tickles me to recite :) age 91

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Meera 31 August 2018

Have loved this poem from the time I was in school.

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Aastha Kumari 01 May 2018

Add a comment The plaint of camel

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Aastha Kumari 01 May 2018

Add a comment The plaint of camel

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Cheryl 14 February 2018

Wonderful! Couldn't stop laughing!

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Mahitha 07 February 2018

the poet was very nice that it was about a camel which was saying about it ALLOVER IT WAS AWESOME

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* Sunprincess * 14 January 2017

..I love this delightful poem, such a wonderful sense of humor ★

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Renu Tewari 09 August 2016

Awesome, lovely! It makes me feel so empathetic to the gentle, unassuming camel.

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Susan Williams 24 January 2016

Can you hear the delighted laughter of children as they lie in bed being read this by their father? What a happy way to send a tot off to dreamland. Charles Edward Carryl was a treasure and still is.

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Ratnakar Mandlik 24 January 2016

Comparison of camel and it's habitat and other animals and birds in a jolly way is very lovely and interesting. Thanks for sharing.

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Charles Edward Carryl

Charles Edward Carryl

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