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Warning - Poem by Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple
With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
And satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
I shall sit down on the pavement when I'm tired
And gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
And run my stick along the public railings
And make up for the sobriety of my youth.
I shall go out in my slippers in the rain
And pick flowers in other people's gardens
And learn to spit.

You can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
And eat three pounds of sausages at a go
Or only bread and pickle for a week
And hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.

But now we must have clothes that keep us dry
And pay our rent and not swear in the street
And set a good example for the children.
We must have friends to dinner and read the papers.

But maybe I ought to practice a little now?
So people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
When suddenly I am old, and start to wear purple.


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Poems About Warning

  1. 1. Warning , Jenny Joseph
  2. 2. A Warning To My Readers , Wendell Berry
  3. 3. Slaughter Of The Innocent (Warning War.. , Udiah (witness to Yah)
  4. 4. Without Warning , Sappho
  5. 5. Warning To Children , Robert Graves
  6. 6. A Warning: To Aurelius , Gaius Valerius Catullus
  7. 7. A Warning To Dissidents , Leo Yankevich
  8. 8. Warning , Shel Silverstein
  9. 9. But Listen, I Am Warning You , Anna Akhmatova
  10. 10. Warning , Ella Wheeler Wilcox
  11. 11. ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' .. , Dónall Dempsey
  12. 12. The Warning , Robert Creeley
  13. 13. My Soul Sacrifice (For A Child) ***wa.. , Lee Degnan
  14. 14. Warning , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  15. 15. The Time Of Shoddy (Warning Warning Wa.. , Udiah (witness to Yah)
  16. 16. Sublime Was The Warning , Thomas Moore
  17. 17. Fore-Warning , Robert William Service
  18. 18. Lochiel's Warning , Thomas Campbell
  19. 19. A Warning About Bebabs , Bruce Larkin
  20. 20. Warning And Reply , Emily Jane Brontë
  21. 21. The Surgeon's Warning , Robert Southey
  22. 22. 'Warning My Poem Are' 2/21/09 , Verlecia fields
  23. 23. Warning , Sydney Thompson Dobell
  24. 24. A Fair Warning , Clarence Michael James Stani ..
  25. 25. Warning , Langston Hughes
  26. 26. Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; Ii: , Ellis Parker Butler
  27. 27. It's In The Water! (Warning Warni.. , Udiah (witness to Yah)
  28. 28. Reply To The Indian Warning , Edgardo Tugade
  29. 29. Depression: Some Advice..... [a Reminde.. , Bri Edwards
  30. 30. A Warning To Ladies , Clarence Michael James Stani ..
  31. 31. Warning , George William Russell
  32. 32. A Warning , Ambrose Bierce
  33. 33. Warning! , Geetha Jayakumar
  34. 34. Warning To The Mighty , Adelaide Crapsey
  35. 35. The Warning. , Adelaide Crapsey
  36. 36. A Monster's Warning , Bruce Larkin
  37. 37. Warning , Frederick William (FW) Harvey
  38. 38. Haiku.......Space Travel Warning! , Ken e Hall
  39. 39. Super Bugs ........ [department Of Heal.. , Bri Edwards
  40. 40. 'Warning' , HELEN.J WILLIAMS
  41. 41. Little Ballads Of Timely Warning; Iii: , Ellis Parker Butler
  42. 42. Early Warning , Hasmukh Amathalal
  43. 43. The Warning , Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
  44. 44. A Warning , Not Long Left
  45. 45. Warning Signs , Bonnie Collins
  46. 46. Warning From Above , Clara Odelia Ciutara
  47. 47. Time's Warning , Floyd Zimmerman
  48. 48. Warning Bells , Lucille van OnselenZunckel
  49. 49. Futile Warning , malini kadir
  50. 50. Priorities- A Word Of Warning For Charit.. , Not Long Left

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