I thought we would be none the worse for a little lighthearted verse today. Besides I needed to laugh at a rather frustrating incident a couple of days ago! As you can guess from this, we have had a lot of rain lately.
I give you a photo of the same wheelbarrow last year when it was still a good deal cleaner and we had also had a lot of rain!
An Incident with a Wheelbarrow
The mud was deep and sloppy,
And my steps were short and choppy
As I tugged my small jalopy
Through the mud.
My feet got in a muddle,
And I tumbled in a puddle,
And I sat up in a huddle
In the mud.
I gave a mighty, “Blat!”
Which you cannot wonder at
Since it soaked me where I sat
In the mud.
It soaked me to the marrow.
I suspect a smirking sparrow
As I tugged the loathsome barrow
From the mud.
Half its contents were unloaded
And my patience was much goaded,
But I scooped the muck exploded
From the mud.
Yes, I pushed that load unpowered
While I simmered and I glowered;
Then I went inside and showered
Off the mud!
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Derek Grant (Tuesday, 24 March 2020 14:47)
A small but humiliating disaster now wonderfully immortalized in poetry.
Amy@small sunny garden (Tuesday, 24 March 2020 15:27)
Thanks a million, Derek! I went flat on my back, but it's certainly the kind of thing that makes a good laugh afterwards!
Diana Studer (Tuesday, 24 March 2020 17:05)
A soft landing at least?
Amy@small sunny garden (Tuesday, 24 March 2020 17:29)
Very soft indeed, Diana! At least for me; it seems to have done for my phone, which was in my back pocket. Either the fall or the attempt to clean up the phone afterwards!
Jane (Wednesday, 25 March 2020 14:38)
A clever poem, Amy, perfect in its rhythm and rhyme.
Kris P (Wednesday, 25 March 2020 21:07)
Well done, Amy! I refer to the poem, not the mishap.
Amy@small sunny garden (Thursday, 26 March 2020 00:28)
Ha, thank you, Jane! :) Best to make something fun out of it, and I do love rhyming!
Amy@small sunny garden (Thursday, 26 March 2020 00:30)
Thank you, Kris! I did the fall quite well too - the most spectacularly silly tumble I have taken in a long time lol!
Cathy (Friday, 27 March 2020 05:17)
LOL! Now you have preserved this lovely moment in poetry for eternity! Thanks for sharing Amy, and mind how you go! ���
Amy@small sunny garden (Friday, 27 March 2020 09:09)
I've been stepping very carefully, Cathy! ;-) It seems like I always do end up living on clay soil, but this particular clay beats the rest for being sticky and trippy. It will grab my wellies as I start to step forward and just tip me one way or another...