Please Mrs Butler

Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps copying my work, Miss.
What shall I do?

Go and sit in the hall, dear.
Go and sit in the sink.
Take your books on the roof, my lamb.
Do whatever you think.

Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps taking my rubber, Miss.
What shall I do?

Keep it in your hand, dear.
Hide it up your vest.
Swallow it if you like, my love.
Do what you think best.

Please Mrs Butler
This boy Derek Drew
Keeps calling me rude names, Miss.
What shall I do?

Lock yourself in the cupboard, dear.
Run away to sea.
Do whatever you can, my flower.
But DON'T ASK ME!

(Allan Ahlberg)


It's been one of those days ;-)

Thank you all for the wonderful comments, faves and new follows! You are all truly wonderful :-)

Hipstamatic, Libatique73 lens, BlackKeys SuperGrain film

[Miley]

Ohhhh...I remember that poem from my primary! It was one of my favourites as kid haha. Mrs. Butler is getting seriously pee'd off. Interesting shot too.

[Jeni]

Hahaha! I know that poem, and it always made me smile, cos its my name! :D Nice shot, I like the composition and the B&W

[Alison Tomlin]

Ha! Know what you mean.

[bmnorthernlight]

@miley89 Lol, me too! Picked the top book mainly because of her pose - I felt like that today ;-)

[bmnorthernlight]

@jenirainbow Lol, shall i call you Derek now?

[bmnorthernlight]

@fueast Sad thing is we deal with adults...;-)

[Jeni]

Oh sorry, I didn't make that clear, I'm Mrs Butler! 8D

[John]

@jenirainbow Hi Derek. :P that's what I will call you from now on.
Great PoV and tones.

[bmnorthernlight]

@jenirainbow Hahaha, too late :-)
@johnnyfrs :-D

[bmnorthernlight]

@jenirainbow Also, I'm confused...surely your name is Mrs Rainbow?!

[Jeni]

No probs, sounds like he's having more fun! (and I WAS always the naughty one at school! Surprised? Thought not!) :-D

[Jeni]

Hahaha, no, although I have often thought of changing it to that by deed poll. Long story about the rainbow, but Mrs (or, more usually, Ms) Butler is my name! :-)

[Jeni]

Now, Derek Butler, obviously! :-)

[Tabbycat]

I've never heard this poem before, but I adore it!! So glad you're a reader! All the best peeps are :-)

[Paula]

I don't remember this poem at all, but I loves it! Great hipsta shot:)

[Phil]

That's a super poem - great from all angles - as is your shot! :)

[Jennifer Wearing]

Gorgeous shot. I love a good book photo :-)

[Peter de Graaff]

This fabulous pem and shot work so well

[Charli]

Great poem, great hipsta!

[Shanne]

nice collection of reading matter, and I love Allan Ahlberg, and no excuse to use it

[Ade Akinyede]

Loool!! Mrs Butler got p'd off it seems ¦).

[Claire]

I like the match of the poem and the book cover, wishing you better days ahead

[bmnorthernlight]

@jenirainbow Lol, you the naughty one in class, it's very hard to imagine ;-) looking forward to hearing the rainbow story!

@tabbycat :-D Only found this recently in this anthology of poems. I didn't grow up with English poems hadn't come across it, but it's soo funny :-)

[bmnorthernlight]

@filsie65 @claireuk @adeakinyede @shanne @charli321 @peterdegraaff @pwallis Glad you all enjoyed the poem! And I can assure you it wasn't just Mrs Butler but Ms B who was p'd off on the day too ;-)

[Jeni]

@bmnorthernlight - Haha! Not really very naughty, but definitely the class clown! :-) Ok, quick version of the rainbow story: I was online dating several years ago and one of the guys I met mentioned a school I worked at (which I hadn't told him about). Turned out he had googled me and my name was on the school website (which I didn't even know). I started to think about how much trouble he could have caused if he had been a stalker. The name of my house at the time was Rainbow Path, so I opened a new email account....

[Miguel Bravo-Escos]

Wow - memory blast with that poem ... did that one a school! Love your use of B&W here ... great shot!