Sunday, May 27, 2007

Tree-hugger

squirrelSome say the squirrel's a squiril,
To others the squirrel's a squirl.
Since freedom of speech is the birthright of each
I can only this fable unfurl:
A virile young squirrel named Cyril,
In an argument over a girl,
Was lambasted from here to the Tyrol
By a churl of a squirrel named Earl.

(Ogden Nash)

squirrelto a squirrel at kyle-na no
Come play with me;
Why should you run
Through the shaking tree
As though I'd a gun
To strike you dead?
When all I would do
Is to scratch your head
And let you go.

(William Butler Yeats)

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1 Comments:

At 11:21 AM, June 05, 2008 Anonymous Anonymous had this to say...

I love both of these poems so much. Thanks for posting them!

You and I have a few things in common: I majored in Russian in college, occasionally dabble in Gaelic, and am quite fond of Charles Darwin. I am also interested in astronomy, but primarily as it applies to astrology (don't you hate that?).

Over and out.

SMC

 

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