Poetry

[vonjon]

which poems are these lines from

1. From creamy kegs this clever chap

2. I told him worlds i knew

3. A silent cigarette

thanks for any help

[Toorak]

2

https://allpoetry.com/I-rosebecause-He-sank

[Toorak]

3 In Glasgow - Edwin Morgan

[vonjon]

thanks Toorak but i cannot find the answer to 3. just checked 'in glasgow' and the line 'a silent cigarette' is not in that poem. but thankyou for Q2.

[scorpiojo]

1 Consumer Complaint by C. Marjorie Smith

[scorpiojo]

CONSUMER

COMPLAINT

When I was young - say, three or

four -- I was not put to ride, astride,

A trolley round a Super Store.

Nor wheeled between the loaded

shelves

Fromwhich the shoppers helped

themselves,

Nor did I dare to raise my voice

Demanding goodies of my choice.

No! I was lifted on a stool

My dangling, gaitered legs to cool,

Bidden sit quietly - 'Not a word!

Nice children should be seen, not

heard!

Hatted and veiled, and also seated,

My Mother was with deference

treated.

Our Grocer - (apron, bow-tie, wax

moustache)

Was all attention to her pleasure,

Gave his opinion of the weather,

Touched civilly on this and that

While pouring sugar on to flat

Thick squares of paper - fold and

twist,

Tuck in the corners - who could

wish

A neater package? Then to hold the

thing

He made a finger-loop of string!

(No smart machine to snip and snap

No sealing tape - or plastic wrap!)

From creamy kegs this clever chap

Sliced off two pounds of butter!

Slapped

And shaped it with a wooden pat.

Intricate scrolls of red and gold

Patterned tall cannisters and told

What brands of tea were stored

within.

Biscuits from an enormous tin

Were weighed out, loose, in paper

bags ---

(Oh how frustrated, now, I drag

At layers of cellophane that snag

My finger nails!) ---

----Straw-boated butcher in his

shop

Of hanging carcasses, would slice

the chop

That took one's fancy ----

Oh! for hours

One could compare the Now and

Then! ----

Murdered by customer-protection

men

Those gracious days will not return

again.

C. Marjorie S

[TheWinner]

vonjon, yes it is, check here.

https://ocean.exacteditions.com/issues/89581/page/66

[vonjon]

thank you Thewinner dont know why it didn't come up when i put In Glasgow 

thank you scorpiojo

[TheWinner]

it was Toorak.