Poetry

[Bettusboo]

Just had a lovely afternoon with my dad reciting poems together that he learned in school. I think that was something they used to do in education in the forties/ fifties and it is something he is still finding pleasure in. He can remember the poems ( with a few prompts). I’d be interested to hear from others who have found the same and to find out which poems are enjoyed. Today it was a poem called Sea Fever by John Masefield, which was a new one to me.

 

[canary]

Yes @Bettusboo , mum could do the same. I found a book of poetry - The Golden Treasury of Verse - in her home. I would read a poem and she could recite it, so we would say it together. Her favourite was Daffodils by Wordsworth

 

[Bettusboo]

Yes @Bettusboo , mum could do the same. I found a book of poetry - The Golden Treasury of Verse - in her home. I would read a poem and she could recite it, so we would say it together. Her favourite was Daffodils by Wordsworth

I’ll look for that as a collection of poems would be good. We read Daffodils today and he really enjoyed it.

 

[maggie6445]

Just had a lovely afternoon with my dad reciting poems together that he learned in school. I think that was something they used to do in education in the forties/ fifties and it is something he is still finding pleasure in. He can remember the poems ( with a few prompts). I’d be interested to hear from others who have found the same and to find out which poems are enjoyed. Today it was a poem called Sea Fever by John Masefield, which was a new one to me.

My mum liked Pam Ayres poems. X