Tuesday 19 February 2019

A Day to Remember


The British love their heritage,
Their pomp and pageantry;
And nothing suits them better than
An anniversary –
An excuse for a toast and a flag on a pole,
Or a plaque, or to plant a tree.
Every day of the year belongs to a saint
Or a much more colourful sinner:
Someone died, or someone was born
King Alfred burnt the dinner,
Or something remarkable happened, or
The West Indies brought on a spinner.
But the dullest day in all the year
Is the nineteenth of February,
For nothing of note took place today
As far as I can see….

           Nigel Forde


Which just goes to show he never reeds Messymimi's blog -http://messymimismeanderings.blogspot.com/

3 comments:

  1. Thanks for the link! It's not quite the 19th here yet, but soon, and yes, stuff happened.

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  2. Perfect and Messymimi gets every holiday ever known to mankind.

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  3. Even if something *did* happen on that day, I still love this poem!

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