Ditto, John, but... 'hush puppies'?!!
Oh... cornballs, not footwear.
(The Wikipedia entry has charming etymology and fascinating anecdotes; Hush Puppies (footwear) may have saved Keith Richards' life.)
And thanks, Nigel! I wasn't sure I'd been 'GMH' enough. (I may enter that one for the 'light touch' comp, too.)
Meanwhile (maybe more like GMH?):
The Weather-Mood
This summer hovered hawk-like in the air,
Aloof-aloft, then swooping wild too near
Beat on our brows with wings rapt close about
Of heat till drawing off; long rainfalls, drought and doubt,
Whose rumour and report preyed on our minds-
Rapscallion of seasons, predator of peace!
Surpriser of our Expectations: pounce-upon
Of mice those are, those little fretful things
That scurry (our breasts as their fields) beneath a sun
Or rain they cannot order nor with wit foretell.
Yet Wimbledon seemed to go off quite well,
And England smiles that Murray (a Scot) won.
Last edited by Graham King; 07-28-2013 at 05:21 PM.
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