I recently discovered that one of my distant relatives wrote a book - a book of poems . It was published in 1916. Check out this one poem for starters....Its called Some Live Wire! Some Live Wire From “Thoughts from Oregon to Greet a Friend” by Kathleen McNeal Durham Portland, Oregon 1916 Knew a boy once, He was in my class when I was going to school. He wasn’t very brilliant, and he wasn’t any fool. Nine times out of ten, he’d get his problems wrong, But the tenth time, he got ‘em right. He wa’n’t never discouraged, but plodded right along, Always put up a dandy fight. We Kinder laughed at him. Called him “Plodding Turk”, He didn’t seem to care a bit but kept right on at work. And I’ll be darned, while we’ve stood still, He’s kept on going higher, Till now, we doff our hats to him, By Gosh! He’s some live wire! Knew a girl once, She wasn’t very pretty, like maybe you’ve know some. She wasn’t very witty, and she wasn’t very dumb. Nine times out of ten, she’d never a word to say, But the tenth time, she said it right. She wa’n’t very assertive, that never was her way, Just listened well, and thought a mite. We kinder smiled at her. Called her, “Just old Nell, She didn’t seem to mind a bit, not so’s we could tell. But the other day a book came out, Filled with wondrous fire, And now, we bend the knee to her, Oh Nell! She’s some live wire!
Posted on: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 04:30:23 +0000
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