tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706330086813471942.post5132869591567571217..comments2024-03-28T10:42:24.866-04:00Comments on Catch of the Day: Gretchen Griffithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00218259974490265609noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706330086813471942.post-57776954930311819062012-03-29T09:53:58.513-04:002012-03-29T09:53:58.513-04:00Thanks, David, for posting the full poem. Interest...Thanks, David, for posting the full poem. Interesting how eighth graders picked up a poem and spread it by signing in the back of autograph booklets. I don't think that's the modern way of signing annuals, but wasn't it a wonderful tradition while it lasted!Gretchen Griffithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00218259974490265609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706330086813471942.post-35271215973453479492012-03-28T19:52:53.378-04:002012-03-28T19:52:53.378-04:00I was searching for a certain poem on Google to se...I was searching for a certain poem on Google to see if it had survived the passage of time and came across your site - the first poem you mention here seems to be an abbreviated version of a slightly naughtier poem, one which I came across in a little pamphlet from 1919 and feel I ought to share on the off chance you will see my comment:<br /><br />There are styles that show the ankle<br />there are styles that show the knee<br />There are styles that that make a fellow wonder<br />What the women meant the world to see<br />There are styles that have a naughty meaning<br />That would make a blind man want to see<br />But the style that Eve wore in the Garden<br />Is the style that appeals to meDavid Enoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706330086813471942.post-32892902301670833472010-09-08T13:43:47.428-04:002010-09-08T13:43:47.428-04:00thanks for sharing these. annuals and memory books...thanks for sharing these. annuals and memory books are great for those of us reseaching the "past!"Carol Baldwinhttp://www.carolbaldwinblog.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706330086813471942.post-29932977190047678772010-09-07T11:22:13.119-04:002010-09-07T11:22:13.119-04:00Ah ha ha! These made me laugh - especially the pos...Ah ha ha! These made me laugh - especially the possum one. Thank you!Talli Rolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04780882465745107715noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4706330086813471942.post-43176356947002754412010-09-07T07:46:26.670-04:002010-09-07T07:46:26.670-04:00This is precious, really captures a lost simplicit...This is precious, really captures a lost simplicity that charmed. I can't imagine eight graders writing these verses today and that's not all bad, just wish there were more splashes of simplicity that charmed.Kittie Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07756250649095903317noreply@blogger.com