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Juvenile Junkie

I confess that I am hooked on this stuff
If I can’t get enough I start to feel rough.
I became addicted as a lad at school,
Easily turning into a lifelong fool.

My first supplier was Waddington-Feather
He soon had me hooked for ever.
He gave it out absolutely free –
Wanting to make an addict of me.

But this wasn’t the stuff to snort up my nose.
This was literature, books, poetry and prose.
He captured me and my classmates as well.
He taught us more than the right way to spell.

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  • Mademokid
    October 21
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    wow

    this is an amazing poem!

  • abu nuwas
    October 8
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    Yay!

    You had me fooled!


  • Pattiboo silver member
    September 14

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    Getting high on poetry

    I've been there myself so I know what you mean,
    though I haven't been here long I am very keen.
    I'll happily thank all the powers that be
    for inventing the spell check for duffers like me.
    as I said in a poem, my causes to frown
    punctuation and grammar are letting me down.
    Yet I'll go on writing what else can I do
    I'm addicted I'm hooked just a junkie like you.

    • I-Like-Rhymes gold member
      September 15
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      Thanks for reading and writing, especially in rhyme!
      For me the spell checkers a curse... it thinks I'm a Yank!
      For a Yorkie like me that's a shame and a crime.
      So the OED is my preferred word bank.
      Jim
      PS I know I can opt for UK English but it's still not Tyke

  • The-Whyman
    September 12
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    How nice

  • loafy
    August 30
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    If only I got addicted to that stuff, life would be more adventurous.


    • I-Like-Rhymes gold member
      August 30
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      Thanks for reading and writing.
      At least it is one of the least harmful addictions.
      Jim


  • Lulu Gee silver member
    August 24

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    Wonderful, books and prose....nothing better for a young lad...welllllllll??????
    As Legend says a good teacher is a gift.....I enjoyed your poem....Lulu

    • I-Like-Rhymes gold member
      August 24
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      Thanks for reading and writing. I hope in my time I've inspired some budding mathematicians as much as JJ inspired me.
      Jim


  • Legend silver member
    August 16

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    Jim there is nothing better than a teacher who can inspire their students with what they are teaching. A rare gift, sadly there are too few around
    Well done

    • I-Like-Rhymes gold member
      August 16
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      I couldn't agree more. JJ, as we called him, had a bigger impact than i realised at the time. He is still going strong as a poet and priest. He runs a publishers with another of my "old" teachers of English.
      http://www.waddysweb.freeuk.com/
      Jim

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