Representative Poetry Online
On this day: February 12th
Random Poem of the Day
2 A mediæval knight,
3Who's found it wiser not to keep
4 His armour very bright.
5Experience has taught him, too,
6 To curl up like a pill
7When danger seems to threaten him,
8 And then keep very still.
9This trick has often been the means
10 Of saving him from hurt;
11Because his foes mistake him for
12 A little lump of dirt.
13Just as the enemy must find
14 Our soldiers hard to see
15When they are lying on the ground
Notes
1] woodlouse: a louse found in old wood or under stones and characteristically rolling itself up into a ball. Back to Line
16] khakí: from the Urdu word 'dusty', dull yellow-brown cloth used in uniforms of British troops in South Africa in 1899. Back to Line