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Category Archives: Poetry
Monday #540
School goes back tomorrow! The past six weeks have just flown by. Letters to Enid part 34 and The Secret Island It must be fun to live in a house That runs on wheels all the day; And when you’re … Continue reading
Posted in Blog talk, Poetry
Tagged August, Ethel Everett, Monday, My Caravan, Silver and Gold
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Silver and Gold
I treated myself to a new book the other week – Silver and Gold which is a collection of 30 poems. First published in 1925 it was then released again in 1927 in a new edition. I have a slightly … Continue reading
Monday #380
I ran out of time to finish my lock down library post which was meant to go up on Sunday, but that’s because I was writing chapter 9 of The Mystery of the Missing Agent with Stef, so I hope … Continue reading
Remember, remember the fifth of November
Remember, remember! The fifth of November, The gunpowder treason and plot. There is no reason Why the gunpowder treason Should ever be forgot! Blyton clearly agreed as she featured Bonfire Night/Guy Fawkes Night several times in different books, stories and … Continue reading
Posted in Magazines, Poetry, Seasonal
Tagged Bonfire, Bonfire Night, Guy Fawkes, Guy Fawkes Day, Guy Fawkes Night, November
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Autumn Reads
The days are starting to get a little shorter and colder now, after a glorious summer. Soon the leaves will be turning and falling, and it will be perfect curl-up-with-a-book season, so I thought I would put together a list … Continue reading
When people search for Enid Blyton what are they looking for? (#3)
I have found so many funny/strange search terms I’ve had to do a second post. Though now I’m thinking about how those strange terms are now on the blog and we are even more likely to have people find us … Continue reading
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Tagged Enid Blyton, Enid Boyten, Enid Boyton, Google, Malory Towers, Search Terms, The Famous Five
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Blyton’s Bonfires, Guys and Fireworks
It’s bonfire night, or Guy Fawkes’ night this week, so I thought I would put something together covering what Blyton wrote about the subject. SECRET SEVEN FIREWORKS This seems like an obvious first choice, given the title! While the main … Continue reading
Real Fairies borrowed from Dundee Free Libraries
This is the gem of a book that I discovered in the secondary stock of my library. As I said in my previous post I truly didn’t expect the book to be the one I was thinking of. It would … Continue reading
Child April – A poem by Enid Blyton
Today I’m bringing you a poem from Blyton’s Poetry Book. I hope you like it. Child April Oh, April is a fairy child, a fairy child is she, As wayward as the little winds a-blowing, For will she smile or … Continue reading
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Tagged April, Bluebells, Child April, Cuckoo, The Enid Blyton Poetry Book
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A Frosty Morning – A poem by Enid Blyton
Here is a very seasonally accurate poem by the grand woman herself. A Frosty Morning When the sun hangs low in the eastern sky, Caught in the trees that shiver and shy, Red as the robin that flits nearby, Sing … Continue reading
Apple Song – A poem by Enid Blyton
I’m bringing you a poem today about apples from The Enid Blyton Poetry Book. I decided on this poem over others because there are so many apples around at the moment, falling from wayside trees and leaving a plentiful bounty for … Continue reading
A Song of July – A poem by Enid Blyton
To fill in the gap as we have no contributor today, I’ve chosen to bring you one of Blyton’s Poems called A Song of July. Softly the river goes swaying along, Dreamily singing its rippling song, Round by the mill, … Continue reading
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Tagged A Song of July, Brook, Corn, Ducks, July, Poppies, River, Roses, The Enid Blyton Poetry Book
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An Evening of June – A poem by Enid Blyton
Today I bring you another of Blyton’s poems from The Enid Blyton Poetry Book called An Evening of June, which is somewhat appropriate for we have just entered the month of June. I hope you enjoy it! Slowly the sun … Continue reading
A Happy Easter – A poem by Enid Blyton
I’ve got a wonderful April and equally thrilling Easter Poem for you all today from The Enid Blyton Poetry Book. A happy Easter, birds and bees, A happy Easter, laughing trees, A happy Easter, daffodils, Whose golden cups the sunshine … Continue reading
The Blackbird is Singing – A poem by Enid Blyton
Something to cheer us up in the post Christmas and New Year slump. Here’s the New Year – now what will it bring? Apples in autumn, bluebells in spring, Pussy-palm soft as a grey kitten’s fur, Poppies a-dancing then summer … Continue reading
Christmas Gifts – a poem by Enid Blyton
If I had lived long years ago And seen, on Christmas night, The strange star in the sky aglow, I think perhaps I might Have followed close the Wise Men Three, The little Holy Child to see. They brought Him … Continue reading
Happy Days! – A poem by Enid Blyton
Today I have decided to treat you to Blyton’s “Happy Days!” poem about how wonderful Autumn is, and catching the leaves! Which, when you’re a child is the best thing in the world. There is a prelude to this poem, … Continue reading
One Evening – A poem by Enid Blyton
This is a pretty little poem about the swallows flying south for the winter, but the last line jars somewhat for me as when I’m reading it in my head it doesn’t seem like a natural end of the line. … Continue reading
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