Indirection

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INDIRECTION

Ask them to smile as they're sitting in their places!

They'll purse up their lips or pucker-up their faces.

Some will look 'practised', others rather shy;

Some of them will blush, though I can't think why!

But catch them indirectly and what do I see?

Ladies of the afternoon, chattering at tea.

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As you can see, this poem was written for a poster for schools, when I was working as a copywriter, after my retirement from teaching. I've re-typed it to make it easier to read.

FAMILY TREE

Family Trees are enormous plants,

Sprouting with parents and uncles and aunts;

With brothers and sisters in every cranny

And, here and there, a special Granny.

Small baby cousins soon appear

For there's someone new almost every year,

 And weddings may bring us new relations

Who may even come from different nations!

The roots are down in the sweet, rich earth

Of a faraway land or the land of our birth,

And the future branches will sweep the sky,

Ever more leafy and ever more high.

Someone in the future will bear my name

And maybe their features will look the same!

Oh how lucky we are to be

Part of a beautiful Family Tree!

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