The Poem for March

This month’s offering from the archives of Stenton’s only published poet is entitled ;

Emma and the Vampire Raspberry

As we walked down a leafy lane, past the fruit farm my friend and I

Underneath a gooseberry bush a giant raspberry I did spy

White sharp fangs, long black cloak, that is rather odd I note!

Suddenly with an evil scream it launched itself upon my throat

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Help help my friend and I exclaim as we leg it down the leafy lane

We’ve been attacked by vampire fruit, we shout and bawl as off we scoot

But as we go crashing through the trees, poor Emma falls and skins her knees

Quick the raspberry red and fat is lining up for another attack

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Down he swoops without a care on poor Emma lying there

But I grab him by his stumpy root and squash him underneath my foot

No more throats for him to eat, lets scrape him up and make a treat

We’ll take him home to auntie Nellie who’ll make him in to raspberry jelly

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Now girls, here is something of note, should a rasp go for your throat

It’s obvious he wants to eat, so have a friend with ginormous feet

Make sure she always wears her wellies

And you’ll never be short of raspberry jellies

Nice one Dick. If you agree, or even if you don’t, then why not leave a comment.

By the way, the “Emma” in the poem was actually Emmajo Whitehead!