I made this poem as part of an assignment when I was in Year 9. The reason why this is on Wikipedia is because other than a hard drive I have nowhere else to store this, and thought it would be safer here. I also think it's cool to link the denotations of some words to their actual encyclopaedic pages. It tells the story of Sweet Fanny Adams and connotes the lifestyle that has to be treasured.
Walk to Shalden
- I know, I know
- The sun is harsh
- Mosquitoes come
- To suck your blood
- Will you be there all alone?
- With skin and bone
- When you walk
- Among the trees
- Listen now
- A gentle breeze
- Through the hop fields
- You'll run and flee
- Run and flee
- Cutting boards and
- Langley hooks
- Bloody knives and
- Cooking crooks
- Promising, you won't feel a thing
- But now...
- Swallow and chew
- Each you'll ever do
- Follow him through
- Walk to Shalden through The Hollow
- He'll give you a halfpenny
- But he'll say he didn't get any
- Don't walk to Shalden
- It will be the last thing you will ever do
- Several birds pick and pluck
- Tender rise, bound to dust
- The sweetest thing, find us it
- You'll ever taste
- Southern screams and lilac yells
- Simple sounds, a dinner bell
- We can only see the worms and trees
- So don't be shy
- Swallow and chew
- Each will be your last
- Follow him through
- Don't walk to Shalden
- Walking and walking
- Will be your very last
- In the Wey Valley below
- Lies your resting place, Shalden...