An Ode to the Spelling Chequer
Prays the Lord for the spelling chequer
That came with our pea sea!
Mecca mistake and it puts you rite
Its so easy to ewes, you sea.
I never used to no, was it e before eye?
(Four sometimes its eye before e.)
But now I've discovered the quay to success
It's as simple as won, too, free!
Sew watt if you lose a letter or two,
The whirled won't come two an end!
Can't you sea? It's as plane as the knows on yore face
S. Chequer's my very best friend
I've always had trubble with letters that double
"Is it one or to S's?" I'd wine
But now, as I've tolled you this chequer is grate
And it’s hi thyme you got won, like mine.
was refurbished and re-opened by the Queen Mother in 1987. Smithfield (also known as West Smithfield) is an area in the north-west part of the City of London, mostly known for its centuries-old meat market and its bloody history of executions of heretics and political opponents. Look it up on wikipedia here ...
We had dinner on Friday night in this little restaurnat near the Barbican Centre. Called after the poet laureate, Sir John, he lived overhead at one time.
Later, in the Bodelian Library bookshop in Oxford, we bought a book of his poetry.
This is Magz, the eco-gardner, in her allotment in Finchley, where, aided by Hugh, she dreams of growing her own fruit and veg ....
This is Magz, the software engineer, outside her office building at 1, Finsbury Square, EC1 where daily, she tackles the complexities of the modern business world!
