An Old Woman
There was an old woman who tried on a shoe,
But her foot was so big she knew not what to do.
So she cut some slits in the sides with a knife,
And wore it that way for the rest of her life.
Copyright © 2018 Abigail Gronway – All Rights Reserved
Welcome to my series, Incremental Poetry, where each week the featured poem will be one line longer than the one I share the week before. I have no idea how long I’ll keep this up, so we’ll just have to wait and see. Thank you for stopping by.
About the Poem:
I wrote this for an assignment in my college creative writing class.
Scansion:
Modified Nursery Rhyme
not so hard (or is it?)
Take any nursery rhyme and modify it so that it is still recognizable, and yet different.
Dark Side of the Moon 
It must have been some shoe for her to do that. Was it on sale? LOL
Have a great week.
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😀 I think she wore it with her holey jeans. Lol
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LOL Thanks for the laugh. Have a great week.
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Thanks! You too
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Thanks
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I love this! So good to know my husband is not the only extremist out there. Lol
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This is so much fun. Pray she bought the shoe first.
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Ah! After mine own heart.
There was an old woman who tied up her shoes
flung over the phone lines like the youngster would do
but now her poor toes are all scuffed and quite dirty
tho ’tis easier this way to play footsies a’flirty
(snicker)
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This made me laugh. Thank you for your delightful rhyme, Jilly.
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*But, of course, me auto-correct thinks her toes are liquid as opposed to lowly and humble – alas!
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I fixed it for you. 😉
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