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Poem of the Day: ‘There Was an Old Woman Tossed Up in a Blanket’

Eight lines of tetrameter weirdness, to tell the story of an old housewife who thinks the sky needs a little tidying up.

E. Boyd Smith illustration from 'The Boyd Smith Mother Goose,' detail, 1920.
E. Boyd Smith illustration from 'The Boyd Smith Mother Goose,' detail, 1920. Via Wikimedia Commons