What do you think of this?

It's a short poem and I wondered what people might think in terms of its quality and emotional appeal. I have a reason for asking. I should stress that I AM NOT the author.

Waiting! Waiting!
Waiting for a letter
Waiting every day.

Will a letter ever come
Telling me good news?
Will a letter ever come
Telling me any news?

A knock on the door
A knock on the door
A letter has come
A letter has come.

Bad news! Bad news!
He's dead! He's dead!
Oh what can I do
Now he's dead?

@C-J-Horse

Not great to be honest old chap.

@C-J-Horse
i like it
it lacks resolution that might be helpful

@c-j-horse said
It's a short poem and I wondered what people might think in terms of its quality and emotional appeal. I have a reason for asking. I should stress that I AM NOT the author.

Waiting! Waiting!
Waiting for a letter
Waiting every day.

Will a letter ever come
Telling me good news?
Will a letter ever come
Telling me any news?

A knock on the door
A knock on the door ...[text shortened]...
A letter has come.

Bad news! Bad news!
He's dead! He's dead!
Oh what can I do
Now he's dead?

@C-J-Horse

I rewrote it old chap. (Hope you don't mind? )


She waits for a letter,
like the burning of a fuse,
its content may destroy her
but she's desperate for news.

'He's dead he's dead!'
the letter cries,
what can she do,
but wipe her eyes?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
@C-J-Horse

I rewrote it old chap. (Hope you don't mind? )


She waits for a letter,
like the burning of a fuse,
its content may destroy her
but she's desperate for news.

'He's dead he's dead!'
the letter cries,
what can she do,
but wipe her eyes?

Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls pick them, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn
Where have all the young girls gone
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone
Gone for husbands, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn
Where have all the husbands gone
Long time passing
Where have all the husbands gone
Long time ago
Where have all the husbands gone
Gone for soldiers, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn
Where have all the soldiers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the soldiers gone
Long time ago
Where have all the soldiers gone
Gone to graveyards, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn
Where have all the graveyards gone
Long time passing
Where have all the graveyards gone
Long time ago
Where have all the graveyards gone
Gone to flowers, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls have picked them, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn.

Pete Seegar

@rookie54 said
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time passing
Where have all the flowers gone
Long time ago
Where have all the flowers gone
Young girls pick them, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn
Where have all the young girls gone
Long time passing
Where have all the young girls gone
Long time ago
Where have all the young girls gone
Gon ...[text shortened]... picked them, every one
Oh, when will they ever learn
Oh, when will they ever learn.

Pete Seegar

@very-rusty said
One of Pete Seeger's songs?

-VR

@rookie54 said
yer mind is an amazing gravity well
nothing escapes you, eh?

@ghost-of-a-duke said
@C-J-Horse

I rewrote it old chap. (Hope you don't mind? )


She waits for a letter,
like the burning of a fuse,
its content may destroy her
but she's desperate for news.

'He's dead he's dead!'
the letter cries,
what can she do,
but wipe her eyes?

@rookie54
Actually Pete Seeger. I played on stage with and met him at a bar one time where he played my Martin 12 string guitar and taught me his tune Living in the country.

@c-j-horse said
Not great to be honest old chap. Doggerel, really.

I'll say again. I didn't write it.

@Ghost-of-a-Duke

All I can say it - 'No news is good news' (as it was about news).

Good contributions.

@sonhouse said
@rookie54
Actually Pete Seeger. I played on stage with and met him at a bar one time where he played my Martin 12 string guitar and taught me his tune Living in the country.