Poetry Monday :: Sting

Poetry Monday ~ Mandagsdigt er en engelsk blog-leg. Det er ikke altid, at dagens emne duer på dansk - eller at jeg er smart nok til at finde på noget. Dagens stikord  Sting - Stikke, fik en børnesang til at dukke op i mit arme hoved. Så må jeg jo se, hvordan det går med at lave den på engelsk. Først originalen:

Den lille bi, den store sol.
Af Christian Richardt

Den lille bi, den store sol,
de kan stikke.
Og bøgen og den blå viol?
De kan nikke.

Og busken her og båden hist?
De kan gynge.
Og bølgen og hver fugl på kvist?
De kan synge.

Og dårligt vejr og dårlig vej?
De kan drille.
Og hvad kan både du og jeg?
Tie stille.

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Mimi of Messymimi's Meanderings and I have taken over the hosting duties, mostly the supplying of the prompts - only temporarily we hope - while Diane at On the Border is taking a break for health and relaxation, travelling the world with her husband as far as we can tell.
 
We just hope she's going to take back over once she returns home.

  I have something to ask of you: If you read this and the poetry of others via the links, would you please leave a comment.
  Half - if not more - the fun of these challenges is receiving the responses of others.

Sting made me think of a half forgotten Danish children's riddle song. I never heard it sung, but I could recite it by heart. My memory is a strange fellow. I tried to re-create it in English. It's not the same, but close.

Riddles for the very small
The little bee, the big, big sun?
They can sting
And what can every man and child?
They can sing

The branches and the violets?
They can nod.
The horses and the dogs and cats?
They can trot.

And weather bad and fortune good?
They can shift.
And boats on lakes and clouds above?
They can drift.

And mice as well as elephants?
They can pee.*)
And what can you as well as I?
Quiet be.

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*) IgNobel research shows that all mammals big or small empties their bladder in an average of 21 seconds, so this is quite literally true.

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Every Monday we'll meet and write poetry once again:
June 9 Sting (Today)
June 16 Possible
June 23 Uniform
June 30 Scram
July 7 Park
July 14 Salt
July 21 Quince
July 28 Building

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Fun one today. Today’s average difficulty is 4.5 guesses out of 6, or moderately challenging.