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Nursery Rhymes for Our Times
by Ronald W. Hull → (All Poetry by Ronald W. Hull)
Saturday, March 28, 2020 Rated "G" by the Author.

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George Albitz's article reminding us that many nursery rhymes were created to condition children to the danger of plagues like we seem to be experiencing now. So I thought I would update our nursery rhymes to meet the times.

Nursery Rhyme Picture Book Courtesy TheVintageNews.com The Dark Side of Nursery Rhymes Nursery Rhymes for Our Times Stay-at-home, stay-at-home, do not go out; do not roam. The wolf waits outside the door, do not touch the ones you adore. The King tells us everything is all right, promising to calm an awful fright. But we know the King has no clothes, beware knowing what the King knows. Eee-aye, Eee-aye, Ohh, where did all the money go? Down some great big black hole, climbing back out to our goal. All the King's stooges, and all the King's men, couldn't put a flimsy wall, wind fell down, back up again. Scream and shout, scream and shout. Try to keep the little boogers out. Yell to high heaven, we still will fall, as they still crawl through the wall. Pattycake, pattycake, only elbows… Please! Skip to your right, your right, out of your playmate's breeze. Copyright 2020 © Ronald W. Hull 3/26/20 You can read and print this poem at my website here.
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Reviewed by Jms Bell

Reviewed on April 4, 2020

INTERESTING ENTERTAINMENT AND SO...FUNNY!!!! THANKS FOR SHARING, RON. LOVE, BLESSINGS & FAITH....HIS+INSPIRATIONS

Reviewed by Mystic Rose

Reviewed on April 3, 2020

lol you actually made me smile with these witty sayings,
thank you for writing them, stay healthy and keep writing, .
air hugs xo

Reviewed by w. aher

A man screams across the wind of a child remembered. Love your reality seen through the 'child within's eyes. Perfect rhythm!

Reviewed by Kay P Devenish

Reviewed on April 2, 2020

I LOVE THIS CUTE AND APT POEM. It made me smile Ronald.
Love to you and all there with you.
From Kay.(stay well!)

Reviewed by Connie Faust

Yes, Jack fell down and broke his crown, but I prefer the nursery rhymes with --you guessed it---happy endings. Now you have me reviewing them in my mind, thinking "Now how does that one end? I could have sworn these were happy rhymes"
Ah, Little Jack Horner! I like him.
3 bags full of wool --yes!
Mary, even though contrary, still gave us a lovely garden to remember.

To each her own, Ron!

Connie

Reviewed by Susanne Leist

Creepy.

Reviewed by Jerri Blair

Reviewed on March 31, 2020

Oh what a crazy world we live in! Your nursery rhymes catch the geist of this new crazy where we all cocoon waiting for the corona to wash away.

Reviewed by D.T. de Bruijn

Reviewed on March 30, 2020

Very funny and endearing hahaha!!

Reviewed by Sandie May Joyce (Sandie Angel)

Reviewed on March 29, 2020

We are fighting a war without weapons and nuclear missiles. We are fighting a war with an invisible enemy that depopulates the world of its people, perhaps, down to the manageable size for a one-world government. All currencies will be deemed unusable. Everyone will be microchipped to survive, only by using internet currency and coins. Old people will be eliminated so no history will be revealed to the young ones. The young and clueless will be brainwashed. I have a feeling who the future world leader is going to be, but I'm not ready to say it out loud yet just in case I'd be wrong about this.

Sandie

Reviewed by Patricia Hilliard

Ron, Just what we needed in the nic'o time! I've been wondering if the "stay indoors" warning is a falsehood. I'm heading out to play in the UV rays of sunshine. Ring around the rosey!

Reviewed by Eva Pasco

There's no going back in the future. We'll be leading with our elbows.

Reviewed by Stephen Pollard

Reviewed on March 28, 2020

Didn't Laurel say to Hardy...."What a fine mess we're in"....
It isn't anything we did or said....Like everything else....It just seems to happen....

Reviewed by John Herlihy

Who would have thought that a simple nursery rhyme like this one could get it so right. Enjoyed and so timely. Many thanks, Ron, for coming up with this nursery rhyme and posting.

Reviewed by Rebecca McKeehan

Cleverly and succinctly penned. Great job!

Rebecca

Reviewed by Mark Lichterman

My goodness, how depressing! I've been a member of "The Old Krank bicycle Club" (50 years minimum age in club) for twenty-five years and though I no longer ride my bike, others still do but are told that while riding, even if you are six feet behind the person in front of you, that might not be good enough because the movement of air could blow the virus germ onto you.

I am beginning to think that we are Chapter One in a non-fiction, science fiction novel.
Mark

Reviewed by Odin odin@aflx.com

A welcome bit of levity in a time when if federal governance weren't so embarresingly void of misinformation, one could laugh at it all. Your prowess with nailing the key points is rewarding for the critical thinking reader. More, please!