The Pirate Don Dirk of Dowdee
paj4
called The Pirate Don Dirk of Dowdee ? The author is unknown but
the piece is from an anthology of children's poetry called A Time
For Poetry from the mid to late '70's.
Thanks !
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Elizabeth Thomsen
Elizabeth Thomsen
much-remembered and reqested old favorite, often from those of us who
loved the old orange Childcraft set. Meigs also wrote "The Giant Joe
Bean" in that volume.
I don't want to reproduce it here since I'm unsure of the copyright on
this, but you'll find the poem at
http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/child.htm#pirate
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"Rethinking Reference: A Reference Librarian's Practical Guide to
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paj4
It's a great poem ! Any idea where I might find the Childcraft
set you mentioned ? Is it a book that I might find at a
bookstore ? I can't seem to find any writings from Mildred Plew
Meigs.
Paul
Elizabeth Thomsen
to find a set at through a used bookdealer. I just checked Bookfinder,
http://www.bookfinder.com, and there are many listings of both the set and
individual volumes. I also just checked eBay, and there are also many
listings. This link:
http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330712658, will
take you directly to a nice listing on eBay for the whole set, the funky
orange ones from my childhood, that includes a good photograph and a
description of each volume.
My favorite volume (by far) of the whole series is volume 2, the narrative
poetry, with the two poems by Meigs already mentioned, plus other
memorable poems like "The Potatoes' Dance" by Vachel Lindsay and "A Ballad
of China" by Laura E. Richards (probably better remembered by its first
line, "Her name was Dilliki Dolliki Dinah."
Elizabeth
paj4 (pau...@hotmail.com) wrote: :
tromp
could see the little pirate in his plumage as soon as I started to read!
kat >^.^<
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> This is "Pirate Don Durk of Dowdee" by Mildred Plew Meigs, a
> much-remembered and reqested old favorite, often from those of us who
> loved the old orange Childcraft set. Meigs also wrote "The Giant Joe
> Bean" in that volume.
>
> I don't want to reproduce it here since I'm unsure of the copyright on
> this, but you'll find the poem at
> http://www.cswnet.com/~erin/child.htm#pirate
>
> ---
>
> Elizabeth B. Thomsen
> http://members.tripod.com/ethomsen/
> "Rethinking Reference: A Reference Librarian's Practical Guide to
> Surviving Constant Change" Neal-Schuman, Fall, 1999
>
>
>
> paj4 (pau...@hotmail.com) wrote:
> : Has anyone heard of (or have) a copy of an old children's poem
> : called The Pirate Don Dirk of Dowdee ? The author is unknown but
> : the piece is from an anthology of children's poetry called A Time
> : For Poetry from the mid to late '70's.
>
> : Thanks !
>
> : * Sent from RemarQ http://www.remarq.com The Internet's Discussion
Network *
> : The fastest and easiest way to search and participate in Usenet - Free!
>
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