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Friday, December 28, 2012

The Computer Swallowed Grandma

Ugich Konitari from Mumbai sent me this wonderful poem for KC and I to enjoy.  I loved it of course, and felt I  had to share it with all you grandmas out there.  I've checked online and read a gracious message by Valerie Waite saying she was happy to have people enjoy and share her poem.

The Computer Swallowed Grandma

The computer swallowed Grandma
Yes, honestly It’s true!
She pressed “control” and “enter”
And disappeared from view

It devoured her quite completely
The thought just makes me squirm
She must have caught a virus
Or been eaten by a worm

I’ve searched through the re-cycle bin
And files of every kind
I’ve even used the Internet
But nothing did I find

In desperation I asked Jeeves
My searches to refine
The reply from him was negative
Not a thing was found on line

So if inside your 'Inbox'
My Grandma you should see
Please 'Scan', 'Copy' and 'Paste' her
In an e.mail back to me.

Author - Mrs. Valerie Waite, Derbyshire, England
Published in L.A.M.D.A Anthology of Verse and Prose (London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art).

18 comments:

  1. That is super! Hope it will always be forwarded with full credit attached for your author friend Valerie. So clever.

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  2. I loved your header and the picture accompanying this post. Well, grannies are smarter than we know aren't they?

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  3. That's a good one. I hope they discover where Granny went, though. Love the poem, Kay. I start my day with your blog, and I'm always amazed that you find something to write about every single day! :-)

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  4. What a clever, funny poem! Enjoyed it.

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  5. What a great poem! Thanks for sharing it Kay.

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  6. what a delightful poem...enjoyed reading it-well written

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  7. Cute, cute and double cute. It was a joy to read. Hope you are getting all your horns ans confetti ready for the big bang.

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    1. In Hawaii, it's all about firecrackers. It is extremely noisy!!!!

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  8. blessings and happy new year...
    that was delightful....

    stay blessed.

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  9. Fun!



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  10. That is a fun one, and so depicts the nature of grand parenting in our modern era.

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  11. Hey, where did you get that frosty header? Hope it's not that cold in Hawaii. Love the poem. May we print it? DrumMajor

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    1. Actually, I took the photo of the snowflakes outside my living room window in Illinois several years ago.

      As for printing the poem, I don't see why not. I believe this poem circulated around the Internet as one of those forwarded pieces of mail. Apparently, often times Ms. Waite was not given proper credit.

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