nurseryrhymes – Heather Moulson

As I was going to St Ives

Hello Poetry Lovers We all know ‘As I was going to St Ives..’. They call this traditional piece a nursery rhyme but I would say this was a riddle. I do remember it catching me out. A simple question, yet not. A very intriguing piece of writing. Inspired by my lovely pal Trisha Broomfield’s recentContinue reading “As I was going to St Ives”

Old Mother Hubbard

Hello Poetry Lovers Today, we’re going to explore that very traditional and well-known nursery rhyme Old Mother Hubbard Like most of us, I knew the iconic first verse, but I did not bargain for how long the rest of it actually was. The structuring was also quite difficult. Not to mention some very morbid versesContinue reading “Old Mother Hubbard”