Omens & Giveaway

Finally, something you've all been waiting for...

Good Omens...

You can win a $300 voucher and other competitions for (March 2020) 

Or go straight to my $25 voucher competition (March 2020)

The below competition is out of date...but the book is still awesome, with an average 4.5 stars on Amazon  - pick it up wide, or pick up the whole series here!

Obviously not the TV show...although that was awesome. No, this is Omens, the last book of my Sylvalla Chronicles trilogy. And to celebrate the release, I'm offering signed copies of Prophecy and Omens (OR a US $ 30 voucher)

& Giveaway:
Signed copies of Prophecy and Omens OR a US $30 Voucher! 

All you have to do is go to here to my website and fill in your name and email. My privacy policy is also here. (but the summary is no, I won't share your email address)

Good luck!

And I hope to be back again with poetry once the stress has subsided.
In the meantime, have fun reading,
A.J. Ponder

 

 

You can find my stories for a great price, and support my writing on ko-fi    

I'd love to know which poems you'd like to see in my upcoming poetry book—2024

 

 

The King's Breakfast as recited by Julie Andrews and Stephen Colbert

I just love AA Milne's poems. 
I think anyone who's followed this blog knows that...so when I saw this video, I just had to share it :)
I hope you enjoy. Also, the words are at the bottom now that they're out of copyright, so you can read along! :) 

Have fun, and if you're anything like me, you'll be reciting the words of the King's Breakfast along with Julie Andrews and Stephen Colbert.

Thanks for dropping by,
A.J. Ponder

PS, now it's out of copyright officially, here it is, the poem in full. 

The King's Breakfast

The King asked
The Queen, and
The Queen asked
The Dairymaid:
"Could we have some butter for
The Royal slice of bread?"
The Queen asked the Dairymaid,
The Dairymaid
Said, "Certainly,
I'll go and tell the cow
Now
Before she goes to bed."

The Dairymaid
She curtsied,
And went and told
The Alderney:
"Don't forget the butter for
The Royal slice of bread."
The Alderney
Said sleepily:
"You'd better tell
His Majesty
That many people nowadays
Like marmalade
Instead."

The Dairymaid
Said, "Fancy!"
And went to
Her Majesty.
She curtsied to the Queen, and
She turned a little red:
"Excuse me,
Your Majesty,
For taking of
The liberty,
But marmalade is tasty, if
It's very
Thickly
Spread."

The Queen said
"Oh!:
And went to
His Majesty:
"Talking of the butter for
The royal slice of bread,
Many people
Think that
Marmalade
Is nicer.
Would you like to try a little
Marmalade
Instead?"

The King said,
"Bother!"
And then he said,
"Oh, deary me!"
The King sobbed, "Oh, deary me!"
And went back to bed.
"Nobody,"
He whimpered,
"Could call me
A fussy man;
I only want
A little bit
Of butter for
My bread!"

The Queen said,
"There, there!"
And went to
The Dairymaid.
The Dairymaid
Said, "There, there!"
And went to the shed.
The cow said,
"There, there!
I didn't really
Mean it;
Here's milk for his porringer,
And butter for his bread."

The Queen took
The butter
And brought it to
His Majesty;
The King said,
"Butter, eh?"
And bounced out of bed.
"Nobody," he said,
As he kissed her
Tenderly,
"Nobody," he said,
As he slid down the banisters,
"Nobody,
My darling,
Could call me
A fussy man -
BUT
I do like a little bit of butter to my bread!"

If you enjoy AA Milne's poems you may also love Teddy Bear. :)