Return to Pooh Corner: Poems, Song, & Video

I used to love reading Winnie the Pooh and The House at Pooh Corner to my elementary students. I also enjoyed sharing many of the poems from A. A. Milne's books of children’s poetry—When We Were Very Young and Now We Are Six.

Today I have a video of a song, Return to Pooh Corner, which was written by Kenny Loggins. The song was popular in the early 1970s—when I was a young teacher. I guess I liked the song so much because I loved the Pooh books and the loveable characters that Milne had created for them: gloomy Eeyore, bouncy Tigger, nervous Piglet, innocent Roo, Pooh Bear—who always relished a “smackerel” of hunny—and all the other animals who lived in the Hundred Acre Wood. Listening to the song and watching the video brought back happy memories of reading Milne's books to my daughter and to my students. Ah, there are days when I do wish I could return to Pooh Corner.

In addition to the video, I’ve included a link to the complete lyrics of the song—as well as links to some of the children’s poems written by A. A. Milne.

Return to Pooh Corner (Lyrics by Kenny Loggins)

Christopher Robin and I walked along
Under branches lit up by the moon
Posing our questions to Owl and Eeyore
As our days disappeared all too soon
But I've wandered much further today than I should
And I can't seem to find my way back to the Wood

So help me if you can
I've got to get back
To the House at Pooh Corner by one
You'd be surprised
There's so much to be done
Count all the bees in the hive
Chase all the clouds from the sky
Back to the days of Christopher Robin and Pooh

You can read the rest of the lyrics here.

HAPPINESS (When We Were Very Young)

John had
Great Big
Waterproof
Boots on;
John had on a
Great Big
Waterproof
Hat;
John had a
Great Big
Waterproff
Mackintosh—
And that
(Said John)
Is
That.

From FURRY BEAR (Now We Are Six)

If I were a bear
And a big bear too,
I shouldn’t much mind if it froze or snew;
I shouldn’t much mind
If it snowed or friz—
I’d be all fur-lined
With a coat like his!

You can read more of A. A. Milne’s children’s poems here and here.

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At Political Verses, I have a poem by J. Patrick Lewis about Henry Kissinger entitled Henry K., Man of Peace.

Here are links to two of my original poems that I posted at Political Verses this week: Winnie the Pooh-Bah and the Hundred Acre Wood: A Poem about Rush Limbaugh and Bernie Made Off with My Money.

I’m doing the Poetry Friday Roundup today. Please leave the URL of your poetry post and a short description of it in the comments at my special Roundup Post.

Pens v Thrashers (W 6-2)

WOW. I took a ton of photos. I actually can't believe I took this many because it didn't seem like I got that many at the time. But I couldn't decide which ones to share with you, and since Photobucket has made it relatively easy to do, I'd hook you up with a bunch of the best ones.

When we got to Pittsburgh, it was incredible to see how much work has been completed on the new arena. It's ironic, but now that we've FINALLY gotten all the signatures, it's all happening so fast! My husband (who will henceforth be known on The Show as "woodstock" - hahaha!) and I were 16 rows behind the Pens' bench. It was the closest we've ever been to the bench. I got to stand almost at the glass to snap a few shots during the Boys' warmups.

If you couldn't tell by the anniversary date, Is D’Eirinn Mé. Okay, actually my ancestors were of Ireland, but I'm extremely proud of my heritage. The Pens paid tribute to the holiday with shamrocks throughout their graphics and by playing Irish tunes like Mychael Danna's The Blood of Cu Chulain (which is also the theme song to The Boondock Saints) and Drunken Lullabies by Flogging Molly. They combined my two favorite things - Ireland and Penguins hockey. It was like heaven for me!

Siddo pulled off a move that, had he scored, would have been (to quote Steigy) one for the ages. When Geno scored those back-to-back goals, it was almost like none of us knew what hit us. We were like, "Did he just do that - again?!" The rest of the game was spent hoping for a hatty on St. Patty's, but alas, it wasn't meant to be. Then Flower made a save that dazzled us. I immediately said, "I need to see that on the replay when we get home!" and the guy in front of us said, "I know, right?!"

I included one shot of Sidney Penguin that I took while his human counterpart was in the background so you could see the holiday attire I found for him. I will be sending the rest of my Roamer pics to Stephanie. :)

It was nice to see Colby Armstrong again, especially since he was wearing the A and (evidently) took the role of acting captain on behalf of the absent Ilya Kovalchuk. It's a shame that Kovalchuk was out - woodstock wanted to see him play, and I was disappointed that Siddo wouldn't have anyone to point at after he scored. :P

There was a lot tension between the teams practically all night, but when it reached the boiling point towards the end of the third, it was pretty intense. I wasn't sure that the officials were going to be able to separate the teams! When all was said and done, a very, VERY red-with-anger Mad Max was led away followed shortly thereafter by Eric Godard. I got a picture of Godard being led away, but I missed getting a shot of Max because the melee was still happening and I was enthralled.

It was an extremely fun experience for us. In all the games we've attended, we've never seen a penalty shot, so that was really cool. We've never seen a hat trick, either, but there's always next time! I was surprised to see just how many people left before the game was over. Our philosophy is that we pay a lot of money and travel 100 miles, so we always stay behind to watch the three stars be announced. They were Siddo, Gonch, and Geno (in order from 3 to 1).

When we got to my car, the parking lot was still a bit of a mad house, so we just kind of stood and talked. Suddenly, we heard a loud BANG!! followed by a FFFFFFFFFFFFFTTTTTT sound. Some poor dumb sucker two rows in front of us turned the steering wheel just a wee bit too much and hit one of the light poles. He didn't hurt the body of his car, but he popped his tire something fierce! It was completely flat in about 90 seconds. I felt so bad for him, but he had his friend there to help him out.

It was a fantastic way to celebrate eight blissfully married years. :D A sampling of my photos follows. I was thinking of making the original sized version of the one of Siddo smilin' like a butcher's dog available as a wallpaper, since I imagine that one will be pretty popular. But if there's another shot that you like, tell us in The Friends' Zone and maybe if a bunch of people want it, I'll make it available, too. Enjoy!! :)