The evidence was clear
A small damp spot on the
Old door frame.
Damaged wood,
Fibrous, spongy
Clearly no good.
What’s the thought?
New molding should
Be bought to replace
This nasty wood rot.
After all wood should
Be sturdy and strong
And this wood is not.
This bit of nonsense was inspired by a conversation with an author whose blog I follow. Her name is Ellen Hawley and her wonderful blog can be found at:
I don’t believe you’ll find anything concerning wood rot on her site though. Just lots of witty and insightful observations from an American living in Cornwall.
Peace, People.
Praying for Eyebrowz 
I’ll put up a link. I don’t think Notes has ever inspired a poem before.
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Certainly not one of this caliber. I tried saying that with a straight face.
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Absolutely. http://notesfromtheuk.com/2015/03/14/notes-from-the-u-k-inspires-a-poem/.
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Hilarious!
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I don’t know what’s going on, but I enjoyed that anyway!
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As I recall Ellen and I were discussing blog stats and I commented on wondering why someone from North Korea would be interested in reading my poem on wood rot. She felt that perhaps wood rot was a universal concern or that maybe it transcended nationalities. But then I realized I’d never actually written a poem about wood rot, but that since both “wood” and “rot” are so rhymeable that I should do so posthaste. I hope this explains it all. Thanks for reading!
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I believe wood rot is indeed transcendental. I am a carpenter, and I feel sure that if a North Korean carpenter were to read this, his head would be nodding as sagely as mine was.
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Good to know. I do hope that writing about wood rot doesn’t bring me actual wood rot. That would be unfortunate.
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