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Poet: A.A. Milne
Poem: Disobedience
Comment 6 of 6, added on April 2nd, 2007 at 2:35 PM.
My mother, who passed away a few months ago, used to read Milne to me as a young boy -- all of his works I think, prose and poetry, and this poem and "Tiddely Pom" -- a poem I remember being IN one of the Pooh books have not only stuck me, but helped inspire my second career as a performance poet. I was recently the oldest competitor (at age 62) in the National Poetry Slam championships.
The following is not complete (I remember another verse, but couldn't find it online), but will hopefully motivate you to find the rest...
The Tiddely Pom poem was hummed by Pooh in Chapter One of "The House at Pooh Corner", by A.A. Milne.
The more it snows
(Tiddely pom),
The more it goes
(Tiddely pom),
The more it goes
(Tiddely pom),
On snowing.
And nobody knows
(Tiddely pom),
How cold my toes
(Tiddely pom),
How cold my toes
(Tiddely pom),
Are growing.
The second verse (if it exists) had a reflection whether it would ever quit snowing....
Jim K. from United States
Comment 5 of 6, added on February 3rd, 2007 at 10:42 AM.
The poem has nothing to do with the doors. It was written about the little boy who lived next door to aa milne. i only know this as i have met him.
steve from United Kingdom
Comment 4 of 6, added on June 13th, 2006 at 7:01 AM.
Like many children I loved this poem but when you look at it now with the eyes of a modern adult, it is really very sad - a mother dressing up & going away deserting her child. Did it relate to a trauma in AA Milne's life ?
Sue Flower from United Kingdom
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My mother, who passed away a few months ago, used to read Milne to me as a young boy -- all of his works I think, prose and poetry, and this poem and "Tiddely Pom" -- a poem I remember being IN one of the Pooh books have not only stuck me, but helped inspire my second career as a performance poet. I was recently the oldest competitor (at age 62) in the National Poetry Slam championships.
The following is not complete (I remember another verse, but couldn't find it online), but will hopefully motivate you to find the rest...
The Tiddely Pom poem was hummed by Pooh in Chapter One of "The House at Pooh Corner", by A.A. Milne.
The more it snows
(Tiddely pom),
The more it goes
(Tiddely pom),
The more it goes
(Tiddely pom),
On snowing.
And nobody knows
(Tiddely pom),
How cold my toes
(Tiddely pom),
How cold my toes
(Tiddely pom),
Are growing.
The second verse (if it exists) had a reflection whether it would ever quit snowing....
Jim K. from United States