janisian
05-01-2006, 03:35 PM
Of course my finger slipped as I wrote the title of this, I do know McCaffrey has two f's!
Alas, I couldn't be there, but you can read about the party here:
http://forums.srellim.org/showthread.php?p=36159#post36159
and here's the little limerick I wrote in her honor:
There once was a girl named McCaffrey
Who moved to the land of the banshee
By dragons possessed
She had great success
And occasional bats in her belfry.
She learned young to speak high Slavonic
Which may be some sort of colonic
Wrote novels in Latin that filled up the dustbin
And opera was often a tonic.
She acted some parts in the theater
Then later became the director
Of oddly named plays
‘til she left the stage
and became a world famous author.
Now normally here, I’d be vulgar
Find dozens of ways to insult her
But birthdays are rare
And I really don’t dare
To match wits with my favorite writer.
So Annie, my congratulations
Enjoy all your friends and relations
In a decade or two
I’ll be as old as you
That should be a great consolation!
All my love Janis Ian
Alas, I couldn't be there, but you can read about the party here:
http://forums.srellim.org/showthread.php?p=36159#post36159
and here's the little limerick I wrote in her honor:
There once was a girl named McCaffrey
Who moved to the land of the banshee
By dragons possessed
She had great success
And occasional bats in her belfry.
She learned young to speak high Slavonic
Which may be some sort of colonic
Wrote novels in Latin that filled up the dustbin
And opera was often a tonic.
She acted some parts in the theater
Then later became the director
Of oddly named plays
‘til she left the stage
and became a world famous author.
Now normally here, I’d be vulgar
Find dozens of ways to insult her
But birthdays are rare
And I really don’t dare
To match wits with my favorite writer.
So Annie, my congratulations
Enjoy all your friends and relations
In a decade or two
I’ll be as old as you
That should be a great consolation!
All my love Janis Ian