it's still a little cold, cold enough to wear a nice scarf from time to time I think.
So to win your very own sky scraper can you write in a very short poem with the word 'skyscraper' in it.
(We make you work for your prize) can just be a couple of lines.
We'll give one of these lovely long lambswool scarves to two winners.
thank you!!
There once was a tall skyscraper
ReplyDeletewhich ended in a spindly taper
when the wind blew
it rustled and flew
because it was made of paper!
I saw a message
ReplyDeletefrom the person who got the last two arrows
but there was another message
somebody else thought they had the last arrow
I would have loved an arrow
but that was before I saw
Donna's 'skyscraper' and
now I'm remembering New York
in 1969, and all the other times
until that last visit in '97
Roger Lee 27 Feb 2012
Hey Apple Pie maker, please can I mine wrapped in brown paper and brought to the 39th floor of the shiny blue skyscraper.
ReplyDeleteLove Jo Molloy
missnippymolloy
a tired bird
ReplyDeleteon her way home, wherever it is
interrupted in her winged migration
too bad we will never know about her
because there is noone else there
on the roof of a skyscraper
a tired bird
ReplyDeleteon her way home, wherever it is
interrupted in her winged migration
I am sorry that we will never know about her
because there is noone else there
on the roof of a skyscraper
I'm in love with the highest skyscraper in the world...
ReplyDeleteW h y ?
Because it really makes me think I can f l y y y y y !
Anouk
Look at the sky way up there,
ReplyDeleteabove the concrete pillars,
i used to look up at skyscrapers and wonder how high i could climb,
Then I would feel exhausted just thinking about it and pour myself a Mojito with Lime.
I twice in my life in the US have been
ReplyDeleteboth times in NY, so I have the skyscrapers seen
I love the city and long to go back
Maybe a nice scarf can help me back on track
and to all my lovely memories lean
Ingrid from Norway
The Shard is a new skyscraper
ReplyDeleteDonna Wilson is a cool scarf maker
You would be daft
Not to wear your scarf
Under the skyscraper
I went to the city to see the skyscrapers.
ReplyDeleteStood at the bottom, looking up, marvelling at how it tapers.
They look so high, touching the blue,
But try as I might, I couldnt see you.
x
http://beckyboodlesphotography.co.uk/
Early morning, it is still cold,
ReplyDeleteThe air crispy as white paper.
The day is to enfold.
Warmly wrapped in my skyscraper.
Early Morning, it is still cold.
ReplyDeleteThe air crispy as white paper.
The day is to enfold.
Warmly wrapped up in my scyscraper.
So cool, so here is my haiku-poem :
ReplyDeleteFalling asleep on a cloud
Someone is tickling my toes
Oh dear! Is it miss Gratte-ciel or mister Skysraper?
Rising in the blue
ReplyDeleteWindows gleaming like crystals
A skyscraper grows
From high up in the skyscraper everyone looks so small
ReplyDeleteFrom down on the streets the buildings looks so tall
It winds up never ending in the endless blue sky
Do birds breathe the blue while they fly?
There once was a stylish ol' bird,
ReplyDeleteobsessed with skyscrapers, I've heard.
But as one who was quite
afraid of the height,
one to wear round her neck is preferred.
Dashing
ReplyDeleteOn
Nightman
Ned's
Antelopes
While
Ingrid
Lifts
Skyscrapers
Onto
Nature
Mr Skyscraper was a lofty fellow,
ReplyDeleteso tall you could not hear him bellow.
He could touch the clouds and for this he was proud
but heights made his legs turn to jello.
like a skyscrapers,
ReplyDeletemy journey just like their stairs,
each stair is each step until the roof top...
xoxo
dita
How I'd love to have a New York Caper, wearing Donna's Skyscraper!
ReplyDeletewhen i visit the city
ReplyDeletethe skyscrapers creep up taller
taller than the tallest tree
at my forest home.
a different tree - a skyscraper
a tree you can climb.
Love your scarf - I think it would look so good wearing it around my bush/forest home town. It's coming up Winter here, so I'd wear it lots.. Thanks for the sweet giveaway.
skyscraper here and there
ReplyDeletei can see them
because i am here
new york new york
ahoy
izabella
skyscraper oh skyscraper
ReplyDeletei wish your doors were really pink
please paint them to
please me,
appease me
don't tease me
my dear skyscraper
skyscraper caught
ReplyDeletein soft silky neck-warming
pleasure. Transforming
your ever tall concreteness
from cold to cosiness.
Shouldn't you,
my skyscraper,
be named skyhugger?
A
Tall and lean and sometimes mean
ReplyDeleteIt's lonely at the top.
What you need you hunk of steel
Is something to make you pop,
Jewellery? Buttons? A hat made of paper?
No! You need a scarf my love
To make you a hip hop sky scraper!
Xxx
Skyscraper, skyscraper,
ReplyDeleteScrape me some sky
Tickle the sun
While the stars go by.
Tickle the stars
While the sun's climbing high,
Then skyscraper, skyscraper,
Scrape me some sky.
Sky scraper who gave you your name,
ReplyDeleteAs you scrape through the sky what have you to gain,
“A bird’s eye view, and my head in the clouds,
Whatever you do don’t look down.”
I once had a bit of a caper
ReplyDeletewith a friend in a tall skyscraper,
and just for a laugh we knitted a scarf
the length of Kings Cross to Mayfair.
We scrolled it out of the top floor
knowing it would reach the bottom for sure,
admired by everyone who came to London
so now we've got to knit more!
I once had a bit of a caper
ReplyDeletewith a friend in a tall sky scraper,
and just for a laugh we knitted a scarf
the length of Kings Cross to Mayfair.
We scrolled it out of the top floor knowing it would reach the bottom for sure,
admired by everyone who came to London
so now we've got knit more!
Sky scraper who gave you your name,
ReplyDeleteAs you scrape through the sky what have you to gain,
“A bird’s eye view, and my head in the clouds,
Whatever you do don’t look down.”
I've read it in the papers,
ReplyDeletethat Donna Wilson scarves feature skyscrapers
right now. What a great idea,
it even made me loose my composing fear.
Hurray!
Warmly, Maja
I ' m just in love with all the skyscrapers of the world...
ReplyDeleteWhy?
Because, they make me feel that I can f l y y y y y y !
♥ Anouk
i live somewhere very small
ReplyDeletean island on its own
no skyscrapers to be seen
The wind blows strong
a cold neck to be had
but yet i still am keen
New York I miss you
ReplyDeleteIt's been a while but I know you're always there
Want to be with you again, but ain't got a dime to spare
If I had a skyscraper to wear around my neck
I would miss you less, untill I make it back
There are no skyscrapers in my city
ReplyDeleteIsn't that a pity?!
Therefore I write this rhyme
So the skyscraper can be mine
And there will be a skyscraper in my city
Around my neck of course, all yellow and pretty!
A sky-
ReplyDeletescraper,
In news-
paper,
Rescued cat up tree.
Oh kind-
scraper,
So high-
scraper
Brought kitty home for tea!
:)
Skyscrapers so high in the sky
ReplyDeleteKids run and shout through the halls.
Young love is etched on the stairs and walls.
Storeys of green windows stretch high.
Communities of young, old, loud and shy.
Rows of doors and hidden lives.
Architectural dreams and strife.
Pinnacles for the rich rest on the cerise doors.
Elevators on the outside to view mother nature.
Residents for whom their skyscraper, is their castle.
What fun! xx
Skyscraper heels are not for me
ReplyDeleteI prefer to run around
And feel free
Though I try to be stylish
Stylish everyday
I have a lovely fox to curl around my neck
But a new skyscraper scarf
Now that would really make my day
Skyscraper heels are not for me
ReplyDeleteI prefer to run around
And feel free
Though I try to be stylish
Try everyday
I have a lovely fox to curl around my neck
But a new skyscraper scarf...
Now that would really make my day.
My SkyScraper Acrostic
ReplyDeleteSolid and tall towering above us all
Keeping people warm and out of the cold
Years grow by and the taller they get
Seeing who can build the biggest one yet.
Creating a skyline for many a city
Rising above all other buildings
A place for habitation
Pent house suite is the ultimate consummation
Everyone wants to live in the skyscraper
Realising they are a mover and shaker
Malini Craig
Lean and mean
ReplyDeletelooking for the sky
and well beyond.
Skyscrapers in the clouds
are reaching up and shouting out.
For lucky creatures living at the top of a skyscraper, all they need to keep warm and catch insects for tea, is a woolly scarf and some flypaper.
ReplyDeleteShaz x
Ik heb er zoveel
ReplyDeletevoor rond mijn keel
maar de skyscaper is van een andere orde
zou hij niet de mijne willen worde ?
( I have al lot of them
to cover my troat
the skycaper is very different
won't he become mine ? )
Hmm well I can't rhyme but a teacher once told me poems don't always need to, so here goes!
ReplyDeleteDid you ever see the man who spanned skyscrapers?
he made it all look possible
What is it about being UP high and looking down low as everything whizzes?
it gives you an electrofied, rejuvenated and heady cold mix
which is why when you climb climb climb up to the top
just don't drop...
your Scarf!
VML
Whoa, up there! The skyscraper surrounded by planes!
ReplyDeleteI sure hope that huge gorilla wont be shot down in flames......
My big sister gave me a house, made from feathers and bright wool
ReplyDelete“If this one falls down, it’ll blend in with your town, and be a comfort for you too.”
Ten thousand quakes have kept me awake since the big one four seasons past
But I am a mouse, cuddling my soft house, determined that THIS one will last
We’re rebuilding now, slowly but surely, as the pacific begins to cool
But in this shaken up city, the only good skyscraper is one that’s made from ... wool!
Kathryn
My Skyscraper Acrostic
ReplyDeleteSolid and tall towering above us all,
Keeping people warm and out of the cold,
Years grow by and the taller they get,
Seeing who can build the biggest one yet.
Creating a skyline for many a city,
Rising above all other buildings,
A place for habitation,
Pent house suite is the ultimate consummation,
Everyone wants to live in the skyscraper,
Realising they are a mover and shaker.
Wow you have been active on the blog lately....wish we could see David Shrigley.
ReplyDeleteGood luck with everything!!
Skyscraper, I can hear the purring
ReplyDeleteOf the clouds when you scratch their bellies
You sway gently as the freight-trains pass
I am safe up here, inside your dream
Of little boxes.
From your window, I think I saw
A tower-block winking at you -
I wave back, just to say
Yes, yes we are handsome today.
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ReplyDeletei
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ii
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i
like you a lot,
hope to be mine
lovely skyscaper
where i live
ReplyDeletethere is no concrete,
no skyscrapers:
just wilderness
snow
trees.
i am nestled under the awesome mass
of nature
that is
Mont Blanc.
Whoosh,
ReplyDeletewhoosh,
whoosh,
whoosh,
Whoosh,
whoosh,
whoosh,
whoosh,
Are we there yet?
Whoosh,
whoosh,
whoosh,
whoosh,
Whoosh,
whoosh,
whoosh,
whoosh,
I can see the sky!
I reach skyscraper of my joy.
How high is a skyscraper I cannot see
ReplyDeletethe scarf is a little more obvious to me,
Its and pink and yellow, not dark and grey
to own a small Skycraper will make my day.
skyscraper, skyscraper looking up at stars
ReplyDeleteskyscraper, skyscraper looking down at cars
i was digging in the dirt
ReplyDeletelooking for something
to call my own,
but she said,
never should you search below yourself
she said to look up,
reach up
and build a skyscraper of dreams.
Harvest your dreams
ReplyDeleteEmbrace the world
Build a skyscraper
Out of cobwebs
Grow icicle orchids
By a silver pond
And promise yourself
It will be
oh skyscraper,
ReplyDeleteskyscraper.
where have you been all my life?
i feel lonely and cold, oh skyscraper,
you will be a lifesaver!
A skyscraper scarf? She's havin' a larf!
ReplyDeleteIts donna's little caper is that skyscraper
To get us penning odes, and she'll get loads and loads
But I'm sure to get the prize 'cos Donna's VERY wise!
Skyscrapers!
ReplyDeleteMake me feel cold.
But I can be bold,
With this scarf around my neck.
If truth be told!
If I were a skyscraper tall and thin
ReplyDeleteI could waddle and doddle and model
Donna's skyscraper thing!
Like a million reflective rectangles,
ReplyDeleteTowering up from the ground
The skyscraper projects the image of the world above and spangles,
To the thousands of people on the streets below wondering around
Wise, Donna may be but two winners there will be
ReplyDeleteand I would like to enter
to win a scarf-shaped skyscraper
that is so long it falls down way below my knee
an acceptable length for a demure lady like me
skyscraper,Wolkenkratzer,æ©ć€©ć€§æ„Œ,skyskraber,gratte-ciel,ÎżÏ ÏÎ±ÎœÎżÎŸÏÏÏηÏ,grattacielo,rañaceos,àžึàžàžŁàž°àž้àžČ will you live meg and Beardy man?
ReplyDeleteoooh darling
ReplyDeletemy looove
for you
is bigger
than
the tallest
sky craper
He was a Sky-scraper
ReplyDeleteremoving all the dirt
until the sky was clean again
like a crsiply ironed shirt
wolkenkrabber.... jij bent hoog
ReplyDeletekon ik maar met je omhoog
we voelen ons nu zo klein
wat zouden we graag bij jou willen zijn.
dan konden we boven kussen
zo hoog als de mussen
Taller than trees,
ReplyDeletethis skyscraper scarf
will reach your knees!
skyscraper
ReplyDeletescrapes the sky
it is so high
high in the sky
sky knitter
ReplyDeletei
knit
you
to the moon
and back
It`s so cold said Cyril Squirrel-Fox*
ReplyDeleteI need to go and buy some woolly socks,
But Cyril doesn`t do things by half,
And he came back with a Skyscraper scarf
*He promises not to get marmalade on the scarf
Up up away
ReplyDeleteIn my beautiful balloon
I see a tall sky scraper
Pointing at the moon
We went to skyscraper land, off the money mum inherited,
ReplyDeleteabout three grand
We went up one together; My family and I
One of two, paired together in a skyline
Who could have known what would come,
That when I returned, they were both gone.
I’m the only skyscraper in this city,
ReplyDeleteScratching at the skyline.
I like to play a little game.
How many clouds can I unravel?
I snag them as they pass over me,
Pulling at their fibres.
Cirrus clouds separate like unspun yarn.
Cumulus are more difficult, a heavy knit.
I pull them apart,
And then it rains.
Bummer! I can't rhyme in English! (I'm not native...)
ReplyDeleteWhere do you post the winners? I'm curious!
ReplyDeleteSkyscrapper is rascacielo in Spanish, so here I go:
ReplyDeleteLargo como mi pelo
es este rascacielo,
me lo amarro como una bufanda
y quedo abrigada como un panda
The translation would be something like this (but obviously it doesn't rhyme):
Long as my hair
is this skyscraper
I tied it like a scarf
and stay warm like a panda
You are huge
ReplyDeleteI am small
You are made of steel
I am made of cotton
You can touch the clouds
I rather stay close to the ground
You are a skyscraper
And I, I am just a person
WOW how creative you all are, thank you so so much for your wonderful poems, it's been so nice reading them all. We have chosen the winner at random, so.... Mars and Kafin are the winners of a sky scraper scarf. If it's getting too warm now for scarves keep it in a safe place until winter! Please email Siew@donnawilson.com with your addresses and we'll get them sent out to you as soon as possible.
ReplyDeletethanks All!! more give aways soon.