Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a sixpence in her shoe.
Something blue
blue notes?
Blue Moon
full twice in a month
Singing the Blues
but not today
– getting married
in the morning!
this morning
no more Harvest Moon
fear and fumbling
stripping off
something borrowed –
for the hope of
fertility
Making Whoopee
though we know
how that ended up
will you still love me
When I’m Sixty-four?
– there may be trouble ahead
Stormy Weather
Life is an ocean
Love is a boat
put a sixpence
in my shoe
here goes nothing…
© Andrew Wilson, 2026
Over at dVerse Poets Pub, Dora in Poetics, invites us to riff on one or more phrases from the Victorian rhyme:-
Something old, something new
Something borrowed, something blue
And a sixpence in her shoe.
Weddings, love and the blues are the subjects of so many songs and who knows what streams through the consciousness of a bride to be…
A delightful riff on all those songs, Andrew!
Thanks, Kim, I was channelling my inner Dennis Potter…
I’m smiling with glee at the musical walk down the aisle you took us on, Andrew, and with “a sixpence in my shoe” for good measure. Enjoyed this so much. It’s happy-go-lucky and all’s well with the world for the rest of the day for me!😀 🙌🙌
So happy it brought a smile to you, Dora, my work is done, for the day…
My kind of music, Andrew! A great write.
Thank you, Helen, I feel like I have been MIA but am slowly coming back – I think I overdid things with my April A to Z Challenge – it was a lot of work and tired me out. I play all these songs on my ukulele…
What a musical ride, Andrew! I so enjoyed this riff.
I am not like some teenagers who can sing lots of songs off by heart, Punam, but I do find a lot of lines from songs creeping into poems recently…
I enjoyed the music in this poem, Andrew.
Music was my first love, before poetry, as a means of expression, Sara, now they seem to be conflating…
Andrew, a melodic found poem between the notes.
Thanjs, Li, it was fun channeling a nervous bride…
Cleverly done Andrew 👏
Thanks, Shaun!