jenny joseph

• 7 mayıs 1932 birmingham doğumlu ingiliz şair. en bilinen şiiri warning'dir. kendisi şöyledir.
  
  warning
  
  when i am an old woman i shall wear purple
  with a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.
  and i shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves
  and satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter.
  i shall sit down on the pavement when i'm tired
  and gobble up samples in shops and press alarm bells
  and run my stick along the public railings
  and make up for the sobriety of my youth.
  i shall go out in my slippers in the rain
  and pick flowers in other people's gardens
  and learn to spit.
  
  you can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat
  and eat three pounds of sausages at a go
  or only bread and pickle for a week
  and hoard pens and pencils and beermats and things in boxes.
  
  but now we must have clothes that keep us dry
  and pay our rent and not swear in the street
  and set a good example for the children.
  we must have friends to dinner and read the papers.
  
  but maybe i ought to practice a little now?
  so people who know me are not too shocked and surprised
  when suddenly i am old, and start to wear purple.
  
  bonus:
  
  (bkz: warning/@mi nombre es mayo)