13. The Song of the Solemn Fool

There’s a good poem by Christina Rossetti in ‘The Heart’s Time’ book* today. But as it’s Neurodiversity Celebration Week, I’ve chosen to share this rhyming rant by Foolscap instead.

Unlicensed fool! He claims his pitch
outside the court. The king and priest
declare him of all men the least » »

(If you’d rather read Christina Rossetti’s poetry than Foolscap’s rants, you can read ‘Wrestling’ on the right-hand page here (p.247) – flip the page to read the final stanza on p.248.)

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* The Heart’s Time: a poem a day for Lent and Easter week, by Janet Morley (many different authors, styles and perspectives, some Christian, some not) – you can get it secondhand on eBay. After each poem it has a couple of pages of Janet Morley’s reflections, which some people find useful (I haven’t read them myself, much as I love the book).