Warning, by Jenny Joseph ESL worksheet by crisholm

Poem Warning Jenny Joseph. Warning by Jenny Joseph Unveiling the Insights of a Popular Poem 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. Summary 'Warning' by Jenny Joseph describes what the future has in store as one ages and throws off societal restraints and expectations

First published in The Listener in 1962, "Warning" was later included in her 1974 collection Rose In the Afternoon, in The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, and in her Selected Poems (1992). It's become one of the best-loved poems among British readers of poetry, but its appeal extends beyond the United Kingdom

Warning Poem by Jenny Joseph

When I am an old woman I shall wear purple With a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me Joseph's best known poem, "Warning", was written in 1961 when she was 28 Jenny Joseph The poem is an assertive statement of intention, a woman, maybe middle-aged, refusing to accept the possibility that in old age she'll be passive and conventional

Warning Warning Poem By Jenny Joseph, 54 OFF. First published in The Listener in 1962, "Warning" was later included in her 1974 collection Rose In the Afternoon, in The Oxford Book of Twentieth Century English Verse, and in her Selected Poems (1992). It's become one of the best-loved poems among British readers of poetry, but its appeal extends beyond the United Kingdom

Warning Poem Print in Script Font by Jenny Joseph When I Grow Etsy Australia. Jenny Joseph The poem is an assertive statement of intention, a woman, maybe middle-aged, refusing to accept the possibility that in old age she'll be passive and conventional And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer gloves