Waiting At The Window
A. A. Milne
1882 to 1956
Track 1
Reconstruct the poem by dragging each line into its correct position. Your goal is to reassemble the original poem as accurately as possible. As you move the lines, you'll see whether your arrangement is correct, helping you explore the poem's flow and meaning. You can also print out the jumbled poem to cut up and reassemble in the classroom. Either way, take your time, enjoy the process, and discover how the poet's words come together to create something truly beautiful.
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These are my two drops of rain
James is going slow again.
James has just begun to ooze.
Is he going fast enough?
James has met a sort of smear.
(James has found a piece of fluff.)
Comes from which of them is first.
Something sort of sticks to John.
He's the one I want to lose.
John is getting very near.
John is there, and John has won!
He's the one I want to win.
Which the winning one will be.
All the best and all the worst
Waiting on the window-pane.
I am waiting here to see
James is going slowly on.
One is John and one is James.
John is rushing down the pane.
John is waiting to begin.
Look! I told you! Here's the sun!
John has quickly hurried by.
John is moving off at last.
Both of them have different names.
(James was talking to a fly.)
James is going pretty fast.