A Poem by Alan Digby

Dated March 2006, let me introduce you all to the latest Old Michaelian who has successfully found the OMA Web Site and is now a fully paid up Member of our Association. Welcome to Alan Digby. I understand that Alan is hoping to join us all at the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations in October and, from the little I know, I am sure he must have a tale or three to tell. Anyway, here is Alan's short contribution to The Mitre which I hope you will enjoy.

He swung the cane so freely

It hurt him more than us

For talking after lights-out

The punishment is a must

No boy was ever beaten

Or kept in on Saturday's

For things that he had never done

Or rules that he obeyed

It was, or so we were told

To make us better men

Then to the world we'd represent

GOOD OLD MICHAELIAN'S

 Alan J Digby