Episode 18 READING POETRY Jenny Joseph reads her poem “Warning" #NaPodPoMo

From Cork With Love - by Paul O'Mahony · Nov 20, 2025 · 4m

Day 18 of #NaPodPoMo Paul O'Mahony introduces Jenny Joseph - she reads her poem Warning. Paul reads Jenny’s poem.

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Jenny Joseph’s reading performance is magnificent - almost as good as the poem itself. Read with vivacity.

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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…