Jenny Joseph

Jenny Joseph (7 May 1932 – 8 January 2018) was an English poet. Her poem Warning was identified as the UK's "most popular post-war poem" in a 1996 poll by the BBC. Sourced The sun has burst the skyBecause I love youAnd the river its banks. Poem The sun has burst the sky When I am an old woman I shall wear purpleWith a red hat which doesn't go, and doesn't suit me.And I shall spend my pension on brandy and summer glovesAnd satin sandals, and say we've no money for butter. Poem Warning I was raised to feel that doing nothing was a sin. I had to learn to do nothing. The Observer, 19 April, 1998, p. 23 External links Category:Poets from England Category:Jews from the United Kingdom Category:Women authors from England Category:People from Birmingham Category:1932 births Category:2018 deaths