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They’re Changing The Rules at Medium Palace

Maria Rattray
2 min readSep 27, 2020

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Inspired by A.A Milne’s poem, ‘They’re Changing Guards At Buckingham Palace’.

Photo by Siavash Ghanbari on Unsplash

The real inspiration for this poem is one James Frank Sanders, a 94-year-old writer for Medium. If I am still alive and kicking at that age, I hope I will have the courage to try to keep pace with technology. James, you are my daily inspiration. Keep on writing.

They’re changing the rules at Medium Palace.
James Frank Sanders has talked to Alice.

“Alice, dear Alice, I write and I write,

But payment from Medium is ever so tight,”

Said James

They’re changing the rules at Medium Palace.
James Frank Sanders has talked to Alice.

“Curation by experts is hard and so tough.

So people like me may soon have enough.”

Said James

They’re changing the rules at Medium Palace.
James Frank Sanders has talked to Alice.

“Writing’s my life, as you are aware.

I really would like to see Medium care,”

Said James

They’re changing the rules at Medium Palace.
James Frank Sanders has talked to Alice.

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Maria Rattray
Maria Rattray

Written by Maria Rattray

Writer, author, teacher, fun-loving poet. Trying valiantly to make the world a better place. Helping you to guide the future. Find me at: https://ponmyword.com

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