On and On
Every once in a while it's good to break out of the adult world I find and leave it all behind for a brief period- for me there is a joy in revisiting and rediscovering the delights of poetry and fiction written for children- my next book to be read is Tom's Midnight Garden by Philippa Pearce.
This poem is by Roger McGough and its cleverness simply pleases my sense of the ridiculous.
Is a well-wisher someone
who wishes at a well?
Is a bad-speller one
who casts a wicked spell?
Is a shop-lifter a giant
who goes round lifting shops?
Is a pop singer someone
who sings and then pops?
Is a pot-holer, a gunman
who shoots holes at pots?
Does a baby-sitter really
sit on tiny tots?
Is a light bulb a bulb
that is light as a feather?
Does an opera buff sing
in the altogether?
Does a pony trap trap ponies
going to the fair?
Is fire-hose stockings
that firemen wear?
Is a scratch team so itchy
it scratches?
When a bricklayer lays a brick
what hatches?
Is a sick bed a bed
that is feeling unwell?
Is a crime wave a criminal's
wave of farewell?
Is a bent copper a policeman
who has gone round the bend?
Is the bottom line the line
on your bottom? THE END
Arilx
This poem is by Roger McGough and its cleverness simply pleases my sense of the ridiculous.
Is a well-wisher someone
who wishes at a well?
Is a bad-speller one
who casts a wicked spell?
Is a shop-lifter a giant
who goes round lifting shops?
Is a pop singer someone
who sings and then pops?
Is a pot-holer, a gunman
who shoots holes at pots?
Does a baby-sitter really
sit on tiny tots?
Is a light bulb a bulb
that is light as a feather?
Does an opera buff sing
in the altogether?
Does a pony trap trap ponies
going to the fair?
Is fire-hose stockings
that firemen wear?
Is a scratch team so itchy
it scratches?
When a bricklayer lays a brick
what hatches?
Is a sick bed a bed
that is feeling unwell?
Is a crime wave a criminal's
wave of farewell?
Is a bent copper a policeman
who has gone round the bend?
Is the bottom line the line
on your bottom? THE END
Arilx
I totally agree! Great poem Aril. I, too like to re-visit children's books and poems.. It really is a great relaxing technique as it totally takes you in another direction!
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Rw
It's so clever isn't it!
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