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
The life and adventures of a mildly dotty old bird.
Saturday, 12 October 2013
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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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It's so clever isn't it!
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