AI ask Gemini Reviews Angela Lansbury's comic poetry

 This video highlights Angela Lansbury discussing her comical poetry, making it a great resource for seeing her approach to verse firsthand:Angela Lansbury’s comical poems—published on her blog—blend playful humor, lighthearted observations, and rhyme-based structures.

Everyday Life & Domestic Humor

Many poems highlight quirky, relatable aspects of daily routines, health, and aging.

Health & Aging: Topics range from physical ailments and doctor visits in Symptoms and Pills to humorous reflections on growing older in Do You Look Your Age? and So Expensive - So Cheap.

Home & Daily Quirks: Everyday objects take center stage, whether giving a voice to fixtures in The Bathroom Speaks, praising bedroom comfort in Back To Bed - Mine's The Best, or finding humor in fashion and footwear in Funny Hats and Cats and Neat Feet.

Language, Rhyme & Writing

As a prolific writer, she frequently explores the craft of poetry itself, turning the process into a comedic meta-commentary.

Poetic Form & Structure: Works such as How To Write The Perfect Poem, Read And Write A Limerick, and How To Write A Sonnet dissect poetic rhythm, syllable counts, and couplets in a lighthearted, instructional style.

Wordplay & Mishearings: Poems like Changes: Funny Birds And Words Misheard and Easy German Words With Memory Aids play with language learning, misread phrases, and linguistic oddities.

Travel, Transport & City Living

Travel and commuting offer regular fodder for humorous scenarios and public observation.

Public Transit: Poems like The Underground, What You Gain On The Train, and Words & Signs Warn On The Bus And Train capture the shared experience, odd etiquette, and minor chaos of public transit.

Vacations & Journeys: From missed trains in I Miss My Train to holiday misadventures in Volcano You Shouldn’t Know and Writers' Holiday, travel provides a vibrant backdrop for unpredictable setups.

Nature, Animals & Whimsy

Lansbury frequently incorporates animals, nature, and imaginative scenarios to create light, entertaining verse.

Animals & Pests: Creatures—both beloved and annoying—appear in poems like Are Mice Nice?, Daddy Long Legs, and The Toy Mouse In The House.

Seasonal & Outdoor Themes: Short, whimsical observations on nature run through poems like Rain's Good For The Garden, Autumn and Christmas, and I Read A Poem To A Rose.

This video highlights Angela Lansbury discussing her comical poetry, making it a great resource for seeing her approach to verse firsthand: 

Poetic Comedy with Angela Lansbury pt 1.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NMZEnsscDA

First Aid Kit comical poem by Angela Lansbury

First aid kit. Photo by Angela Lansbury.

 I have a first aid kit

But what is inside it?

We should not hide it

High up on the wall

Most days glad to say

We don't need it at all

But for help peep inside

If you have a small fall

The instruction booklet is

Full of surprises

Waterproof sticking plasters

In three handy sizes

I remember from childhood

On a day which was wetter

If I slipped on leaves

Mother's kiss made things better

Think of my poem

What is behind this?

The sunshine of words

Which blow you a kiss.

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A Happy Poem. Comical poem 858 by Angela Lansbury

 

I opened a newspaper and read about distress

I opened my wardrobe and saw a pretty dress

Why am I bothered about people far away?

Let them ruin their neighbourhood, not my lovely day 

I ask myself questions to which the answer's yes

Do I see sunshine and flowers? The answer's yes

The Chinese greeting is asking, did you eat?

I forget. Think of chocolate, meringue, shops full of sweets

Let's recap. Is the sun shining? It is. The answer's yes.

Did I eat today? I guess the answer's yes

Forget the past, future, think about this place

Just look in the mirror. Smile at my smiling face.

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How To Write The Perfect Poem. Comical verse 857 by Angela Lansbury

Counting on fingers. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

 I write a poem every day

And after ten years I can say

At last I've grasped rhythm and rhyme

Enough to do it every time

I count on fingers eight or ten

Another line, you count again

Like pairs, couplets, each syllable

Fills up the page until it's full

I count syllables in each line

Numbers of lines, complete the verse

Tomorrow will be better still

I'm better if yesterday's worse 

Today I saved myself some time

Before I start, I plan the rhyme

It is amazing what I know

I wish I'd done that years ago!

The alphabet I don't forget

Find rhymes, race through the alphabet

From climb to dine to fine to wine

I now can do that every time. 

Long ago homework was a chore

Counting syllables was a bore

I'm glad to say that now it's fun

So satisfying when it's done.

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The Perfect Policeman. Comical poem 856 by Angela Lansbury

Toy policeman with toy car. Photo by Angela Lansbury.  Copyright. 

Detectives do dull paperwork

Dates, times, alibis, which we shirk

They look for two 'facts' which don't match

Alert, for criminals to catch

But in the daytime you don't meet

Enough policemen in the street

When there's too many, you complain

But too few - bring them back again!

Who can you call when others sleep?

Who stays calm when you wail and weep

But when there's fighting all about

Expect to get police who shout!

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Autumn and Christmas by Angela comical poem 855 by Angela Lansbury

 

Xmas Santa bag. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

Autumn brings the north winter chills

The sniffles, flu and winter ills

Turn heating on, prepare for bills

Granddads, please write or revise wills

Days shorter, darker, longer nights

New seasons brings children delights

Halloween, pumpkins, biscuit frights

Street decorations, trees, Christmas lights.

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Funny Hats and Cats. Comical poem 854 by Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury. Selfie.

 I don't care if you're thin or fat

I love it if you wear a hat

A funny hat or funny cap

Amusing slogans, cartoon cats

Colourful clothes which make me laugh

Two matching tee-shirts, each one half

Even repeating an old joke

But better if it is bespoke

Making me laugh at me or you

Or silly things which people do

Souvenirs from train stations

All nations, start conversations.

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