Yin and Yang For Every Plan

 You need yin but also need yan

Yin and yan for every plan

Just as day will follow the night

Watch for wrongs to make things go right

Every project needs risk assess

Even washing then when you dress

Comb your hair, and don't look a mess

Dress your best so you will impress

You need to drink, watch food you eat

The table height, the back of chairs

But give yourself a tiny treat

Exercise, but don't fall down stairs

Make sure keep good and bad in reach

Teach troubles in a funny speech.

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Your troubles make a funny speech

became

Teach troubles in a funny speech

which adds assonance.

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The Underground comical poem by Angela Lansbury

 

London Underground Railway station, Hyde Park Corner. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

We may be heading underground

But on the way with joy look round

When young, look forward, never back

When old, don't think of what we lack.

The underground is like your mind

With pictures which recall the past

Don't let battles of yesterday

Cloud your mind, battles do not last

Life's journey has a lot of hops

Where other people come and go

And many interesting stops

Which show and tell what you now know.

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On The Bright Side The Sun Is Shining, comical poem by Angela Lansbury

 

On the bright side, the sun's shining

'though in the long run, life's dying

Forget bald heads, aches, blocked noses

Think parents, kids, fruit, trees, roses

Not your cracking teeth, hammer toes, feet

Cracks on paving stones in the street

The closed down shops, potholes on roads, 

Fruit flies, mosquitos, frogs, and toads

Ancient Egyptians, long before

Peacemakers, who started the war

Headlines in news, heroes, villains, 

Those near and far, millions, billions

Norovirus, or tummy bug

A setback to all those I love

Kept far from me, but don't panic

From your viewpoint, just statistics

My bright blonde hides my grey hairs

On holiday, I fell down stairs

Learn - don't repeat what I have done

I don't phone home, upset my son

When I got home, he saw me, well

I shrugged, while walking and smiling

'That accident ...' but beguiling

Ignoring future we both see

He gasped, 'Oh dear, you fell - again.'

Not a question, it wasn't blame

I won't warn friends, 'Start of the end.'

Just, 'Each day's mixed, more of the same.'

World grows older, hotter, colder

Earthquakes, tsunamis, stop whining

One good day, dine and wine my way

A perfect day, bright sun's shining!

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I began with whining, changed in to wining. Thought of extending the line to ten syllables to make 'whining to wining'. But felt the poem need more positive words in the last verse, so left it as wining, drinking wine. In that case, but should change to yes, yes wining, rather than suicides but

Cutting each line to eight syllables produced lots of revisions. Finally, I changed lovely day to perfect day.

Roses and noses. Comical poem 799 by Angela Lansbury.

 

Garden roses. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright. 

How tall the standard roses grow

The heat wave hit us without warning

I've never seen flowers so tall

Nourishing rain! Or global warming?

They're best picked in the early morn

'though each bloom lasts only a week 

First, with care, cut, kill, each thorn, then

Feel petals soft as baby's cheek

A heady scent, all different

Reach roses, colourful and fun

They paint the garden, glow and flow

New pink grows, seeks life-giving sun.

Standard Roses Towering Above A Car. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

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Trains & Tourists Tootle Around The World.Comical poem 798 by Angela Lansbury

It was trains which made town clocks match their time

Now glass doors stop phones falling on the line

With the passing of time all will be fine

Lifts beside stairs on Elizabeth line

 Modern Singapore, long travelators

Old London still has deep escalators

In St Pancras, a Champagne bar

On long journeys, a dining car

From Watford to Euston and on

From Euston to lively Brixton

Transport museums and tunnel walks

To Wales or Scotland, and historic York

Signs tell you don't put your feet on the seat

Big stations have places where you can meet

See Brunel's statue, lovers, Paddington bear

On long journeys, quiet stories to share

What are those tee-shirts the people are bringing

After football matches the winners are singing

Amusing people to see, hear them speak 

Watch for your stop and don't fall asleep!

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I Miss My Train. Comical poem 797 by Angela Lansbury

 

Brixton Station, bridge. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

It's on a bridge above the street

The weird and wonderful people you meet

Home with shopping or out to eat

Saving your shoes, your time, your feet

The map can solve the mystery

The murals teach you history

The bus meets the train, the train the bus

Don't fuss. It's good for all of us

A train is like your grandmother

An old body dressed in fabric that's new

But if it's late, or disappears

You feel your thanks are far too few.

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The title is, of course, a pun. You miss the train physically by arriving too late at the station or platform. You miss it emotionally, remembering it nostalgically, wishing to see it again.

What You Gain On The Train comical poem 796 by Angela Lansbury

 

Here's the train, your handy train

Scenic in sunshine, shelter in rain

When it's on time we can't complain

Into the city, safe home again

It's nearly always quicker by train

Than, walking, biking or hiking again

You hear it coming, 'though dreadful noise

Seeing trains brings family joys

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