Dreaming dreams beyond belief
Waking up is a relief
Clearing, clearing, clearing head
Getting, slowly, out of bed
Cleaning, cleaning, cleaning teeth
Search for shoes hidden beneath
Just one shoe, who was the thief?
Find the other, what relief!
Waking, waking, waking woke
Eating, eating, eating, yolk
Quickly, quickly, quickly, quick
Licking, lovely, licking, lick
Feeding, feeding, feeding, fed
Reading, reading, reading, read
Speaking, speaking, speaking, spoke
Telling, telling, telling, joke
Boating, boating, boating, boat
Floating, floating, floating, float
Writing, writing, writing, wrote
Gloating, gloating, gloating, gloat
Building, building, building, brick
Feeling, feeling, feeling, sick
Some people are rather thick
Getting, getting, on my wick
Some people can do no wrong
Longing, longing, longing, long
Moving, moving, moving on
Going, going, going on.
Lovely, lovely, lovely sun
Time to run, and run and run
Til the exercise is done
Some people's idea of fun
If it rains, more rain and rain
It waters the flowers again
As for me, never complain
Ten umbrellas match all rain
Shopping, shopping, shopping shop
Carry bags until I drop
Wonder if I'll ever stop
Keep them till buttons pop
Lovely dresses, dresses, dresses
Nine successes, what success is
Only ever had one flop
Never, ever, ever stop
I'm a poet, poet, poet
So I show it, show it, show it
If you have the talent grow it
Let the whole world love and know it.
Angela writing with outsize pencil. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
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Copyright Angela Lansbury 2023, Thursday September 5th.
Read this aloud. It is a triumph, a joy of rhythm. A perfect piece of performance poetry.
I hope to perform it at Swanwick Writers' Summer School in 2024. I must put it on Tiktok.
Please share links to your favourite poems.
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