Be Brave - Don't Save, comic poem number 499 by Angela Lansbury

One pound coin. Photo by Angela Lansbury.
 

On my eightieth birthday I'll spend all my money

On a full size jar of manuka honey

My taxes all go to warring nations

I could be cruising, or at train stations

You wonder why I'm getting impatient

Why this panic buying? What do I want?

From postwar rations to cheap fast fashions?

Savings scarily shrink with inflation!

Last night I dreamed of a weeping willow

And a swing where we hidden children play

A butter-size gold block under my pillow

In the light of day it melted away

When I am tired of endless clothes washing

I've got the year planned for spending a grand

I'll spend hours searching, for just ten dollars

Splurge on pairs of removable collars

all my life I saved for a rainy dayy

Now sunny days have gone too far away

I grain and say what others dare not say

That every day's a bloody rainy day

I dream of birthday one hundred and three

The king's birthday card saved addressed to me

But I have not yet reached seventy nine

That's why I buy on discount all the time.

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Funny Friends - comic poem 498 by Angela Lansbury

 

The more that I know you

The more that I like you

That's just why I like you

'cos we're so much alike

I often like to guess

What you're going to say

That's why I interrupt

In my annoying way

Yet we are so different

It's always a surprise

Open mouth, up eyebrows

And four astonished eyes

We have so much to do

And we've so much to say

We can do all your way

Maybe do some my way

That is why we take turns

To laugh, smile, listen, speak

I feel I've at last found

The perfection I seek

When you've gone far away

Texting like you're still here

Your face photos with me

Yes, no and, I know, dear

Friends at first ignore you

Puzzled, ask what I see

You dress and look diff'rent

Yet you speak just like me.

Recall that last, long day

Fine, fun food, together

We made indoor sunshine

Despite outdoor weather.

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Written for new friends Helen and Nigel, but also applies to me and my husband Trevor, and most couples, family and friends we meet. 

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Long and Short Poems comic poem 497 by Angela Lansbury

Some poems are too short

Some poems are too long

Some poems are just right

Some poems are just wrong.

Poems should satisfy

And quench your thirst like drink

Poems should be succinct

Gone as quick as a wink.

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Thoughts On Poems comic poem 496 by Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury selfie photo with a smiley. Copyright.
 

What can a simple poem do

To entertain both me and you?

A poem helps to pass the time

To fill up lines and draw the line

Like needles, in, out, pretty pink

Food for the brain, refreshing drink

Washed dishes drying by the sink

A smile, a laugh, a nod, a wink

At best, it's like a magic potion

Soothing, smoothing, all emotion

It captures like a photograph

A nod, a wink, a smile, a laugh.

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New Year comic poem 495 by Angela Lansbury

On New Year's Eve, guess what I saw

Fireworks, Happy New Year, my dear

Last year we saw a dreadful war

I'm glad we're both alive, still here

Everyone wishes you good health

Success, peace, and presperity

Sort out my mess, bring me wealth

Silver, gold, shares and property.

I'll drink Prosecco, not Champagne

Be a good friend, and don't complain

Please send me your good wishes

And help me dry the dishes

Make your new year resolutions

On the first of January

Following good Pope Gregory

You can start a new diary

What did you do last year, my dear?

List achievements, list every one

Learn from the bad, remember the good

And vow that each day you'll have fun

Store journals in a big shoe box

Or, if uncensored, a box which locks

Then you can settle arguments

Recall dates of prizes and knocks.

January's arbitrary

For most schools start in September

But if January's a fresh start

You can pack up the past in December.

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