Another New Year comical poem number 517 by Angela Lansbury

Angela Lansbury wearing celebration mock spectacles featuring red trees and tartan trolls. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

 

We had Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve

On the right dates, I do believe

But January five and six

Are thrown into Europe's calendar mix

My diary says the week starts on Monday

But others think it starts on Sunday

Now Chinatown's got 'Chinese' New Year

Koreans say, Lunar New Year here!

Another date is used by Muslims

And autumn's when the school year begins

What have I forgotten? Never fear

I've remembered the Jewish New Year

I'm busy all year with New Years

I've lots of research to explain

Just as I've passed the last New Year

We start with New Year once again.

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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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Gotta Get A Hat

 If you want to get attention

You have to get a stunning hat

Like Ascot hats with a big brim

To make chattering classes chat

If you're a super sporty type

Wear your favourite baseball cap

Not to opera, on the bus

So cool! There's nothing wrong with that

I'm not a sporty type, but fat

And so I wore a swimming cap

And posed beside a diving board

And asked a stranger, "Take a snap!"

If a lawyer goes slightly bald

Or silver grey, somewhat thinning

He's lost his comb, left wigs at home

A big hat's a bold beginning

I was partying New Year's Eve

Alas, I dropped my Covid mask

So I grabbed a spare Santa hat

And hoped no-one would know or ask

In olden days top hats looked tops

Paper hats from crackers were free

Streakers used hats for picnic pee

Teens in toy hats acted as cops

A hat brim shields you from the sun

You must admit big hats are fun

When a dicey courtship's begun

Wear your best hat - the race is won

So now we've had this little chat

Goodbye - may I borrow your hat?

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I changed the end from fetch my hat, which adds a note of finality, to the humorous end. 

Useful Websites & Resources

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https://www.wiki-calendar.com/

About the Author

Angela Lansbury is a travel writer and photographer, author and speaker, fashionista. Please share links to your favourite posts or one or more of the blogs

Books include Wedding Speeches and Toasts (Ward Lock/Cassell)

Quick Quotations (Lulu.com) 

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