Beautiful Bubbles. Comical poem 741 by Angela Lansbury.

 

A mother bought her little boy

A small box hiding a liquid soap toy

She blew through a wire wand to make bubbles

Which blew away all her day's troubles

He chased the bubbles down the street

Colliding with the feet he'd meet

But they all smiled and shared the joy

Of the tiny, wondering boy

A simple task at little cost

Made short-lived bubbles, silent, burst

New ones replaced those which were lost

To join rainbow dreams of the past

She gave a smile to passers-by

Which swept away their pothole sighs

As each new bubble floated high

To make a new world in shared sky.

Creating bubbles floating high

To white clouds drifting through blue sky

To blow away far away troubles

In a new fragile, magic world of bubbles.

-ends-

I saw a lady with a child in the street. I presumed she had just bought from a nearby convenience store. Online you can buy from

Amazon a 6 pack for birthday parties, fillers for going home bags, brand Abeec (and many more similar)

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0842VR1RS

Small containers contain a wand in each one. You can also buy big bubble blowing dispensers.

For teachers of large classes for science, or parties, it would be cheaper to make your own large quantity.

https://kidsdiscover.com/teacherresources/bubbles-for-kids/#:~:text=A%20bubble

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Could God Make A Mistake? comical poem 721 by Angela Lansbury

 All things are bright and beautiful 

That hymn was written long ago

What if I wrote it nowadays 

With all the science we now know?

Even if you are religious, 

If you search, I'm sure you will find

Devout and decent people pray 

To make God change his, or her, mind

Take cities of millions of men,

Study their acts, a million years

If you give all of them free will 

Most give love and laughter, but some spread tears

Just like modern electric cars

Have accelerators and brakes

Gardens have cats, rats, dogs, frogs, foxes, snakes, 

Could one of them be a mistake?

Cat waiting, asking for milk and mice. Hillview Road. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

We all see all from our point of view

The sun, the stars and universe

The summer, winter, breezes, and storms

The births, loves, weddings, deaths and hearse

Your voice has choice, prose, poetry, 

We all choose for better and worse

Sing hymns of praise, or say swear words, 

Pay compliments, pay bills and curse

Last night I dreamt, as dreamers do, 

Not nightmares, daydreams, just like you

I met a dream friend of a friend, 

I turned up late, but, at the end

I saw her flat up in the sky, 

She lived so high, I wondered why

Far above green trees, below deep blue seas, 

Through white nets, new, a terrace, a dizzy view

I woke and thought, is life like dreams, 

Just random events? Or real schemes?

I must not sit and pray all day, 

But read life's cook books.  First work. Then play

Although the world's full of mad mistakes, 

When a fine vase breaks, in the end, scheme

You can make fate bend, take gold to mend, 

And make each day fulfil one dream.

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Kin-tsugi repair is a Japanese system of painting gold over the random cracks when you glue together a broken vase or bowl or plate. The Japanese mix the gold with the glue. I glued first, then painted the gold on top with a gold marker pen. Kin means gold. Tsugi is mend or journey. 

I won a speech contest about the environment, using a broken porcelain lamp base, shaped like a vase, which after it broke I had mended with gold, Japanese style, making it look better than when it had been just plain dark green.

About Angela Lansbury's books

I have twenty books and ebooks on amazon.com and lulu.com, some humorous poetry, such as Poetry Pets and Pests, humorous prose, such as my latest book Embarrassing Moments. Take a look. Buy one for yourself or a friend. 

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