God's Given Me Another Day, comical poem number 521 by Angela Lansbury.

 God's given me another day

To go to work, stay home and play

To walk, a dog, run, jog or hike

Sit on a bus or mountain bike

Eastern Explorer Hop-on Hop-off bus, sandy beach, blue sea, bay and boats, Waiheke Island, North Island, New Zealand. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

After good rest throughout the night

I see dawn's light with great delight

Small smears to clean, small wrongs to right

Add colours to life's black and white

I'll pick a pen or hold a mic

The world's my stagel. Does life, rehearse?

Thank Gods, parents, the universe

I'll crystallise it all in verse

With love. Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

I hear small bees, see big oak trees

Gardens, ponds, parks, date palms all please

So much to paint, snap, write and see

Big world of joy - for little me.

-ends-

I changed the negative line 'Cradle to grave, from crib to hearse'

to the line of the idea I had missed out, 'God ,,, (or just),the universe'.

I changed the universally relevant line

'sit on a bus or wheel a bike', because it was mundane,

to the more visual and fun 'open top bus or mountain bike'?

'Open top bus or mountain bike'

As usual I have stuck to eight syllables per line.

I took from 6 am to 6.23 to type up what I had thought about for half an hour. I had to get up early to capture it. at 7.40 am I have had breakfast, edited, moved a verse and added photos.

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Colours and numbers, symbols and flags comic poem number 429 by Angela Lansbury

Rainbow socks. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Happy colours in the rainbow

Happy colours all around

How many colours do you know?

In your wardrobe, hair, sky, on the ground 

White is for light, in the summer so bright

Red is for blood, flag, patriotic mood

Black is for night, calm sleep, that's all right

Brown is for chocolate, good earth and bad mud

Burgundy is a dark colour of fine wine\

925's good silver, cheaper than gold

Nineties tells you that the weather is hot

Nineties means you're wise, writing wills and old

Squirels can be red, grey, striped or deep black

My favourite hair colours? Ginger. Red

If the food has gone black I'm sending it back

 White skin means youre an albino or dead

Green stand for go

Red means please stop

Yellow helmet for safety

Black helmet for cop

Black clothes easy to clean

For a school uniform

No-one knows who you are 

Why that colour has been worn

I placed an order, emerald buttons

They sent me dark green, the colours don't match

You can hide a stain, let colours march on

I hid a small hole with a jolly gold patch.

I'm wearing rainbow colours today

I'm not having a political say

It isn't that I'm colour blind

It's just that I can't make up my mind.

-ends-

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Clothes for all weathers and seasons, comic poem 224 by Angela Lansbury

 I like sunshine but not too hot

My men are skiers. They like snow

So long as I have - museums

And shops! I don't care where I go

Some folks have favourite seasons

They think the others are treason

'We holiday in July.'  'Why?'

With nutters don't try to reason.

Some people like sun, sea and beach

Summer means to eat a fresh peach

Hiking, or towels out, at dawn

My dark blinds are still firmly drawn

Angela Lansbury with red umbrella. Photo by Trevor Sharot.

Some like dancing in puddles in rain

At least rain will water the garden again

If it saves me effort I won't complain

If it showers an hour, that's enough rain

I've parasols in most colours

And umbrellas in the others

But go out without, look about

One dropped, I've taken, it's broken

I buy lace beach shoes, white ski boots

Boxes of too high heels, gold, cute

But wear wide Crocs, spring, summer, Fall

My hundreds of shoes are too small

Angela Lansbury's clothes. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

I should get my act together

Not keep buying for all weather

But my strange all seasons wardrobe

Is my great all seasons treasure.

-ends-

Copyright Angela Lansbury September 2023

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Everything's old, feeling blue, stained and old, need something new

Selfie photo by Angela Lansbury

I have a dream of the way I should look

Like a princess in a fairytale book

At least I could look like the fairy godmother

But looking good is such a great bother

Two hours searching for something to wear

Matching hidden eyes and fly-away hair

To make me and not my rivals feel good

Admiring stares, not a shocked stare

Not something I've worn again and again

'Not that old thing, again,' my spouse will complain

'Look, keep trying, you're always buying

You can't wear that - it's got a stain 

'You can't wear that

It's shapeless and torn'

My son: 'That's the Sixties

Before I was born!'

I keep on looking, but having no luck

Yesterday I went out in the rain

Dirty hem, shovel sandals covered in muck

My toes have borrowed a strange black stain

My new red dress is too long and too large

The cape sleeves so long they trail on the floor

I look like a hippo driving a barge

No red hat, six colours - yet must order more

I thought the answer was something new

It's better, now that the belt is tied

I won't trip up, though it's still creased

I hoisted it up, I tried

I've three hundred items but nothing looks right

When it's daytime I see clothes all suited to night

At night, beach and swimsuits, for sunny days

I don't have enough clothes, whatever they say

I'm showing my roots, must cover my head

I can't wear gray, it makes me look dead

I love the red, but I bet they will say,

'Did you wash it? You wore it yesterday!'

The heels on my sandals are all falling off

My pink baseball hat is growing black mould

The cheap dress, I just bought, is much too short

Clothes make me look old, because I am old

I'm searching and searching the internet

I've found just the right item which matches my hair

I'll have to keep searching, because I still need

To pay, so I need a millionaire. 

I'm wearing bright pink, what do you think?

You can't see my boots and you can't see my roots

The new dress is short, more like a top

But it's good enough, so it's time I should stop.

-ends-

Angela Lansbury. Written  Nov 19 2021.

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About the Author of this blog, Author Angela Lansbury

BIOGRAPHY

Angela Lansbury B A Hons ACG ALB PM5 EH5 DL5 VC5 
The Author of several books, including  Etiquette For Every Occasion. Wedding Speeches & Toasts. How to be the Best Man. Quick Quotations. Who Said What When.

Blogs travelwithangelalansbury.blogspot.com

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Braddell Heights Advanced Toastmasters Speakers Club Vice President Public Relations (VPPR), Previous President

Join BHA 1st Wednesday 7pm and 3rd Saturday 2 pm Singapore time 

Vice President Public Relations (VP PR) of Tampines Changkat Advanced;

Secretary of weekly online Singapore International Dynamic Toastmasters Speakers’ Club;

Member and past president of Harrovians toastmasters club, UK; Past member of HOD Toastmasters, London. Past member in Singapore of: Toastmasters Club of Singapore (TCS); Tiarel; and Senja Cashew.

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Regular attendee at annual Swanwick Writers’ School, England.

Regular attendee at annual Writers’ Holiday, Wales.

Contributor to poetry readings, and after tea courses on: Speaking On Radio To Promote Books; and Plots And Character.

Winner of many club and area speaking contests in the UK and Singapore.

Language advisor to Empire Toastmasters club in Indonesia.

Language and speech workshops in Singapore.

Speaker on radio and TV in England, Scotland, the USA, and Australia.

Compiler of a school course on public speaking for teachers to prepare pupils for school open days with attending ceremonies before government ministers, Singapore.

Former member of Harrow Writers’ Circle, London, and two writing groups in Singapore.

Angela is on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Twitter. She would be delighted to link up with new friends.

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