My Dreamy Swimming Family (grand-daughter's view) comical poem 532 by Angela Lansbury

 

Granny Angela Lansbury by the swimming pool during Covid in Cashew Heights in Singapore. Copyright Angela Lansbury

My family all learned to swim

At different times from me

When did you learn to swim?

I asked my family

My granny learned on a cruise ship

The sea around was nice

Her parents took her there three times

'cos children paid half price

The cruise ship has a swimming pool

And although it was small

You have people all around

You were always near the wall

She pushed the water with one arm

And then she added two

Then three or four, then some more

It wasn't hard to do

When Granny was expecting Dad

She told hubby, 'Learn to swim

If ever he's in trouble

You will have to rescue him.'

Grandad protested, 'I'm too heavy!'

Granny said, 'That is not true

'cos bigger people learn to swim -

They are heavier than you!'

When he was in a lesson

He copied all the others

Lots of people went to learn

Expecting fathers, and mothers

Later my grandad learned to dive

One day I'll learn that, too

When I am older, four or five

So much to learn and do.

So when I go to sleep at night

When I put my head down

I dream I'm in a swimming pool

And swimming round and round.

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Couples Coupling To Solve Life's Jigsaw Puzzle comic poem 381 by Angela Lansbury

 

Wedding palace in Albania, photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

All over the world couples are coupling

Two's better than one, one's better than nothing

Some hide themselves behind a wall

But others want to tell it all

Most times I like your face, body and mind

But once in a while I think I was blind

You wore a smart suit on our wedding day

It went back to the hire shop the very next day

We try to buy wisely, we struggle and sell

We pretend to the world it's all going well

The old folks died and went to heaven

While the youngsters argue in self-made hell

Our moods go up, our moods go down

From so high it hurts when you hit the ground

We fly to the sun, come back to the rain

We save a fortune, spend all, so must save again

Our life is like a song's refrain

It's easier to say the same things again

Your Mum thinks you're better than all the others

We both think our Mum's better than yours and all others

We wish we had more support from sisters and brothers

We seek solace in potential lovers

Then we realise we must compromise

Now we've become fathers and mothers

Like a jigsaw showing all kinds of weather

All the pieces come together.

Some say the whole things follows a plan

Some say each piece is put in by man

Some say rush in and race to the end

Some say take it slowly, team work with a friend

Life starts as a mystery and a muddle

Yet fits together like a jigsaw puzzle

You can wonder why, or smile, or sigh

Just be satisfied you completed life's puzzle.

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