Two Girls' Reflections comic poem 339 by Angela Lansbury

Two girls were walking arm in arm

Each right leg matched the other

Both the same race, both the same pace 

Like twins, triplets, sisters,

 brothers

Like two matched cogs, like two matched wheels

I'm sure that they sing together

Matched tee-shirts and matched umbrellas

Matched for rain or summer weather

Like two hear music. and both dance

Two see the same sight, and both glance

Two walk along a country path

Sit at a table, share a bath

Like a horse matched with a rider

Like two bike wheels or four car wheels

Each girl has a friend beside her

Who knows exactly what she feels

I am apart, I am outside

And yet I feel part of their scene

They are performing as I watch

Like a bride, singer, or a queen

Now they have gone like fallen leaves

Like memories of two roses

Part of the jigsaw of my life

Which my tiny brain encloses.

A happy moment which will last

 I see arms locked, recall their laughs

Like a dog's four legs like two halves

As two girls arm-in-arm paced past. 

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Has Anyone Seen My Simile? Comic Poem 170

 

Has Anyone Seen My Simile

Comic Poem number 170 by 

Angela Lansbury

Has anyone seen my sweet simile 10

Moved or stolen my magic metaphor

My brain is oozing with choc'late ideas

I'll phone you a feast, a buffet, much more

A poem is like a cake baked with words

Rhymes like layers of cream attract keen eyes

Strong syllables beat like background music

Big birthday cards, show photos of french fries

The thoughts fly like postcards sent from the past

The chorus chirps like the crickets at night

Verses sweep on like relentless rivers 

Like an orchestra's notes lead left and right 

Wash hands, erase old, dirty emotions

Drape yourself clean and pristine in new clothes

Ready to face the world dressed in best thoughts

Phone friends, sing on balconies, from smart shows

Like boys meets girls, like large perfumed flowers

Like ballerinas spin spiral scarf twirls

Like eating meat stews sniffed and stirred for hours

Renewed, dance fast, cross the stage of the world

As paper notes float down for a good cause

As children giggle and old folk chortle

As the chorus line curtsies for applause

Writer, reader, hearer, feel immortal.

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Royal-Tea Bears, comic poem 160 by Angela Lansbury

 

The royal Tea Bears lived in fine Tea Town

An impressive large town, not a wee town

Tea town where the best, big Tea Baggs are made

In mirror shop windows proudly displayed

Nearby, not related to fine Tee Town

An impressive large town, not a wee town

Where the best big buttoned Tee Sherts are made 

In mullioned shop windows proudly displayed

Far away from small A town, nicknamed "Ay"

The boss's granny's from Bubble  B town

Only a mile away from smart C town

Whose policemen live in Detour "D-town"

English trains tour to exquisite E town

Package planes take off to filthy "F......" town

Holiday makers go to happy H town

Sports teams train to be great in good G town

I once lived in icy, Island I-town

Dated John and James from jew'lers' J town

Loved large parks and larks in little L town

Knew kangaroos in zoos in cute K town

More the merrier in magic M town

Night and day, pay and play in new N town

Over and out, over in old, odd O town

Please and Peas are famous from poor P town

Queue to see queens in quaint, quiet, Q town

Royal dinners served in rich, red R town

Special swimming galas in smart S town

Veras and Victors abound in V town

Do U turns down to uppity U town

Double brollies sell in W town

Sex is in X rated in middle X town

Why does no-one go to youthful Y town?

Ned and Fred zig-zag to zany Zed town

Chloe and Zoe zoom down to Zee town

Tourist take their tea in Tea town

My Tee shirts are from Tee town - the me town!

Tourist who like tasting rich, royal Tea

Take guided tours of Cyrillic with me

Past London's hospital, the Royal Free

Alphabetical towns with towers, no fee

Alphabets look Russian and Greek to me.

Kids without cares, Dads buy bears, selling shares

Boys buy soft toys, beaming girls twirl curls

Mums play rhythmic music by Middle Sea.

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By Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

Glossary and puns

all Greek to me - mystery/puzzling/erudite

ay - pun on A quality or top quality and ay or aye for yes or agreement

A- A roads, A is top quality, first in the alphabet

B - secondary road, second class

C - tertiary road, third class

brolly - umbrella

D tour and detour

F ... - four letter word, swear word, meaning sex

Middle Sea - pun on musical note Middle C

I - pun on Iceland, the country and the shop, icy I town

J town, pun on Jewish

N - many town are called new or Newcastle, Newton

M for McDonalds

P - mind your Ps and Qs

royal T - pun on royalty, tea with royal seal of approval, by appointment to the royal family 

T - pun on for tea and golf tee

train - pun on taking a train, and training for a sports team

V - Vera is a name and implies truth 

wee - small (word of Scottish origin)

wee-wee - urine

Zed - last letter of the alphabet in the UK

Zee - last letter of the alphabet in the USA

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Picture of bubble tea from Angela Lansbury. copyright.