Dreaming Of Sequins. Comical poem 733 by Angela Lansbury

 

Sequins, large and small, pink and green. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

I'm dreaming of gleaming sequins

Sparkly and flashy, perky as robins 

As rich as fake furs and ermine

Clothes for kings, chaplains and captains

You have nothing to lose by taking a cruise

Just be quiet about your diet

Eat and drink anything you choose

The menu - and dress code, are today's vital news

Cruse ships with space for smart cabins

With basins and hooks for hanging up oilskins

Swim in for drink in, then discos and dancing  

Swing in for sit ins and join in loud sing-ins

Dressed for the buffet, and grand cabaret

Eat enough food to last seven days

Teens deserting jeans for muslin, jerkins, poplins

Feathers and flounces deserving of praise

Sweet demure virgins see kissing cousins

Clowns, harlequins, fancy dress  - dozens

Napkins in rings, blinis and gherkins

Chickens from kitchens, pumpkins, then muffins 

After dinner, shake and shimmer

Better than pink gin, you always win

Like music on a violin

Dance in a disco and you'll stay thin

'Where have you been?'

'I've been out shopping'

Woollens soft as lambskins

Purses tough as pigskin

Not thrown in dustbins

Rescued by ragged urchins

Not clothes for goblins

For their spells and wild sins

Swimming, leaping, diving like dolphins

Slip out of swimsuits, borrow safety pins 

Enjoying tiffin, argue about vaccines

Jasmin or lupin handwash, aromas, perfumes

Heady like mountains and fountains

Like sov(e)reigns paid gold sovereigns

More mood-lifting than aspirins

Soothing like wearing moccasins

A sparkling, flittering sequin

As helpful as a vitamin

Energises like an endorphin

A magic mental medicine

Feminine, masculine

Guarded by the faerie Queen

The gaudiest, and loveliest

Sequins I have ever seen

In blue, green, pink and magenta

Silver, gold, red and fuschia

Taste, smell, hear and see the pleasure

In sequin's electric treasure.

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I typed in sequins, origin of the word, and other words for sequins, then up popped a website giving words which rhymed with sequins. So many of them that I had to write a poem, only slightly absurd.

https://www.wordhippo.com/what-is/words-that-rhyme-with/sequins.html

Clothes For Valentine's Day. Comical poem 732 by Angela Lansbury

Name a few things you can't resist

Chocolates, roses, your hand kissed 

I'm excited seeing sequins

I'm delighted buying bargains

In romantic candle-lit rooms

Slowly breathing in heady perfumes

Sparkling water, wine or Champagne

Bubbles say I love you again!

If you still need a Valentine

Find one who wants to pass the time

Match-making at singles dinners

Propose marriage, wedding winners

One day this thought climbed in my head

At my age I ought to be wed

Dating singles was not fun

With number two practise wedding one

I must admit that I'm surprised

We're still here fifty years done

Although we argue every hour

We make coffee and carry on

The secret is to send good wishes

Hand-made cards and do the dishes

Good wishes to all Valentines

Hope yours will last as long as mine.

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I changed 

Hope yours will be as good as mine

to

Hope yours will last as long as mine

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Rainbow People

Some people are rainbows
Not just black and white
They keep changing colours
Not all wrong or right

A rainbow by day
Lost in black in the night

When you look at me
You see sequins and red
And orange and yellow
Inside, outside, all round my head.

Some people are green
Some people are blue
My friend adores pink
Disney Princess hue

Some people are rainbows
Not just black and white
They keep changing colours
Not all wrong nor all right

Dark at night, by day bright.
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copyright Angela Lansbury Feb 22 2020