When a young lady whose name is Gail
Decided the great ocean to sail,
In a boat of tissue paper,
I said, “’tis a foolish caper!
Please pass me my Daily Mail”.
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When a young lady whose name is Gail
Decided the great ocean to sail,
In a boat of tissue paper,
I said, “’tis a foolish caper,
You should go to sea on a whale!”.
When a cat by the name of Mable
Sat eyeing a bird table,
A crow called Jo
Said, “stay down below,
As this table is very unstable!”.
When a young lady whose name is Crystal
Said, “elope with me to Bristol”,
And I asked, “why so?”
She replied, “I just happen to know,
That there’s lots to do in Bristol!”.
When a young lady named Claire
Remarked, “trespassers beware!”,
I said, “I beg your pardon,
But this is my garden
And I want you out of there!”.
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When a young lady named Claire
Remarked, “all trespassers beware!”,
And I said, “I beg your pardon,
But this is my garden!”,
She tossed her long blonde hair.
When a poetical young man named Paul
Painted a poem upon a wall,
A literary policewoman called Yvette
Said, “I very much regret
That you must go and clean that wall!”.
A talented young man named Mole,
Being possessed of a poetic soul,
Composed a poem about me
And a large bumble bee,
Or perhaps it was a foal!
While out walking in a maze
A young lady did my poems praise.
She called me “sweet honey”,
And when she asked me for money,
I said, “the cattle they peacefully graze!”.
When a corpse being conveyed in a hearse
Composed a poem all in free verse,
An undertaker named Heather
Said, “you are extremely clever,
But I really don’t like free verse!”.
A young lady whose name is Beth
Went out seeking for Death,
But Death, finding her attentions intrusive,
Became very elusive,
So she’s ancient, and searching for Death.
When my friend, whose name is Jane
Composed a poem while on a train,
And I said, “your verse is too terse”,
She really did curse,
As we’d boarded the wrong train!
K Morris - Poet 