 Poetry: May 12, 2010 Issue [#3714] |
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This week: Spike Milligan Edited by: Stormy Lady  
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Two Children
by Spike Milligan
Two children (small), one Four, one Five,
Once saw a bee go in a hive,
They'd never seen a bee before!
So waited there to see some more.
And sure enough along they came
A dozen bees (and all the same!)
Within the hive they buzzed about;
Then, one by one, they all flew out.
Said Four: 'Those bees are silly things,
But how I wish I had their wings!'
Jumbo Jet
by Spike Milligan
I saw a little elephant standing in my garden,
I said 'You don't belong in here', he said 'I beg you pardon?',
I said 'This place is England, what are you doing here?',
He said 'Ah, then I must be lost' and then 'Oh dear, oh dear'.
'I should be back in Africa, on Saranghetti's Plain',
'Pray, where is the nearest station where I can catch a train?'.
He caught the bus to Finchley and then to Mincing lane,
And over the Embankment, where he got lost, again.
The police they put him in a cell, but it was far too small,
So they tied him to a lampost and he slept against the wall.
But as the policemen lay sleeping by the twinkling light of dawn,
The lampost and the wall were there, but the elephant was gone!
So if you see an elephant, in a Jumbo Jet,
You can be sure that Africa's the place he's trying to get!
Terence Alan Patrick Seán Milligan, better known as "Spike" Milligan was born in Ahmednagar, India, April 16, 1918 to an English mother and an Irish father, who was serving in the British Army. Spike started playing in a Jazz band in his teens and continued into his early twenties. It was in his early twenties that he started writing comedy sketches. Word War II Spike served in the Royal Artillery. He was wounded in action while serving in Italy. Spike spent a lot of his free time during the war entertaining the troops with his sketches and performing jazz concerts at gatherings.
Upon his return to England Spike was diagnosed with having bipolar disorder. This led him to have at least ten mental breakdowns. After he was hospitalized for one of his breakdowns he started appearing in several musical comedy acts. His big break came when he wrote the scripts and preformed in the now famous radio show 'Goon Show'. Writing the show each week really started to affect Spike's health causing a series of nervous breakdowns. This led to Spike starting a lithium treatment and it ended up being the most effective thing for him. Spike went from radio to theater and eventually to film and TV shows for the BBC.
Spike also wrote some poetry for children along with several serious poems from when he was depressed.His book Silly Verse for Kids was was published in 1959 followed by A Dustbin of Milligan in 1961, then Goblins published in 1978. Spike wrote a series of war memoirs, which included Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall published in 1971and Rommel? Gunner Who? A Confrontation in the Desert in 1976. Spike also wrote several comedy songs. His song Purple Aeroplane, was a parody of The Beatles' song, "Yellow Submarine." Spike had three Children with his first wife, one with his second wife, and no children with his third wife.
Spike Milligan died on February 27, 2002 of liver disease. He was 83 years old.
Granny
by Spike Milligan
Through every nook and every cranny
The wind blew in on poor old Granny
Around her knees, into each ear
(And up nose as well, I fear)
All through the night the wind grew worse
It nearly made the vicar curse
The top had fallen off the steeple
Just missing him (and other people)
It blew on man, it blew on beast
It blew on nun, it blew on priest
It blew the wig off Auntie Fanny-
But most of all, it blew on Granny!
Thank you all!
Stormy Lady
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Enjoy the Season
We should appreciate Spring.
If anything, it is too short.
We never get too much of a good thing.
Often it's a long story with an early abort.
We have to wait for its new beginning.
We're so impatient through the Winter.
Much time do we waste on gossip and yammer.
But, when blossoming appears Spring is starting.
Raindrops from clouds have fulfilled their duty.
Flowers and trees and plants are flourishing.
Mother Nature has begun yielding.
It is the time to share her beauty.
Fresh flowering is abundant, at last.
What a delight to appreciate the beauty.
Even as we walk, it is spritely.
What a wonder God hath amassed.
Though the green will breeze into autumn,
We relish and enjoy His blessings.
All are unique, they are the trimmings.
They have been a perfect album.
Letters
by Spike Milligan
I was thinking of letters,
We all have a lot in our life
A few good - a few sad
But mostly run of the mill-
I suppose that's my fault
For writing to run of the mill people.
I've never had a letter
I really wanted
It might come one day
But then, it will be just too late,
And that's when I don't want it
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