A Poem - When I Go

In my Daily Mail reading days, I know I know, I used to enjoy the daily poems.  This one made me smile a lot and has been resident on my fridge ever since :)


When I Go
I'm going to buy a crocodile
And keep it at the zoo,
Until I kick the bucket,
Then here's what you must do.
Don't bury or cremate me,
Just feed me to the croc,
I hope it won't upset you,
It isn't meant to shock.
It may sound unconventional,
I hope it's not too gory,
To make my plan successful,
We must call the reptile Laurie.
As St Peter takes my details,
When I reach that Heavenly Gate
I can tell him without llying,
I'm the Poet Laurie ate.
by Hedley Metcalfe, Hebden Bridge, West Yorks

An Ode to my Jasper

Published at last, only NCT Magazine but its a start...........

I was looking for something today in my filing cabinet and fell upon the NCT magazine that had published my poem celebrating the birth of our first-born son Jasper.  It still makes me laugh that through all the enormity of the occasion I still had to bring it back to football, and my beloved QPR!  It was 1st of May 2004 :)

An Ode To Jasper, Mums and Chums!

As an expectant Mum, I made many chums

We'd waddle to coffee and chat

It wasn't a sin, with a wage coming in

To shop and to buy this and that

As the big day drew near, we'd drink Raspberry Leaf Tea

And waited for each other to pop

We'd have curry and wait, for the inevitable back ache

But sod it "we'll shop till we drop"!

As each babe arrived, and tales filtered through

About which drugs were good and which not

Which hospitals clean, and which were obscene

The penny began to drop.....

My goodness has nine months really gone by

This babes coming out any day soon

I'd better get ready, arrange all the teddies

And make space for the inevitable balloon!

The due date came and went by just as fast

I was irritable, would just sit and moan

I didn't want inducement and particularly on the date

Rangers were playing their last game at home!

But the inevitable happened I went in Friday night

I waited and prayed for some pain

Just one little contraction to kick off the action

But nothing I felt just the same

So Saturday 1st May, they helped me along

and we waited and waited until

my Jasper was born 9 hours later

and QPR beat Swindon 1-0!

Rhona and Fiona were next a few days later

So that was all the ten done

There's Cameron, Maddie, Enya and Joe

Laura, Finlay and Lucas

Jasper, Finn and Ella made ten

My goodness where has the time gone?

14 months later life's turned upside down

But I'm enjoying being a mother

I went through the pain, but I'd do it again

To give Jasper a sister or brother!

"By Annie Robb, stay at home mum, who obviously spends her valuable time writing poetry and flower arranging.  Now you must excuse me I have a little needlepoint to finish"

And I did go on to have Scarlett, but I lied in this poem, it took me longer than 14 months to decide do it all again!   This was before twitter obviously, don't know whether to feel proud or embarrassed lol :)

A little light hearted fun I hope?