POEM: 24 APRIL 2010
by Greg ~ April 25th, 2010. Filed under: Poems.The Reader of this Poem
after Roger McGough
The reader of this poem
is common as a pea
as empty as a biscuit jar
as crazy as can be
as plastic as Hollywood
as smelly as a bin
as difficult as holiness
as ugly as sin
as unlucky as a dung beetle
as hairy as a spider
as sweaty as an armpit
as prickly as barbed wire
the reader of this poem
(according to the rumour)
in spite of it all, has
a winning sense of humour!
Greg O’Connell © 2010
April 25th, 2010 at 11:32 am
Ye gads, you’re good!
April 25th, 2010 at 2:39 pm
I don’t get it…
…Just kidding…!
April 25th, 2010 at 10:47 pm
I have enjoyed reading what you’ve written through this month. You have an engaging style! I love the humour. Very clever. Are you going to do anything with them at the end of the month?
April 26th, 2010 at 9:09 am
[...] Greg has been channelling Roger McGough and examining poetry from both sides; [...]
April 26th, 2010 at 10:16 am
Thanks, Kay. I’ve enjoyed your poems very much, too. As mentioned on my LATEST NEWS page, I’m going to feature many of the poems on a CD of ’100 Poems for Children’, which I plan to release later this year. Then I’ll submit the poems as a book proposal to mainstream children’s publishers. Classroom teachers have also encouraged me to adapt a couple of the humorous narrative poems for publication as picture books. I’m passionate about translating the poems ‘from page to stage’, and will continue performing my Interactive Poetry Show in schools around the country and overseas. Any suggestions on how to achieve a wider audience and circulation for the poems would be very welcome. See my email address on the CONTACT page. =) G.