The theme for this year's library poetry competition is 'Laughing Out Loud'. Click on a link on the home page of Kapiti District Libraries If you are interested in more information about the competition.
This month's prize draw also has a humorous poetry theme. Read the three poems below, choose your favourite and submit your entry (open to Kapiti District
residents only). The winner will be drawn at the next Wrappers meeting
on Friday 3 July.
1) Bert's Will by Merv Webster
"A
cappuccino would be nice
And
thank you Anne dear friend.
Since
Bert has died I've felt quite lost,
But
time has helped things mend."
"I
guess what hurt the most dear Anne
Was
finding in Bert's will;
To
me he never left a thing;
A
truly bitter pill."
"He
never left you anything!
I
thought Bert more sincere,
But
is that diamond ring not new
You're
wearing sister dear?"
"Well
let me put it this way Anne.
Bert's
will did leave a bit;
Five
grand for a memorial stone
And
this dear Anne ... is it."
2) On the Ning Nang Nong by Spike Milligan
On the Ning Nang Nong
Where the Cows go Bong!
and the monkeys all say BOO!
There's a Nong Nang Ning
Where the trees go Ping!
And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.
On the Nong Ning Nang
All the mice go Clang
And you just can't catch 'em when they do!
So its Ning Nang Nong
Cows go Bong!
Nong Nang Ning
Trees go ping
Nong Ning Nang
The mice go Clang
What a noisy place to belong
is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!
3) Headphone Harold by Nick Toczek
Headphone Harold wore his headphones
Through the night and through the day.
He said, ‘I’d rather hear my music
Than the dumb things people say.
In the city’s honkin’ traffic,
He heard trumpets ‘stead of trucks.
Down the quiet country back roads
He heard drums instead of ducks.
Through the patterin’ springtime showers
He heard guitars instead of rain.
Down the track at the railroad crossin’
He heard the trombones – not the train.
