Time flies like an arrow; fruit flies like a banana.
~Unknown
Happy Poetry Friday! I've been reading A Whale of a Time (365 children's poems, selected by Lou Peacock), which is where I spotted today's poem. I was already a fan of Wendy Cope and this one is so much fun.
The Uncertainty of the Poet
by Wendy Cope
I am a poet.
I am very fond of bananas.
I am bananas.
I am very fond of a poet.
I am a poet of bananas.
I am very fond.
A fond poet of ‘I am, I am’ –
Very bananas.
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8 comments:
Thanks for starting my day with a smile, Tabatha!
Love me a fun Wendy Cope poem. Needed the smile today, thanks!
I'm feeling very poetic and a little bananas now, or maybe a little poetic and a lot bananas. :D Thank you for the certainty of smiles.
Tabatha, I am currently awaiting the release of 'Collected Poems' by Wendy Cope so your post is most fortuitous. Love the words play and the willingness to indulge in a little nonsense in this poem you bring. Love bananas...
Thank you for making me giggle! What a fun poem!
That is a fun poem! LOL. Silly rules!
Gawd!!! Love love love that poem! Isn't that us? Boy, did I need this today. Thank you, Tabatha!
Funny, Tabatha! I enjoyed reading your banana poem. There was recently a banana challenge on Medium, where I also write. It was a photographic challenge for the fruit - I had a double banana photo that I shared - fun all around!
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