The darning of gulls
has long been thought of
as a lost craft;
but, recently
the many cries of,
“Darn Gulls!”
at the seaside
makes me think
that the craft
is coming back
into fashion.
By the Book (sic)
By the Book (sic)
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“Beware of the Gull!”
“Beware of the Gull!”
Someone, not mentioning any names,
had changed the sign –
or so I thought.
.
A field, in the country,
and I, wearing a red outfit
(so as to blend in),
was a little bit wary
of being chased by a bull;
but, a gull?!
.
I looked around,
and there was no bull to be seen;
so I thought I’d continue,
and cross the short-cut green.
.
I hadn’t looked above.
.
And, before I had crossed half the distance,
I was swooped down upon,
and from behind
was given a shove.
.
Well, I dropped my flask,
my sandwich full,
(which was snaffled by one large gull)
and upon the ground
I fell in shock,
and curled up like a little ball,
and down came more gulls,
my haversack to pull,
wherein I had some tasty snacks,
which soon fell prey to the gulls’ attacks.
.
When I awoke, some hours since then,
I looked up into the eyes of Ben;
Ben was the bull
who wore the sign,
‘Beware of me –
and you’ll be fine!’
Like a seagull in the sky
Twinkle twinkle little boat
on the sea please stay afloat
as up above you I do fly
like a seagull in the sky.
.
And like a seagull in the sky
I fly above you by and by
whilst down below me, little boat,
all you do is stay afloat.
.
And if one day, you should sink,
I will fly above, and think
that little boats in stormy weather
need to find a stronger tether.
“Spare a chip for a hungry gull?” #1linerweds
He, or she, asked me, ever so humbly, for a chip, and I obliged, as I am won’t to do; within seconds there was a hullabaloo as many gulls came flying down from above – the cry had gone around the town, “Chips!”
“Spare a chip for a hungry gull?”
He, or she,
asked me,
ever so humbly,
for a chip.
I obliged,
as I am won’t to do.
Within seconds
there was a hullabaloo!
Gulls came flying down
from above –
the call had gone around the town,
“Chips!”
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Let’s go back to the seaside, where the Beagles steal my chips
Let’s go back to the seaside
where the Beagles steal my chips.
.
‘Don’t you mean seagulls?’
.
Beagles and bagels, they all sound the same,
and seagulls and Smeagols, what’s in a name?
A rose, I think, would taste just as nice,
if it was called something different,
something else, twice.
I ought to go down to the beach again
I ought to go down to the beach again
to see the boats and ships;
i’d swim until the tide came in
then watch seagulls pinch my chips.
Old string vest
The gulls flew east,
and the gulls flew west;
I stood there watching them
In my old string vest.
.
Until, the police came along
and arrested me –
well, it was just a careless oversight, you see;
I wanted to see the gulls flying east,
and the gulls lying west,
and all I managed to put on
was my old string vest –
oops!
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Tagged #Arrested, #Gulls, #nonsense, #OldStringVest, #poetry. #poem, #silly
Gulls
Glorious birds of the sea,
that mean so much to me;
in picture caught,
as only ought
to be.
The gull and the magpie
The gull and the magpie were deep in conversation
Magpie: Well, there is a song about Magpies.
Gull: indeed. Someone once wrote a book with a gull as the title character.
Magpie: And there is another song about Magpies.
Gull: Two songs! Wow! But… every song there is, that ever was, that has ‘girl’ in the title can be sung using the word ‘gull’ instead. Lots of songs.
Magpie: Really. I think most birds have a song or two written about them: Nightingales, Robins, Eagles, Albatrosses (or Albatrossi), Blackbirds, Magpies, so, it’s nothing special.
Gull. True. But the numbers do favour gulls: ‘Gulls just want to have fun’, ‘It’s different for gulls’, ‘Some gulls’, ‘Gulls, gulls, gulls’, and so on.
Magpie: But Magpies are ‘pies’ and everybody loves pies.
Gull: Maggoty Pie? I think not. Everybody loves gulls.
Magpie: I don’t think that ‘everybody’ does love gulls – have you seen all the signs at the seasides and the quaysides? ‘Don’t feed the Seagulls – they are vicious!’
Gull: No such thing as a seagull. We are all just gulls of the sea. Anyway, we’ve just had a bad press. It’s not as if ‘we’ can put up signs saying, ‘Watch out for the people – they are liable to be vicious if you take their ice-creams or pasties!’
They are holding those things aloft for us, and then they get all upset when we accept their offerings. People are so very stupid.
Magpie: You are very persuasive, gull; and, yet, I do believe that Magpies have had (and do have) more poems written about them: ‘Magpie in a Rainbow’, ‘Magpie up a tree’, ‘The Magpie’, and hundreds more!
Gull; Maybe even a dozen.
Magpie: ‘A gull a day keeps the tourist away’:
Gull: You made that up!
Magpie: some of it. But, I dare say there are many more in that vein.
Gull: Probably. I must say that I do ike you, Magpie.
Magpie: Magpies are very likeable birds, once you get to know them.
Gull: As are gulls.
Magpies: unless you’ve ever lost your ice-cream or pasty to one.
Gull: True, very true.
Graeme Sandford 