Nothing Funny Here

2/3/2018

Funny Poem ©2018 Janet Foxley
Illustration ©2018 Laurence Anholt
Anholt's Artists Frances Lincoln Ltd

Just write a funny rhyme, they said...

Just write a funny rhyme, they said,
About this woman in a bed.
But when I peep into the room
I see not fun but doom and gloom.
She looks quite creepy, could be dead,
This woman lying in the bed!

Her eyes are open now and she
Has got her beady eye on me.
I do not like her angry stare –
I do not see what’s funny there.
Oh wait – that woman in the bed
Has traffic lights wound round her head!

4 Comments

Laurence Anholt link

2/3/2018 05:42:27 pm

Frida Kahlo is her name,
Who as an artist came to fame,
She is not sad, she is not dead,
The reason she is in the bed -
Her back was broken by a bus,
But Frida did not make a fuss,
While she rested in her bed,
She tied those flowers round her head.

Em Lynas

3/3/2018 10:53:15 am

Thanks for such a fantastic response Laurence!

Conrad Burdekin link

2/3/2018 10:34:34 pm

Just write a funny poem, they said,
(Albeit from your garden shed)
So with a pencil from the pot
I started writing out my plot
About the lady who had who had asked
For biscuits - ‘t’was a simple task
Yet when, instead, some flowers were brought
She let them know just what she thought:
“These petals are no good for me
I cannot dunk them in my tea!”
She pulled the covers on her head
And stayed forever in her bed
It’s said, by some, that she’s still there
The flowers, resting, on her hair
And though I know not if that’s true
It’s just the sort of thing she’d do.

Em Lynas

3/3/2018 10:55:04 am

Just write a funny poem, they said,
And Conrad did so, in his shed.

Thanks for joining in, Conrad!