AUSSIEJOHN

ICKLE SEZ #5

I have been doing short poems from observations of my youngest grandson between birth and his now 5th year.We call him "Ickle" as that is how he always says (little).

Ickle sez; "Pooh"

Winnie the Pooh is a toy that I own

and I know that he'll never leave me alone.

Now he can't speak so he has to mime.

and yet he's my favourite bear of all time.


Ickle sez; "Weather"

Aussie john still frowns upon

us talking 'bout the weather'

He says it's not important

that we get it all together.

I asked "How cold"

had he been told

By our old weather service

and he said "Cold enough

to get Brass Monkeys feeling nervous."


Ickle sez; "Woody"

Ickle is an Aussie.

I reckon that's because

all his present family

Were born right here in OZ.

I live among tall timbers

we are of hardy stock

and Grandad John says Ickle is

"A chip off the old block"


Ickle sez; "Ickle's drum"

When i came home the other night

Ickle my grandson

was marching round the room

and beating wildy on a drum.

my daughter said "I bought it

and I wasn't very bright,

I don't care how much noise he makes

at least it keeps him quiet".


Ickle sez; "Snooze"

Ickle's mum was at the dentist

waiting for some news

She'd had a heavy day

and so she began to snooze

Ickle walked up to her leg

and gave a sudden lurch

he said "Wake up mummy

you know this isn't church."


Ickle sez; "shoe in"

We bought new shoes to go to school

so I could learn the golden rule

Do unto others (there's a clue)

before they all do one to you.


Ickle sez; "Dirty pool"

When I was young my daddy

bought us all a swimming pool

and mummy let me play in it

when I came home from school.

To see if it was cold

I'd test the water wth my toes

or i'd jump right in

and get the water up my nose.

I'd paddle in the shallow end

with water to my knees

then mummy'd come and haul me out

when I began to sneeze.


Ickle sez; "Toey"

The escalator in the mall

did not appeal to me at all.

The stairs were better I suppose,

that way I'd keep my Ickle toes.


Ickle sez; "I Scream"

I bought an icecream at the shop

Spotty jumped and wouldn't stop.

Then I had to get a mop

because my icecream went

" Ker-Plop"


Ickle sez; "Going -going- gone"

When I am tired I climb the stairs

and then I have to say my prayers

I ask the Lord my soul to keep

and then i go right off to sleep.


Ickle sez;

"Hair today and gone tomorrow"

When i was born my mummy said

I didn't have much hair

I must have looked like grandad

but I didn't really care

My nana says it's now to long

and I should get it cut

but I don't want my head to end up

Looking like my butt.


Poems Printed with permission of author


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