Omaggio alla poesia nonsense di Edward Lear
There was an old phantom from Keele,Continua a leggere…
Who discovered one day he could feel;
So he pounded his head
On a four-poster bed,
And shouted with joy, “I am real!”
Omaggio alla poesia nonsense di Edward Lear
A sheep on vacation from Greece,Continua a leggere…
Was robbed one day of her fleece;
With a bleat and a scowl
And wrapped in a towel,
She complained to the local police.
Omaggio alla poesia nonsense di Edward Lear
There was an old man from Kildare,Continua a leggere…
Who had not a worry nor care;
“It’s easy,” he said,
“You just stand on your head,
And wiggle your toes in the air.”
Omaggio alla poesia nonsense di Edward Lear
A hunter who came from Zaire,Continua a leggere…
Inserted a cone in each ear;
He looked rather strange
As he prowled round the range,
But insisted it helped him to hear.
Omaggio alla poesia nonsense di Edward Lear
There was an old lady from Cork,Continua a leggere…
Who tried to eat soup with a fork;
And then, what is more,
She tried with a straw,
To drink a large slice of roast pork.
Omaggio alla poesia nonsense di Edward Lear
An owl from the Forest of Dean,Continua a leggere…
Went to sleep in a washing machine;
After twelve thousand thuds,
All covered in suds,
He woke up, quite dizzy, but clean.
Omaggio alla poesia nonsense di Edward Lear
There was a young man from Carlisle,Continua a leggere…
Who said, “I’ll be back in a while;”
Then he hopped on a boat
Which was barely afloat,
And cruised for a year on the Nile.
Omaggio alla poesia nonsense di Edward Lear
A docotr who worked in Mauritius, Declared that French flies were delicious; When eaten with rice, And a sprinkle of spice, He assured, “They are simply delicious.”Continua a leggere…
