July 21, 2006

Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan, my kind of poet, amusing, fun and simple.

Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I’ll draw a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?

I met Jesus on the tram. I said ‘are you Jesus?’, he said ‘I am’.

He’s a genius I tell you, a genius. A nice reprieve from some serious stuff. I recommend that they include some Milligan in my college English book. He’s not always such a cheerful fellow, read “The Soldiers at Lauro” for a rather different mood. He was a soldier you know, poor Spike.

Oh, and here’s a PDF file of his works and yes it’s pinched from Poem Hunter.

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3 Comments »

  1. And you were reading that because…?

    Comment by Marc Z — July 23, 2006 @ 8:22 pm

  2. Because I love Spike Milligan’s poems. Isn’t he great?

    Comment by George — July 24, 2006 @ 12:35 pm

  3. oh, dear old Spike.

    how he be missed.

    i picked up a book of his ‘Rommel, Gunner Who?’ just a couple of days back. set my heart aflutter.

    Comment by antickpix — August 24, 2006 @ 10:30 pm

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