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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And you were reading that because…?
Comment by Marc Z — July 23, 2006 @ 8:22 pm
Because I love Spike Milligan’s poems. Isn’t he great?
Comment by George — July 24, 2006 @ 12:35 pm
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