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A Minibeast Maggot

By Katanga

09 May 2008

I've tried to make the lowly maggot sound attractive (tricky! Ha!). Not sure if this might be doing children a disservice - after all we don't want them in tears when their requests to keep a maggot as a pet are firmly turned down. Ha! Ha!

The Gentle Maggot

The Maggot is a lowly beast
He likes things warm and damp
And preferably rotten too
That's where he wants to camp!

He'll eat whatever you leave behind
And loves raw meat the most
But he won't turn his nose up at
Your old baked beans on toast!

So check your rubbish every day
And do the washing up
Or you might find he's gone to sleep
Inside your coffee cup!

When he is four to ten days old
He moves to higher ground
Where everything is drier and
There's more fresh air around!

He waits a while and then becomes
A reddish-browny pupa
And finally he learns to fly!
Well, isn't that just super?!

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Written by Josie (2144 comments posted) 9th May 2008

Oh - don't make me laugh until I cry!!! ha ha I hope a few more will jump on the bandwagon John and think what mini-beast hasn't been covered. There's plenty of 'em about.

I absolutely love the thought of the maggot setting off to camp.ha ha And sitting on top of your baked beans! ha ha I think this is the funniest poem I've ever come across. It was well worth coming to GW today. I'll be laughing all evening. Gone to sleep in the coffee cup? I don't think I can read much more of this. Super? Absolutely. ha ha I hope we've started a trend in this section of GW. Cockroaches are popular in Sydney I believe! I saw many there. Has anyone written "Ode to the Cockroach". (Come on Brian).

Poor Sidney!
Written by Katanga (209 comments posted) 9th May 2008

Ha! Ha! How splendid to make you laugh - job done! And no mention of my metrical clumsiness . . . I'm chuffed to bits!

I'll try and rustle up some more over the weekend.

Just seen patterjack's (Brian's) 'Touching'.

Lovely! Bring 'em on in!

Cheers!

John

Archy
Written by patterjack (914 comments posted) 9th May 2008

Don Marquis wrote of Archy the cockroach -- who was the reincarnation of a free verse poet and wrote poems on Marquis's typewriter by diving head first onto the keys.
His major complaint was that he could not use the shift key for capitals simultaneously.
His great enemy/friend was Mehitabel the cat, who liked to let people know she was a reincarnation of Cleopatra among other famous beauties
Archy's chat to Mars about literature remains a favourite of mine, but there are many other fragments that stay with me.

Highly recommended if you like free verse mostly without capitals.

patterjack

Gosh!
Written by Katanga (209 comments posted) 9th May 2008

Thank you patterjack (Brian?).

This is most intriguing - I shall try and get this book.

'Willy the Worm' is about my level . . .

I'm thinking of doing one on Genital Lice ( I could dress it up as 'Gentle Alice' - hope you saw that banter?) - go down a storm in primary schools, don't you think? Ho!

I feel humbled . . .

But I will post more efforts here and hope you will too?

By the way, Congratulations on being 'Pick of the Week'!

It must be a nice feeling, despite the protestations of modesty that I can almost hear from you through my computer screen!

Ho!

Cheers!

John

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