Today was Gerard Benson’s birthday and as usual I am posting a couple of films of him reading his poems – not that I ever saw him reading a poem, he knew them all off by heart, and hundreds of other poems besides! Gerard was a wonderful poet, a great friend, a lovely man. One of these is funny – and today’s funny poem is the next post down! This is my favourite:
And here is a funny one…
Poetry Roundabout 
How brilliant. Every child should be made to watch the cat on the mat poem.
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It’s wonderful, isn’t it!
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Just found a button that reveals answers to all the comments I’ve made on your blog going back yonks. Well, well.
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And you thought I was ignoring you!
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