Wednesday 30 April 2014

The Alphabet from Aardvarks to Zombies . . . (A to Z)

The Greatest A to Z  
Aardvark based Nonsense Poetry in the World 



A
Poetry is easy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . or so some say
So through the Alphabet . . . . . .I will play
Starting right here . . . here with the letter A
And a rather silly nonsense poem, to end the day.

So to the distant sound of a mad dogs bark.
I’ll start at the start with thee Aardvark.
AH
DAMN.

B
The Bee and the Bear met a Beaver
Who looked rather aggressive with a large meat cleaver?
He shouted be gone, Back off, and leave me Be
I’m busy chopping down, this Big tree.

So the bee he Buzzed and the Bear he growled
And a Banshee somewhere Behind them howled
And that then made the mad dog Bark
Then what turned up but another Aardvark
AH
DAMN (again)

C
Here we are by the C
All blue and wavy and a little wet maybe
With Caterpillars Cute and Cudl-eeeee. . . . . (No its not Cheating)
And we all run about on the Count of three.
As Crabs and Catfish play in the bay
Or so the gnarled old Seadogs do say
But Seadogs are mad and tend to bark
Arousing the monstrous Sea Aardvark

O NO
AAAAauuuuuuuuuuugggghhhHHHHH

D
Did the Dodo Die out or was it a Deception
To avoid meeting Great Danes at a posh reception
Because all they do is shout and bark
So is Dodo is now Disguised as a smallish Aardvark

And does your Dog get up with the lark
And chase sticks about in the park
And is it mad and tend to Bark
Annoying the park keepers trusty old and loyal Aardvark

E
When an Elephant meets an Electric Eel
There is bound to be a noisy squeal
As one beast gets squashed by the others heel
And  . . . . . . .
Creates a huge ten thousand volt Arc
Which is the sort of voltage that will make a dog bark
Or light up they eyes of an adult Aardvark.
Out in the deserts of his favourite park.

F
They say it’s the Fault of the barking dog
That made the Frogs Flee into the Fog
And made the Fishermen turn to grog
While Flying Fish flutter over a Floating log
And Yet
The constant sound of mad dogs Barks
Results in the thundering hoofs of stampeding Aardvarks  

G
Always look closely at an F or G
Just in case it should be the image of thee
With a sacrifice of Goat and toasted Ghee
While witch doctors dance round . . . . . .  the sacred tree.
Shaking gourds  . . . . . . .
And Grannies old Knee

And it’s good to know if ghouls creep about in the dark
Your faithful dog always loudly barks
Alerting a flock of man eating Aardvarks
Who will eat the ghouls just for larks
Gosh

H
Henry is having a long chat with Horris
Because Harold has chopped off the head of Boris
And all because he was naughty with Doris
Although Doris’s dog has a terrible bark
Which Harold would wind up just for a lark
Then strangely one night while out in the dark
An ironic twist occurred near the pond in the park
When Harold had his head chewed off by a large aardvark 

. . . . . . . . . . called Henry

I
There once was an invisible imaginary imp
Who rode through the ocean on an interesting indigo shrimp
.
.
.
Impossible
I think.  . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . .
Said an Aardvark
In a sink


J
Jack and Jill when to Jail
For stealing Jewels from the Royal Mail
Which made their little dog start to bark
But it was chased away by the jailer’s aardvark.

K
The King was Kalled because his Kat was Killed
Katching kippers with a jug it filled.
Full of toast and cheese and well known Chinese remarks.
And the ancient claws of ceremonial Aardvarks

L
Never laugh at a lazy llama
It will only end in Legal drama
With LawyerS making loads of cash.
As they sue you for being incredibly rash.
And never let your dog bark in court
If you want to ensure the Aardvark is sought
As it scurries through the corridors of the power
To make its nest in the ivory tower

M
No one likes a large Monstrous Mole.
A really huge one that will dig a large and rather Monstrous Hole.
Destroying your lawns equilibrium and it majestic dynamic Flow.
Before it chases your dog and aardvarks,
Through the white winter Snow.

 N
Never nibble the toes of a newt
Or try to glue one inside your bosses boot
Because Newts you see have a Nasty streak
And will suck out your brains making your future bleak.

Yes newts are clever
Newts have been known to bark
And it is a little known fact that they invented
The Newtonian Aardvark

O
O dear said Oscar as he dropped his pet Otter
Into an Orifice made by a notorious Rotter
And although he tried to entice it with Octopus livers 
It escaped off . . . . into the rivers
Because as we know
Otters are Tarka’s and not really givers.

(Tarka’s . . . .  Takers) HAH HAHAH AHH Ahah h hah ah ah hah h a hha ha ha haha ha ha ha.

O
I know
You are wondering where
The Aardvark
Did go

It fell in an O’LLLLLL . . . . . . ?

 P
Peter the parrot is a priceless bird
It can sing the Star Spangled Banner and impersonate the late Thora Hird
And if feeling peckish or cant think of the right word
It pretends it’s the aardvark from Shakespeare’s play
Richard the Third.

Q
If you stand  . . . . . in a queue . . . . . . . with a Gnu
People will quietly whisper . . . . . . .  in a quadrangle . . .  or two
Or quiver with fear and shout loudly AuuuuuugggghhhhHH Shoo
Or throw bits of Aardvark . . . . . .  At the Smiling Gnu

And maybe at you.

R
ROUND the RUGGED ROCKS the RAGGED RASCAL RAN
Past a ROTUND RABBIT and a small bald RETIRED man
And as he passed a ROASTER that made a strange sound just like a bark.
He lost his concentration and tripped over an Aardvark. 

S   
The SLIMY SLIPPERY SERPENT SLIPS SILENTLY underneath the 
 . . . . . SIDEWALK

In the dark where man and beast get eaten by a grumpy old  

 . . . . .  NighHawk

And little dogs run about and annoy pedestrians with their

 . . . . Barks

And every one will run and hide with the arrival of . . . . . . . . .

(Huge indomitable and fearsome man eating) 


 . . . . Aardvarks.



T
In the TINY TOWNS in  . . . . . .  
THE hills of TRANSYLVANIA
Is a beast THAT drives THE population mad 
And has become a world compulsive mania?
With is sharp pointy TEETH . . . . . . 
Sucking blood in THE dark
Everyone lives in fear of 
THE Vampire Aardvark.

 
Hanging UNDERNEATH UMBRELLAS 
You will find some UGLY fish

Who think that they are bats 
Rather than a battered dish.

They think they are being clever 
Hiding from the multitude of sharks

But hiding in UMBRELLAS 
Means they will be eaten by
Aardvarks.


V
There have been a VERITABLE multitude of beasts
 in the VISION of my VERSE.

But some will think my nonsense poetry
is rather more a curse.
And most will say it is poetry, 
which is full of  . . . . . . . . Impropriety.

Well everyone . . . .  with one exception . . . . . . . . . . . .


The Welsh Aardvark Appreciation Society. 
.
W
If you live in darkest WALES
You will be used to dragons with scaly scales
That have long and pointed pointy tails
A land WHERE the WIND and rain it never fails

WHICH is WHY
As hard as you might try
You will never spy


An Aardvark . . . . . . . With your beady eye.


X
O dear we have arrived at X
Meaning we must mention the terrible Tyrannosaurus Rex
The fearsome beast from the past doth . . . .Hark
Till it choked to death on a large . . . . . . . . . . Aardvark

Phew made it past the tricky letter . . . . (OK there was not a lot of X’s in that)
Things can now only get (slightly) better . . . . .Maybe?


Y
WHY WHY WHY WHY  . . . .I hear you say
WHY not Y instead of WHY today
And WHY have Aardvarks from Z to A.
WHY?
Because Aardvarks you see must have their say

And so as down the alphabet we do transcend
It appears we have now nearly
Reached
The
END

But not quite.

YET


Z
Have you ever been to the Zoo
And noticed signs saying  . . . . . .Please avoid the Aardvark Poo
This is good advice and something you really should do
Because if you don’t . . . . . . .  it will stick like glue
And result in the throwing away
Of your favourite shoe.


So this is it we have reached the END
But did you know that Zombies . . . . .  are the Aardvarks Friend




ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
Let sleeping Aardvarks lie. . . 



Thank You for Reading . . . .

Tuesday 29 April 2014

Not Quite the end of the Ardvark . . . but Why

The Greatest A to Z  
Aardvark based Nonsense Poetry in the World 




R
ROUND the RUGGED ROCKS the RAGGED RASCAL RAN
Past a ROTUND RABBIT and a small bald RETIRED man
And as he passed a ROASTER that made a strange sound just like a bark.
He lost his concentration and tripped over an Aardvark. 

S   
The SLIMY SLIPPERY SERPENT SLIPS SILENTLY underneath the 
 . . . . . SIDEWALK

In the dark where man and beast get eaten by a grumpy old  
 . . . . .  Night Hawk

And little dogs run about and annoy pedestrians with their
 . . . . Barks

And every one will run and hide with the arrival of . . . . . . . . .

(Huge indomitable and fearsome man eating) 

 . . . . Aardvarks.


T
In the TINY TOWNS in  . . . . . .  
THE hills of TRANSYLVANIA
Is a beast THAT drives THE population mad 
And has become a world compulsive mania?
With is sharp pointy TEETH . . . . . . 
Sucking blood in THE dark
Everyone lives in fear of 
THE Vampire Aardvark.

 
Hanging UNDERNEATH UMBRELLAS 
You will find some UGLY fish

Who think that they are bats 
Rather than a battered dish.

They think they are being clever 
Hiding from the multitude of sharks

But hiding in UMBRELLAS 
Means they will be eaten by
Aardvarks.


V
There have been a VERITABLE multitude of beasts
 in the VISION of my VERSE.

But some will think my nonsense poetry
is rather more a curse.
And most will say it is poetry, 
which is full of  . . . . . . . . Impropriety.

Well everyone . . . .  with one exception . . . . . . . . . . . .


The Welsh Aardvark Appreciation Society. 


W
If you live in darkest WALES
You will be used to dragons with scaly scales
That have long and pointed pointy tails
A land WHERE the WIND and rain it never fails

WHICH is WHY
As hard as you might try
You will never spy

An Aardvark . . . . . . . With your beady eye.


X
O dear we have arrived at X
Meaning we must mention the terrible Tyrannosaurus Rex
The fearsome beast from the past doth . . . .Hark
Till it choked to death on a large . . . . . . . . . . Aardvark

Phew made it past the tricky letter . . . . (OK there was not a lot of X’s in that)
Things can now only get (slightly) better . . . . .Maybe?


Y
Why Why Why Why  . . . .I hear you say
Why not Y instead of Why today
And Why have Aardvarks from Z to A.
WHY?
Because Aardvarks you see must have their say

And so as down the alphabet we do transcend
It appears we have now nearly
Reached
The
END

But not quite.

Yet

Monday 28 April 2014

The terrible Tyrannosaurus killed by an Aardvark

The Greatest A to Z  
Aardvark based Nonsense Poetry in the World 




Q
If you stand  . . . . . 
in a QUEUE . . . . . . . 
with a Gnu . . . . . . .
People will QUIETLY whisper . . . . . . .  
in a QUADRANGLE . . .  or two  . . 
Or QUIVER with fear and shout loudly. 
AuuuuuugggghhhhHH Shoo
Or throw bits of Aardvark . . . . . .  At the Smiling Gnu

And maybe at you.


R
ROUND the RUGGED ROCKS the RAGGED RASCAL RAN
Past a ROTUND RABBIT and a small bald RETIRED man
And as he passed a ROASTER that made a strange sound just like a bark.
He lost his concentration and tripped over an Aardvark. 

S   
The SLIMY SLIPPERY SERPENT SLIPS SILENTLY underneath the 
 . . . . . SIDEWALK

In the dark where man and beast get eaten by a grumpy old  
 . . . . .  Night Hawk

And little dogs run about and annoy pedestrians with their
 . . . . Barks

And every one will run and hide with the arrival of . . . . . . . . .

(Huge indomitable and fearsome man eating) 

 . . . . Aardvarks.


T
In the TINY TOWNS in  . . . . . .  
THE hills of TRANSYLVANIA
Is a beast THAT drives THE population mad 
And has become a world compulsive mania?
With is sharp pointy TEETH . . . . . . 
Sucking blood in THE dark
Everyone lives in fear of 
THE Vampire Aardvark.

 
Hanging UNDERNEATH UMBRELLAS 
You will find some UGLY fish

Who think that they are bats 
Rather than a battered dish.

They think they are being clever 
Hiding from the multitude of sharks

But hiding in UMBRELLAS 
Means they will be eaten by
Aardvarks.


V
There have been a VERITABLE multitude of beasts
 in the VISION of my VERSE.

But some will think my nonsense poetry
is rather more a curse.
And most will say it is poetry, 
which is full of  . . . . . . . . Impropriety.

Well everyone . . . .  with one exception . . . . . . . . . . . .

The Welsh Aardvark Appreciation Society. 


W
If you live in darkest WALES
You will be used to dragons with scaly scales
That have long and pointed pointy tails
A land WHERE the WIND and rain it never fails

WHICH is WHY
As hard as you might try
You will never spy

An Aardvark . . . . . . . With your beady eye.



X
O dear we have arrived at X
Meaning we must mention the terrible Tyrannosaurus Rex
The fearsome beast from the past doth . . . .Hark
Till it choked to death on a large . . . . . . . . . . Aardvark

Phew made it past the tricky letter . . . . (OK there was not a lot of X’s in that)
Things can now only get (slightly) better . . . . .Maybe?


Sunday 27 April 2014

Napoleon and Josephine a Tale of Two Aardvarks

Once upon a time back when nights were nights (much as they are now?) there lived a large and noble Aardvark called Napoleon. He was an ambitious Aardvark with dreams of world domination and leading his army through Europe and over the Alps on the back of Elephants, yes Napoleon was also a little mad. However his dreams were thwarted by his army of aardvarks, as we can tell from the following extract from his autobiography written as he languished in a Zoo on Alba (sorry Elbow) many years later.

“They were rubbish and ill disciplined and would dig holes in the parade ground looking for grubs and  not listening to a single command it was futile, they may have been good at making trenches but trench warfare was quite simply beyond their comprehension”.    



Napoleon the Aardvark was a single minded beast and remained focused on his plans for world domination through his younger years, but he had a secret admirer a young Aardvark called Josephine. Josephine was an aristocratic Aardvark who lived a life of luxury and had rather expensive and unusual taste, particularly in what she ate. In fact she insisted in only eating cake, all kinds of cake from Victoria sandwich to coffee and walnut or fruit cakes to Apple upside down cake covered in cream and hundreds and thousands.

She would often try and gain the attention of Napoleon by taking various cakes to him at sunset and once even took a loaf of bread, a commodity of great rareness in those days. But it was to no avail, Napoleon the Aardvark was a man of few words and he would look down on the cake and say to Josephine in his gruff moody voice  . . . . . . .AH . .  Not Termite Josephine . . . .

In the end Josephine got fed up with Napoleon and ran off with Lenin the Aardvark although it was not to last due to his rather austere outlook on life, but at the time folk were worried that Napoleon would be dead annoyed. But Napoleon was philosophical and told his friends  . . . Let Len eat cake   



HAH AH AH HA HAHah ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha hah a ha ha hah ah ah ha ha ha hah ah.