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Lost

Me granny’s gone missing

We’ve lost the old trout

I’ve warned her so often

That when she goes out

Take a map and a compass

A whistle as well

A torch or a trumpet

A bicycle bell

Just something that’s noisy

To help in our quest

A bleeper a buzzer

A fluorescent vest

Oh granny where are you

Oh where can you be

You know you’ll get mad

If your late for your tea

We’ve all been out looking

Both near and afar

Mum on her bike

And me in the car

We’re all worried witless

And scratching our head

When we find the old dear

Fast asleep, in her bed

© John W Fenn 20-09-2009

— shazbat, Oct 04, 2009

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Region, Country: Norfolk, UK, GBR

Favorite Poets: Kipling, T.S Eliot, Hilaire Belloc, Ogden Nash, Spike Milligan and many more.

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seabhac

seabhac

16 years 8 months ago

sweet

Nicely written . I hope my children will react to my wanderings when I get older. Seabhac
jetz

jetz

16 years 8 months ago

Hi, I enjoyed this

Hi, I enjoyed this immensely. Your rhyme and rhythm flowed perfectly. The content was all too familiar as well. I remember going through much the same with my Mom, not so very long ago. Thanks for bringing a smile to my face. Sue
shazbat

shazbat

16 years 8 months ago

So glad that this brought a

So glad that this brought a smile to your face, this is sort of about my gran who used to go rideabout on her bicycle, we never knew where she would end up, the police were forever returning her, eventually (she was in her eighties) we had to remove her bicycle wheels, she still disappeared but at least she never went far. John