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A Beautiful Woman

by Mickey 

Posted: 15 October 2008
Word Count: 250


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A beautiful woman who hasn’t a man

Is a bit like a doughnut without any jam
Or Battenburg cake with no marzipan
Or hosepipes in summer without any ban
(Or Oliver Hardy without his poor Stan)

A beautiful woman without her own bloke

Is as rare as an egg without any yolk
Or a stand-up comic who hasn’t a joke
Or the great Sherwood Forest without any Oak
(Or Gandalf the Wizard minus his cloak)

A beautiful woman who hasn’t a geezer

Is the same as not having a tower at Pisa
It’s as strange as the Louvre with no Mona Lisa
Or the old Roman Empire minus a Caesar
(Or finding an ‘Iceland’ which hasn’t a freezer)

A beautiful woman who hasn’t a mate

Is like a roast dinner that’s not on a plate
Or Berlin without the Brandenburg Gate
Or a village in summer not holding a fete
(Or ringing BT and not having to wait)

A beautiful woman with no special fellow

Is just like a paintbox without any yellow
She’s like a rogue bull without any bellow
Or a small string quartet minus the cello
(Or perhaps Wet Wet Wet with no Marti Pellow)

A beautiful woman without her own man

Is the Tinkerbell fairy with no Peter Pan
Or a boat of mint sauce without any lamb
Or the spy Mata Hari with no feather fan
(Or spag Bolognese with no parmesan)


A beautiful woman
Who’s single and chaste
Is leprechaun-rare
(and a terrible waste!)







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ellynelly at 13:01 on 16 October 2008  Report this post
For some reason, your poem makes me think of Professor Higgins in "My Fair Lady" singing "Why Can't a Woman Be More Like a Man?"

...but definitely it makes me think of a 1960s vintage musical with everyone singing and dancing with amazing gusto all over a stage...and posing some difficult existentialist-type question....and lots and lots of words that rhyme...(grin)

Elly


DJC at 20:48 on 16 October 2008  Report this post
Mike - BRILLIANT! I love this, and I usually loathe humorous verse. Must be my dark and twisty youth. This works very well indeed, and had me chuckling away. Nice one - it's brightened up my day!

joanie at 22:51 on 17 October 2008  Report this post
Hi Mike. Yet another good one! I can see what Elly means about 'My Fair Lady'! Darren, Mike is very accomplished at this sort of poem. His rhyme is excellent!

joanie

Epona Love at 16:45 on 20 October 2008  Report this post
Really very, very ammusing, such a fantastic way to make your point! But perhaps the beautiful woman knows better than to get tied down... hmmm.
Agree with Joanie, excellent rhyme.

Emma x

Mickey at 09:39 on 21 October 2008  Report this post
Elly, I would never have made the connection with My Fair Lady, but now when I read it I can't help seeing Rex Harrison! Joanie, thank you for the compliment and Darren I'm glad I made you laugh. I must admit, Emma, that this started off as a chauvinistic assertion that a woman is incomplete without a man, but it kinda changed halfway through to the sad realization that all you beautiful ones have already been snapped up!! Thanks to you all for your comments. Mike


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