Tuesday, February 14, 2017

ACROSS THE PALE PARABOLA OF JOY

Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, "Plum" to his countless fans, passed on to the other side on Valentine's Day, 14th February, 1975.

This was written in tribute, in July, 2015



ACROSS THE PALE PARABOLA OF JOY

P   Plum begins with this curvaceous line
A   And then leaves it dangling fine
L   Levitating, hanging, as it were
E   Enthrallingly suspended in mid-air

P   Pelham, yoo hoo! (PGW who you?)
A   Answer my call
R   Run to my rescue
A   And please tell me all
B   Break the flower pots
O   Overturn the tables
L   Landscape the blots
A   And open the stables

O   Ossify the owls, but please complete it
F   Fossilise the fowls, but finish it, dash it!

J   Jumpin’ Jenkins!
O   Ogling onions!
Y   You started it; pray end it, you Purple Bandit!
                

  © Shiva Kumar 


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