Miss Bedford's Favourite Poems!

When I was asked to think about my favourite poem, I found the task incredibly difficult! I adore any poem by Spike Milligan and Allan Ahlberg and as a child I dreamed of being a poet like them! I have included 'Scissors' by Allan Ahlberg because I used to laugh at how silly the teacher was for worrying about the lost scissors but as a teacher now, I really appreciate how annoying this can be! My second poem is 'On the Ning Nang Nong' by Spike Milligan. The reason I have included this is because I love the freedom of nonsense poems and Milligan, I believe is the king of nonsense poems.

Scissors

Nobody leave the room.
Everyone listen to me.
We had ten pairs of scissors at half-past two,
And now there's only three.

Severn pairs of scissors
Disappeared from site.
Not one of you leaves
Till we find them.
We can stop here all night!

Scissors don't lose themselves,
Melt away or explode.
Scissors have not got
Legs of their own
To go running off up the road.

We really need those scissors,
That's what makes me mad.
If it was seven pairs
Of children we'd lost,
It wouldn't be so bad.

I don't want to hear excuses.
Don't anyone speak.
Just ransack this room
Till we find them.
Or we'll stop here...all week!

By Allan Ahlberg

On the Ning Nang Nong

On the Ning Nang Nong

Where the Cows go Bong!

and the monkeys all say BOO!

There's a Nong Nang Ning

Where the trees go Ping!

And the tea pots jibber jabber joo.

On the Nong Ning Nang

All the mice go Clang

And you just can't catch 'em when they do!

So its Ning Nang Nong Cows go Bong!

Nong Nang Ning Trees go ping
Nong Ning Nang The mice go Clang

What a noisy place to belong

is the Ning Nang Ning Nang Nong!!

By Spike Milligan