I have a difficult task tonight
It won’t be easy to get right
Tonight I have to talk to you
Not about one birthday boy, but two
Following in a great tradition
These two have formed a coalition
Pedro Lewis and Big Stu
United to put on a bit of a do
Achieving consensus was no mean feat
There was less disagreement in Downing [...]
Wow! Exactly where d’you start, this task is surely great
To paint in merely minutes such a complex portrait?
Of a man who is much loved, who is a special one
Who has a serious side but a wicked sense of fun
Who attracts into his life a most eclectic bunch of friends
To whom he is so loyal that [...]
On Monday Martin asked us
When we were feeling squiffy
To write a little poem
About Joanne reaching 50
With just two days to write it
It needs to be quite short
Coz after two or three more beers
We can’t tell starboard from port
Martin and Jo met in Ramsgate
At least that’s what we think
Did he propose? Did she propose?
Or was [...]
I was drifting, contentedly in the Ionian last year
When everything suddenly became very clear
In 12 months I’d reach my half century
I knew just where I would want to be
It just didn’t get any better than this
Deep blue sea, blue skies, it was simply pure bliss
So right then I began to hatch a plan
To return next [...]
To Dena, Diana, Franny and Gilly - love Jo
Privileged, is a word that springs to mind to describe how I feel today
In the after-glow of what has been the most wonderful weekend away
Privileged to have found in life some truly wonderful friends
Who’ve remained a constant strength in life through all its twists and bends
Content, is [...]
You’re elegant and so pretty
Funny and very witty
Have a really artistic eye
Can sometime’s be quite shy
You’re very good at dance
I can tell that at a glance
At singing you’re a star
I think you could go far
You’ve fantastic fashion sense
Your charms they are immense
In exams you might not get top pass
But to me you’re the top of [...]
I’m going to play a game with you to see if you can guess
Just who I am describing as this poem does progress
Subtle — is not a word I’d necessarily choose
Funny — oh she certainly has a talent to amuse
Quiet — is not a word by which you’d recognise her
Calm — no, not even now [...]
I am a member of a gym
I do aerobics to keep slim
Eat fatty fish and little beef
Tomatoes and a lettuce leaf
I follow all the diet tips
Puddings rarely pass my lips
Though gin and tonic is divine
I try to stick to dry white wine
Moisturise my skin, condition my hair
I take the very best of care
Life’s risks, I [...]
Come up for a 50th birthday, he said
Fifty? We cried, he’s off his head
Just because he’s seen six decades or more
And his hair has turned silver white to the core
There’s no need to rustle up rumours juicy
Maligning his lovely, much younger wife Lucy
You need only take one look at her
And with him you will not [...]