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Poet’s Question Time

February 4, 2009
11:59 AM

Shelly; “If winter comes can spring be far behind ?”
Martin; “Hm… Good question Percy, I’d go for it being Autumn behind rather than Spring though…”

or

Wordsworth ; “O Cuckoo! shall I call thee Bird,
Or but a wandering Voice?”

Martin ;I’d prefer “Wandering Voice” Willie, bird is so common”

or indeed

Shakespeare; “Who is Sylvia. What is she?”
Martin ; “Sylvia Bill! Goodness ! Of course I knew him as Jack.”

I fully intend to come back to this as soon as I can think of some more.

Anyone out there think of any?……

just thought of another (oral) one

Shakespeare; “Where Oh Where is fancy bred?”
Martin ; “Jeez Shakes I dunno, Have you tried the new Patisserie?.”

Comments

  1. martine joulia

    on February 4, 2009

    The only I can remember is one of Flann O’Brien using a verse of François Villon to illustrate the virtues of his ‘snow-gauge’ :
    ‘Mais où sont les neiges d’antan?’
    ‘Right in that bucket, you fool!’

  2. Martin

    on February 4, 2009

    Perfect !

  3. Peter Denman

    on February 4, 2009

    Yeats: Who will go drive with Fergus now?
    Martin: He doesn’t need company, just give him a Satnav.
    Yeats: Who can tell the dancer from the dance?
    Martin: Anyone who has seen me at a disco could.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning: How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. . .
    Martin: . . . or just tick them off on this copy of the Kama Sutra.
    Suckling: Why so pale and wan, fond lover?
    Martin: And what’s more, you’ll go blind.
    I’d better stop.

  4. Martin

    on February 4, 2009

    Don’t Please.

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