WordsOut poems by
Parish
Weekend limericks
from March 1999
Bishop
Graham Dow
As a student we've heard Bishop Dow
was devoted to service—and how!
He believed it
was folly
to fancy young Molly
she's glad he's more liberal now.
As a
bishop he's most skilled at leading
and preaching and praying and reading
but he's at his most wisest
when travelling the diocese
for they still haven't caught him for speeding.
Though
the road may be uphill and stony
Bishop Graham will never be phoney
he will stare in the face
of defeat with good grace—
just don’t ask him to cook macaroni.
I think you should all understand
if you stop for a chat with Mark Rand
that your chat may extend
to a parish weekend
then it all starts to get out of hand…
Steve
Taylor
Steve Taylor's a jolly good bloke
but wherever his name may be spoke
theres always some tensions
about his…dimensions
so I'm not going to make that old joke
For
whenever the music group sing
there can be some...
about which songs are best
but Steve's not like the rest—
He's above all of that kind of thing.
Graham
& Karen Taylor-Burge
If your pathway in life ever merges
with that of the Taylor-Burges
and they tempt you play
at mixed doubles one day…
be strong - don’t succumb to the urges.
If you spend time at Kate and at Mike's
(that’s the Coulsons) I'll tell you what strikes—
these most modern of souls
have reversed
the old roles:
so she works, and he does what he likes.
Mark
Sheard
I must say I was really not geared
to make fun of churchwarden Mark Sheard
till I looked—
at his wardrobe of shirts
I'm afraid it’s much worse than we feared.
and his suits would best suit a safari
but he isn't a slacker—
it not only Schumacher
drives round in a bright red Ferrari…
Can't remember what prompted these but they were written and read at
the event at High Leigh on or about March 11th, 1999.