Pink Pyjama Party? Poem by Stephen Katona
Pink Pyjama Party?
Now what would you think,
Of a party all pink,
With pink iguanas,
Dressed in pink pyjamas?
Guests as big as an elephant,
Their size quite irrelevant,
As long as they've the right hue,
Just remember dyes are taboo.
Their skin must be real,
To join in our meal.
The frogs can eat slugs,
And all kinds of bugs,
Like the dragon millipede,
Which is dangerous indeed.
Would it be so shocking,
When flamingoes come flocking?
Do you think I'm shallow,
To eat only marshmallow?
We'll set you a place,
If you have a pink face.
'I think, ' said a dolphin called pinky,
'This is all rather stinky.
We may look quite bizarre,
But colour is not who we are.
Our skin is only one part,
Look at others hearts,
And get to know their minds,
Then you'll find,
That it's best to be kind.
Tell everyone alive,
They can just arrive,
With their own sort of jive.
The more different their dance,
The better to enhance.
Teach us something new,
Follow a different avenue.
What might seem strange,
Can help us to change.
A party for all,
Would be a ball.'
you write such lovely episodes about our more humane friends.
I agree with Jacqueline and Pradip - you draw on your amazing knowledge of animals to show us how wonderful life could be. This pink party would be fab & please invite me! Favourite lines: shallow/marshmallow!
if i were the mouse or frog, i would take a few steps AWAY FROM the larger beasts! bri :)
Your knowledge of animals is just amazing Stephen! Through this interesting poem, you have affirmed the fact that colour is only skin deep! The real worth lies somewhere deeper and we should have eyes to see it. Entertaining and edifying! Thanks!
Thank you Valsa. You've inspired me to upload one of the cartoons that go with this poem. I started off wanting to write a poem about an albino dolphin that looks pink and wondered if there were any other weird bright pink creatures in the world. After writing the first verse I did not like what I had created and felt compelled to write the second verse. It's strange how poems sometimes just evolve into something more powerful and worthy than originally intended.
J. Nash shares some good words, below. i like the rhyming, the story, and the human philosophy? ANY color of ink, be it blue or pink, can be good or bad, I think you know; ....... I'm glad. To MyPoemList, for its humanitarian leaning. bri :)
This poem has not been translated into any other language yet.
I would like to translate this poem
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Nature never ceases to amaze. And your poems are amazing.... so enchanting.