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Ode to a Fine Cricket

by Mr. Ed — Read all 1,530 poems by Mr. Ed

Thursday, April 29, 2004


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The Cricket, the annoying Cricket!!


 


                               AD Author Andy James Turner


 


 


The world has lost a friend today


His tragic story I must relay


 


He was a tiny singer named Dimly


Who has met his demise, oh so grimly


 


He had just won First Place on a New Talent Show


So eagerly on tour Dimly and his band did go


 


He was performing at a gig in Great Britain


An enormous crowd had gathered to listen


 


Just as he began belting out the theme from ‘Cats’


A cricket hater in the crowd smacked him with a bat


 


And, alas, our dear dear Dimly – was splat


 


Memorial Services are being arranged


By Dimly’s betrothed,


Lady Matilda Cricketworth


 


Lady Matilda asks that in lieu of flowers


Please send monetary donations


To the


‘I’m Going to Sue Andy’s Pants Off


For Dimly’s Wrongful Death Fund’


 


C/O Lady Matilda’s Solicitor


Sir Jiminy Cricket, Esquire


 



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Reviewed by Erin Kelly-Moen
Reviewed on April 30, 2004
Cricket's chirrups, though musical, can get annoying.

But not as annoying as a baby sparrow rescued and fed baby food through a syringe for two weeks...Its either 'cheep', 'cheepcheep' or 'cheepcheepcheep' all day long, the five cats love the mystery of the bird in the closed bedroom. I'm hoping Cheepcheep (his name) can be released soon, he had a sparrow visitor today when I had him outside in his cage.

And, no, I don't kill crickets, either, just scootch them outside with a broom. Cute teasing poem, Ed. :)

Reviewed by Sheila Jones (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
LOL... Ed, this was just boisterously entertaining!
Very cleverly written, and oh so comical hahaha...

Most excellent!

Dimly and Lady Matilda Cricketworth hahaha.. you crack me up, Ed!

Love, Sheila

Reviewed by Floria Kelderhouse (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
Heh heh heh...we must protect our good luck
crickets ED...i am with you...loved this..floria

Reviewed by Katy Walsvik (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
Ok, sign me up.. I've already warned him about frogs.. I assume, Eddy K, that this is a PRE-"splat" photo of our dear Dimly.. Sigh.. what a future he had! a fine dedication, are you related? (grin) katy xox.

Reviewed by Thomas Lanechanger (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
Ed,

That was just too funny. Loved it. Enjoy reading your writes. Hopefully, I can get caught-up to speed here, and review all your stuff.

Best of luck to you and yours,
Thomas

Reviewed by George Carroll
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
Dimly has a lot of cousins who are playing a dirge for him right now.LOL

Reviewed by E T Waldron
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
Ed I'm going to have you declared a national treasure;-)!
You give me my best laugh every day, and you know I owe you
since laughter is the best medicine. You ought to start
charging doctors fees!LOL! Brilliant writing!

Reviewed by Kate Clifford (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
LOL this is cute :-)

Reviewed by Debashish Haar (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
CUTE writing, Ed!

Reviewed by Regis Auffray
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
Delightfully done, Ed. Love and peace. Regis

Reviewed by Bhuwan Thapaliya
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
Ed....fantastic write!!!

Reviewed by Tinka Boukes
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
If those crickets get to noisy feed them whiskey and see what happens....lol they get pooped tooo....hehehehe...yes they do we did it once...adn the next move the cricket played dead....but NOT..a few hours later he was A-Okay....I wonder if crickets do get headaches...Ed ?

lol!!

Love Tinka

Reviewed by Andy Turner (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
LOLOLOLOL TEARS....The first cricket is one of our national sports, the annoying cricket is the late Dimly.

But I'm in hiding till Chelle see's the pic..

I'll be getting hate male from crickets soon.

I can hear peter sellers in his English well to do accent saying this...

Reviewed by Ted Sheridan (Reader)
Reviewed on April 29, 2004
I never kill Crickets, or at least I try not too, I simply put them outside so they can go annoy someone else.


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