Here are two samples of Geoff's work.
TREE STUMPED
The woodpecker said “I am stumped
It feels just like being gazumped
I paid in advance for this tree
The agent did seem fair to me
I said I’d sign when I got back
Not thinking squirrels would attack
But while I went to get my bags
Two squirrels who were both old lags
Caught the agent on the hop
Saying that they could not stop
But if he’d take a double fee
They’d sign the form immediately
They wanted to move in ‘today’
In other words move straight away
And by the time that I got back
They’d even had time to unpack
They looked at home in what I thought
Was the tree-hole I had bought
I guess the thing that I have learned
Having got my fingers burned
Is to sign first then get my bags
Or risk defeat by two old lags!”
TEMPUS FUGIT – DON’T ABUSE IT!
“I haven’t got the time” he said
So how much have you got?
“About the same as all the rest
My opening line was just in jest
Or to be honest – an excuse
For letting time out on the loose
Not even on a piece of string
So if I need to reel it in
I could at least pull something back
But with no string I’m on the rack
I really should prioritise
And get this time thing down to size
Since I am regularly afflicted
I don’t achieve what I’ve predicted
Optimism fills my eyes
But then things don’t materialise
Good timing always holds the key
To living life effectively!”