Bonfire Night
The traditional rhyme goes like this -
"Remember, remember the fifth of November,
gunpowder, treason and plot.
I see no reason why gunpowder treason
Should ever be forgot."
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The Amateur Poet wonders why the main local firework display takes place on 26 October
Remember, remember the twenty-sixth of October.
Who cares if it doesn't rhyme?
Is there any real reason why gunpowder treason
should have to be commemorated every year at exactly the same time?
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The Organisers of the Display explain their motivation
Please don't pass over the twenty-sixth of October.
At least we're not going to be late,
and what matters most's being first past the post,
getting customers in through the gate.
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The Person with Failing Memory is puzzled
I seem to remember Guy Fawkes night in November
(I didn't think it was October)
- on the fifth ... or the sixth - is my mind playing tricks?
After you with the ginkgo biloba.
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The Grumpy Old Man does what he does best
It's the fifth of November, but don't you remember
Bonfire Night was ten days ago? - Yes,
what with shopping on Sundays, Bank Holiday Mondays
will soon fall on a Friday, I guess.
In my youth, in my heyday, you could be sure of May Day;
right as clockwork it came, May the first.
But next year, so I've heard, it turns up on the third.
The calendar's bound for the worst.
So very wise are these words, Paul. "Customers in through the Gate" I love the "Failing memory" stanza, Oh! and a very merry Christmas to you for next week.
I wonder why we celebrate a failed plot which never really had the possibility of success. Although I can understand his wish to remove a useless government
There is talk in the States of changing Halloween the forth Saturday in October. Talk about Sacrilege! These stanzas are all amazing Eric, filled with imagination and good humor. Very nice my friend.
Absolutely brilliant! This grabs everyones attention with incisive wit. How much we've lost due to self serving convenience and the requirements of work these days . I myself am guilty of amalgamating Halloween and Bonfire Night into a pitiful attempt at a party last night - which was neither. I can't recall the last time my birthday was celebrated on my birthday. Maybe twenty years ago? It's a sad sign of the times. Though here in the North we have a different rhyme - Remember, remember the fitfh of November/ Gunpowder, Treason and Plot/ and whether Guy Fawkes/ was burned by the stalks/ and whether he wasn't or not. kath xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Us Yanks unfortunately are unfamiliar with these holidays, but I get the gist, Looks to me you have been up to your old tricks, you sly devil, lol. It seems you are having great fun at the calendar's expense. The unevenness of the rhyming really fits the type of humor you are getting at.