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I love words and have been writing for years. Although it started with silly poems, I have matured (slightly) and now enjoy writing poems and songs for special friends to celebrate special milestones. I have decided to put these online should anyone be interested and also they are a safe haven online should anything happen to my knackered old laptop!



So from my first song for Helen, to the latest songs for Tina's 40th and poems for Sherrell's baby and all the stuff in the background since I was 14, enjoy my silly poems, my prose, my barstardisation of songs and if any one of them makes you smile, then I am happy. Let me know what you think!



Ali Hoffmann née Rose









Tuesday, 15 February 2011

Whacking your drum


A poem for my husband's 40th birthday. We had left a couple of African drums in the UK as we were not allowed to bring them to Australia with the skins on. So for Alex's birthday, 4 months after we arrived here, I got him a new African drum with money from family in the UK.


They sent me some money
Instructions to buy
Something you’d like
I really did try

I added it up
It totalled some bucks
And in return for this task
I deserve several thank you’s from our family in England.

With money from Gerry
And Margaret too,
Melinda and Paul
To name but a few

Heide and Hannah
Andrea and Matt
Jonathan and Hugo
And possibly the cat

So with love from your family
And especially you mum
We hope you enjoy
Whacking your drum!

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