Tickle My Fancy
Funny songs and poems

Written and designed by JAMES TARIS

 

 

 

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James Taris
TICKLE MY FANCY
Funny
songs and poems

This book (ebook) is jam-packed with funny songs and poems. It is full of fun. And the 'rude but not crude' poems will keep you laughing as well. Written over 32 years, you will find lots of funny subjects covered within these 'yellow pages'.

Today, stress takes a heavy toll in the loss of health and the loss of lives. Therefore the old adage, "laughter is the best medecine", applies now more than it ever has before.

James Taris wrote these funny poems when he was in a happy or silly mood ... and when he had a particularly funny story to tell. They always put a smile on his face, and they still do.

James believes that happiness is the key to longevity. He is convinced beyond any shadow of a doubt that living a long life has more to do with being happy than it has to do with eating the right foods or exercising on a regular basis. Diet and exercise will keep you fit and healthy, but with the absence of happiness it leaves you vulnerable to the modern 20th and 21st century diseases of cancer and heart attacks.

So watching an endless run of Laurel and Hardy, or Marx Bros movies, isn't such a silly idea after all. If it puts a smile on your face, then you should just do it! And if you want to read some funny poems ... try these.

Written in chronological order (newest to oldest) you can see how James' sense of humour has developed (or not) over a generatioon. The autobiographical stories accompanying each poem add aditional information to help the reader enjoy and understand each poem much better.


1. Blind Man's Lament
pets
boys and girls
ages
free
locked up in cages
theory
goldfish
cats
dogs
birds
wish
diapers
free-ranging pets
Pet Loo
today
dog poo

2. She's A Gorilla
knock
door
shock
gorilla
singing
rock
bottle of wine
card
Happy Birthday
Love
mother
fallen in love
Dee Dee
Manilla
girl
invited
list
working all day
hot
suit
cold drink
straw
sink
glasses
alive
jumped
table
dancing jive
head
spinning
laugh
dancing
Elvis
phonograph
sudden
wearing
G-string
cute
walked
kissed
warning
night
morning
tomorrow
boss
welcomed
nice day
stressed
address

3. Vicky
Vicky


active
rabbit
habit
heart

bleeds
sorry
affect
please forgive me
heartbreak
maddening beast
feast
bothered
lover
events
tragic
lost
magic
listen to me
amazing
heard
recall
single word
understand
sold your story
a million dollar fee
have a drink on me

4. Mothers Day Dilemma
second Sunday
every May
the whole world
celebrates
Mothers Day
dad and kids
pressure
buy
dear mum
Corina
clothes
size and style
Alisha
only four
day
heard
mums
breakfast in bed
dinner out
diamond rings
hate
household things
damper
plan
non-stick pan
Friday night
Gladstone Park
solve
plight
too expensive
sight
ice-creams
home
sang in the car
My Bonnie
remember
children
fun
dear oh dear
no present for mum
picked
card
I love you
eternal


lawn mower
Happy Mothers Day
Jamie
OK

5. April Fool
One o'clock
morning
daddy
yawning
hoping
first of April
slap
bum
cry
dad
girl
balling
sigh
mummy
funny
jumped
head
spread
table
pulling
leg

6. Superheroes
kazam
kapow
hurts
zaps
zows
baps
pows
ripping
shirts
Robin
Batman
Supermanb
Phantom
technique
bash
smash
crash
mash
villains
creeps
kiddies
home
TV
alone
waiting
best part
punches and blows
kicks and throws
baddies
wall
masculine stars
bend iron bars
fans
flicks
lo and behold
physical mould
36-24-36

7. Careless Hairless Race
Love Potion No. 9
The Searchers
1960


ancient race
stupid
impatient
plucked
hair
bodies
grace
Careless Hairless Race
lived
stone-age man
buildings
plastic
nobody
ancient relics
so old
people
died
caught
common
cold

8. 2000 AD
year 2000
fly
flying saucer
house
made of plastic
sky
hung
house-rack
tall buildings
towering
mountains
gullies
born
Earth
rigged
guy
Melbourne
France
2-hour trip
weekends
Mars
spaceship
modern
transport
clear-plastic
dresses
worn
girls
men
hair
curl
sight
what-some-a-call-its

9. Teachers
Grandad
Clive Dunn
1971
Dad's Army
BBC TV Show
teachers
selfish
truly
striking
pay
leaving
students
dead
kids
pass


ass
next year
bright
bludge
morn to night
report
job
stand in twos
preaching
talk
run
walk
mum
sookies
made fun of you

10. Hey Joe
boy
Fred
twelve years old
walking
street
day
car
new
old
drive
tar
Joe
ma
ran like mad
bend
home sweet home
excited
ask
hallway
phone
hung it up
dad
father
study room
pa
armchair
boom
fell down
rose
police
local
copper shop
etcetera
desk
sucking
lollipop
guy
sucker
constable
no

11. Never Too Old
life began
60 years
horrible years
four-wheeled chair
started to walk
too late
losing his hair
times
changed
girls
going wild
birds
bald men
in style
lap


fainted
whisper
ear
Bikies
cycle
chrome wheels
wheelchair
shiny beast
house
main road
most popular town
East
broadies
cars
90 miles per hour
Surfers Paradise
room
very cheap price
no wonder
toilet
shower
power
bikinis
Micro-bikinis
head
greeted
cry
sea
treasures
played with a ball
enlightened
pleasures
Alfie
sick and tired
gave them an inch
chance
expired
too much
cope
beaches
escape
deserted
pig
wig
sticky tape
livestock
farm
life
calm
terrible mistake
water
feeding trough
fell
dam
to make matters worse
hearing aid

12. Bubbles
swimming
one day
time
groove
wish
hoped
fish
catching
sound
bubbles
behind
climbed
clockwork
timed
pulled
slimy


head
dead
poor thing
gassed
threw it away
stay
water
dashed

13. Ruff N. Tuff Stuff
Ruff N. Tuff Stuff
named
mum
belly
dad
passed away
lit
dynamite
wick
destroyed
precious
body
kid
ran from home
hid
rain
spit
dying
shelter
walking
park
dak
smashed
coward
lived off the land
shot
ducks
first
driends
the end

14. Adam And Eve
two people
Adam and Eve
ran
wearing
leave
twinkle
appeared
neared
lay
sleeve
human race
begun
first son
snake in the tree
birds and the bees

15. The Cock
Ten
hens
cock
wonderful
chicks
hen
new cock


FUNNY POEMS

"These are my silly poems. They make me laugh, so I enjoy them very much. I honestly believe that happiness is the only road to a long life. And these poems make me happy." ... James

It's not just poetry

James has developed a unique way of presenting his poems. Instead of merely offering a selection of creative and entertaining poetry, he has also added a couple of other useful and attractive features:

1) Autobiographical trailers

After each poem, James gives some addtional information about when, where, why and how he wrote the poem and/or a glimpse of his life and activities around the time the poem was written. Thus adding an interesting insight with each poem.

2) Creative images (in ebook only)

Plain text on a page can often look bland, so each poem features an image with 2 imaginatively manipulated versions to decorate the poetry page.

So prepare yourselves for a literal and visual extravaganza.

What people are saying

Rt. Hon. James Taris, You are as full of life as anyone can wish for! What makes you genius? Who makes you genius? How it all happens just like that in your case? All these sorts of questions can be answered in one sentence! "A POET IS BORN NOT MADE! AND SO IS THE GENIUS!" No one can be a writer like James Taris by taking up some story-writing course or just going to some sort of university! You can't be Bruce Lee by just joining a Kung Fu club of some sort! All in all you are like a mighty pacific whale which dosen't need swimming lessons! A sort of albatross who does not need Pan-American to fly! ... Please try not to change your way of life as it is wonderful as it is! ... Dhanjisha! (India)

I read your poem 'She's A Gorilla'. Personally I wouldn't say I hate it but it is not my style. The one I really like is "Heaven". The others are more like lyrics and as I am not very musical I can't make them come alive. My failure despite being named after the saint of music! Like you, I write poems because it is therapeutic. Cecilia (Australia)

I had a first glance at your web site which is really great (read also some of your poems which I found very expressive, personal and professional and would love sending you some of mine ... but they're all in German.) Dagmar (Germany)

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C O N T E N T S

FUNNY POEMS

LATER WORKS

1. Blind Man's Lament (2003)
2. She's A Gorilla (2001)
3. Vicky (1997)
4. Mothers Day Dilemma (1988)

1971

5. April Fool
6. Superheroes
7. Careless Hairless Race
8. 2000 AD
9. Teachers
10. Hey Joe

1970

11. Never Too Old

 

RUDE POEMS and LIMERICKS
(rude but not crude)

12. Bubbles (1975)
13. Ruff N. Tuff Stuff
(1971)
14. Adam and Eve (1971)
15. The Cock (1971)

 

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