A marvellous woman so witty and bright <br />And her whimsical verses are born of delight <br />And with the finest of poets she is one who can rate <br />And Pam Ayres is a name that we must celebrate. <br /> <br />And though some literary critics they do not rate her high <br />They cannot down grade her though hard they do try <br />And they failed to stop Pam in her rise to renown <br />It's so true a great talent cannot be kept down. <br /> <br />Her beautiful smile adorns her pretty face <br />And her infectious humour not hard to embrace <br />With immortal humourists like Lear and Belloc she is one who compare <br />And people like her sad to say seem so rare. <br /> <br />In years she is one who is beyond her prime <br />But she remains the queen of the humorists of rhyme <br />She is one who was born with the great gift of song <br />And if you cannot find a laugh in her verses with you something wrong. <br /> <br />Whenever I feel down and burdened by cares <br />I open a book of the poems of Pam Ayres <br />And she brings some happiness into my day <br />For she has me laughing my worries away.<br /><br />Francis Duggan<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/pam-ayres/
