A marvellous woman so witty and bright
And her whimsical verses are born of delight
And with the finest of poets she is one who can rate
And Pam Ayres is a name that we must celebrate.

And though some literary critics they do not rate her high
They cannot down grade her though hard they do try
And they failed to stop Pam in her rise to renown
It's so true a great talent cannot be kept down.

Her beautiful smile adorns her pretty face
And her infectious humour not hard to embrace
With immortal humourists like Lear and Belloc she is one who compare
And people like her sad to say seem so rare.

In years she is one who is beyond her prime
But she remains the queen of the humorists of rhyme
She is one who was born with the great gift of song
And if you cannot find a laugh in her verses with you something wrong.

Whenever I feel down and burdened by cares
I open a book of the poems of Pam Ayres
And she brings some happiness into my day
For she has me laughing my worries away.

Francis Duggan

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