Rotary's Got Talent - Mike Law
Rotary's Got Talent - Mike Law
Mike Law on stage at Bournemouth Conference.
Mike Law, President of the Rotary Club of Llangollen, took to the stage for Rotary's Got Talent in Bournemouth and had the audience in stitches as well as contemplating the impact of our hard wok in communities at home and abroad. Mike's first poem about a visit to a Rotary club succeeded in using great humour to show that the future of Rotary is in our hands, while the second showed the magic of Rotary.
After very popular demand from our members, here are his poems, by kind permission of Mike, for all to enjoy. (Copyright Mike Law 2010):
A visitor comes to the Rotary Club of Little Doing
Yes, here is where we're meeting,
I'm afraid we're running late.
The President's stuck in traffic,
And the Secretary's got a date.
Don't sit down at the table!
You might take someone's place.
Wait until we're assembled -
Then see of there's any space.
We haven't got a speaker,
So we'll all just sit and chat.
Probably discuss our Programme,
But we soon get tired of that.
The Social Secretary's over there,
That fat chap with the beer.
He's not a very friendly sort,
So don't bother to go near.
Our Overseas man's by the bar,
He's never been abroad.
He's never hear of Polio Plus,
Say 'Foundation' and he's floored.
And that's the golfers in the corner,
They always sit together.
They like to compare their handicaps,
Their putts, their clubs, the weather.
Oh good, we seem about to start -
That's grace that fellow's mumbling.
Don't worry about the background noise-
That's thirty stomachs rumbling.
Now I'm wondering if you'd like to join,
There isn't much to do.
Come for a meal, escape the wife,
Stay for a drink or two.
No need to collect out in the cold,
Or take children to the sea.
We've done our bit, we're getting old,
Just eat one meal in three.
So here's a book about us,
We've lasted a hundred years,
Yes, we're Rotary, not Round Table,
Give us a bell then. Cheers!
The Magician
I have in this pack a million children -
Pick any one, any one you like.
That's John,
From Nottingham.
Problem in school, talks too much, lacks confidence.
You're sure that's the one you want?
Magic words - Youth Speaks, RYLA.
Watch him change - watch him grow!
Abracadra - Just like that!
Pick another one, any one you like.
That's Sayeed,
From Tanzania.
Crippled by war, hard to move, sits at home.
You're sure you don't want to change your card?
Magic words - School Aid, Jaipur Limb.
Watch him move, watch him smile.
Abracadabra - Just like that!
Now here's a wheelchair, ordinary wheelchair.
Nothing in it, no tricks.
Right, I'm going to put this little girl in it,
Legs contorted by leprosy.
No deception, she can't walk,
Magic words - Wheelchair Foundation.
Watch this, watch this -
A maggot turns into a butterfly,
Abracadabra - Just like that!
You've all seen this one - just a box, an empty box.
Nothing in it.
You're sure of that?
What shall we do with it?
Send it abroad.
An empty box abroad? Absurd!
Let's try.
Magic words - emergency, aqua, shelter!
And look what's here - tents, pumps, clothing, a parcel of hope.
Abracadabra - Just like that!
And finally, you'll like this one,
Really like this one.
In my hand, an idea, just a little one.
Blow on it and watch it grow.
This idea becomes a deed,
The deed becomes a movement,
The movement becomes a force,
The force becomes a change.
Magic words - Action for Life.
And look, look, we're changing the world,
We're changing lives.
Abracadabra - Just like that!
Thank you very much ladies and gentlemen - You've been a wonderful audience!