Granny by Spike Milligan

Through every nook and every cranny
The wind blew in on poor old Granny
Around her knees, into each ear
(And up nose as well, I fear)

All through the night the wind grew worse
It nearly made the vicar curse
The top had fallen off the steeple
Just missing him (and other people)

It blew on man, it blew on beast
It blew on nun, it blew on priest
It blew the wig off Auntie Fanny-
But most of all, it blew on Granny!
~Spike Milligan

Spike Milligan is formerly known as Terrence Alan Patrick Sean Milligan, and lived from April 1918 to February 2002. Along with being a poet, he was also a comedian, actor and playwright musician and writer. He is well-known for being the co-creator, main writer and a principal cast member of The Goon Show in which he performed a number of roles, and also his books Puckoon and his six-volume autobiographical account of his time serving during the Second World War, beginning with the book Adolf Hitler: My Part in his Downfall.

This poem is very interesting in my point of view in that it focuses both on the Granny and the wind trying to make her fall down. The poem itself shows the destructiveness the wind seems to have, and its previous "victims." By doing this Milligan seems to be attempting to create a sense of pity for the Granny, who is probably unable to remain standing much longer, which is something I believe many readers - including myself - am able to notice.