SPAIKUS
Here are some Spaikus submitted by BBC 7 listeners

Russell Kenny
Manic Depression,
Was always in the shadows,
What a funny thing.

shaun lawrence
Spike Milligan, dead.
No more Ning Nang Nong, Spike's gone, To heaven instead
 
Simon Evans
in milligan red
sad man makes spon all clanky
"Those are not my knees" 

PMark Hopkins
Never minced his words,
Prince Charles would know about that,
What was it he said!?! 

Guy Chapman
Madness and brilliance
Spectacularly combined
Tortured genius 

Mike Mercury
Ciao, Spine Millington,
Is it ever this quiet
In the Ning Nang Nong? 

Iain Lill
He's wearing a Cambridge tie,
What was he doing at Cambridge?
Buying a tie. 

Graham Coulson
David Dickinson -
Like a drawing Spike would do...
Without the humour. 

Patrick Kiernan
Spike, you manic man,
You turned the world upside down,
Goon not forgotten. 

Jeff Blythin
Oh the ouzlam
like spine milligan the spelling mistake
is gone arf. 

Max Wright
Everybody has to be somewhere
Was one of your lines
But where are you now dear Spike ? 

Paul Prebble
Mister Milligan
What are we gonna do now?
Now you are not here? 

Paul Winalski
Oh, ying tong ying tong,
Ying tong ying tong iddle-i po...
FX: EXPLOSION 

Jase
Spike's paddling padded
Lice along my hair parting,
I do not approve.

Andy Knap
In the beginning -
Spike showed how mad could be sane.
What do we do now? 

John Lynam
'After Morecambe' (followed by Milligan)
Hormones!
I'd love to grab your well-turned ankles,
But my arms are too short.
NB: Line 1 to be read in the voice of Eric Morecambe; lines 2 and 3 to be read in the voice of Spike. 

Barbara Kearns
You called your great friend
A grovelling little bastard.
Got away with it! 

Simon Anthony
The man with the jokes-
was unhapily caught in-
the wars of his time. 

Aliya Whiteley
Spike was not spiky
And now he also won't be
Getting ill again. 

Barnes Howe
Spike, gone near from us
reified our cosmic night;
but, for you, no 's'. 

Sue Reaney
Comic genious,
Goon, but never forgotten,
Our laughter lives on 

James Shields
Hitler's downfall would
surely naer have come about
without good old Spike 

Douglas Spencer
Spike buried at sea?
"He's fallen in the water!"
Goon, not forgotten. 

Doug Owen
Spike turns in his grave,
Is that the best you can do!
It's not even funny 

Paul Prebble
Terence Milligan
Or Spike to your admirers
You really were ill 

Bill Lynn
When I was at School,
We hoped,when Milligan died,
They would repeat Q 

Paul Schofield
Henrrrrrrrrrrrrrrry!
What is it Minn?
Spikes gone. 

Steve Martin
It was Milligan.
Who fought and thought they're all mad.
We've gorn mad again. 

Clive Lever
What's haiku, Henry?
A Short rhyme, you silly Min!
What's LowKu, Henry? 

Rob Priddy
Eccles is wiv me
Yee-hee 'cos they ded-ed him
And now we are free 

John Lewis
Thanks, dear old Spike,
Goon but never forgotten:
I laughed till I cried. 

Judith Towler
From black depths he mined
Sparkling words, sharp, jagged thoughts
And raw compassion 

John Clays
Goon for a laugh say
‘ellooo Eccles’ and in a
funny voice sing name 

Amos How
Writing praise for Spike
In seventeen syllables
Is far too diffic 

Bill Taylor
Spike has been deaded
Goon now, but not forgotten
I don't like this game! 

Bill Taylor
Haiku's inventor
Must have had seven fingers
On his middle hand 

Nick Smith
Not so long ago
Nothing was all that funny
Thank you so much Spike. 

Ian Davies
O Spike, we'd all Q
Through goonish puckoonish night
For you - a spaiku! 

Glenn Prigmore
Spike would have liked
To be reincarnated as a pike
And bit a nun on the bum 

David Cope
Wallop on me nut!
Spike, you made me laugh so much,
I thought life was up. 

Mike Smith
Spike Milligan. Who?
Played trumpet, wrote books - oh, and
The Goons and Q, too. 

Paul Haysom
Spike spoke words of fun
It gave me pains in the tum
Now he's gone, no sun. 

Paul Prebble
Born Nineteen Eighteen
Trilogy in seven books
Died Two Thousand Two 

C Oldham
Not hackneyed or trite,
but bright and sharp as a knife,
Giving weird thoughts life 

Brian Matheison
Forget the Goon Show;
Spike's epitaph must remain
His jibe at Prince Charles. 

Will Green
Try saying Spaiku
after somebody sneezes
and they'll say thank you 

Gavin Jackson
Principle Goon gone
So where do we go from here?
Spike still sadly missed 

Colin Heaney
From Goon to Puckoon
From Italian trench to home again
Grams (FX) Applause! 

Graham Coyne
Door bound they tell me
To turn the knob on my side
My knob is elsewhere 

Graham Coyne
Ying Tong Ying Tong Ying
Tong Ying Tong Ying Tong Tiddle
I Ho Thats All Folks 

Robin Obermuller
"A haiku?" cried Spike
"I'll never conform to this,
Oh no, I just have" 

John Lewis
Thanks, dear old Spike,
Goon but never forgotten:
I laughed till I cried 

Steve Williams
This man was a goon,
A great buffoon I’m quite sure,
His like never seen before. 

Sam Proctor
The sad irony -
He made us laugh so much, while
his psyche was tortured 

Chris Lawson
Spaiku!? Impose form
On Milligan? When did he
Ever play by the...[damn!] 

Angela Stock
Spike's gift of'bizarre'
In word, thought, & deed extolls
his creed-'run for it!' 

Geoff Park
Dear Spike Milligan
Now you are Spike Milligone
Shame, there's only one! 

Russell Pledge
Milligan now gone,
Your books being delivered,
when club accounts clear. 

Matt Kruczek
Only Spike could make
Ying tong iddle-i-po
Fit in a Haiku 

David O'Neill
There once was a goon
called "Spike" who decided to
write a haiku. As ... 

David O'Neill
The seventeenth syllable
Was not very fillable
He made it a limerick too. 

David Laturner
Haikus miss the point
No rigid form can praise the
Man who broke the mould 

Steve Done
Humour, Human, hmmm...
Who more able to hue more
Meaning from two words? 

The doc
Spike would have known that
Unusual Haiku poems
Are best kept in homes 

S.Moodie
He has been deaded.
What are we going to do now?
Jibber-jabber-jew? 

David Griffiths
So Millington Spike,
Inspiring mad genius,
What a legacy! 

Helen Heery
Do I miss the 'yo'
when you text me 'u', do I?
Oh no, I miss YOU! 

Jeremy Vevers
Grasping the issue,
And a hanky was handy,
To blow a red nose. 

Margaret Wilde
Spike - a long-gone Goon -
He of inspired Goonery -
His like never seen before.And buffoonery... 

Adam Callan
If spike had known blair,
He'd pull away his arm chair,
Each time he sat down 

Paul Seymour
As Spike would have said ,
"Put him in the curry mate"
Good bye Spike - God Bless 

Gordon Elcock
Spike Milligan - Goon
But not forgotten.
What are we going to do? 

Ning Nang
You said you were ill
but your mad eccentric skill
Meant no-one believed you