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The Sincerest For Of Poetry
Apprenticed To My Mother
Walking Into Trouble
Dead Flies and Sherry Trifle
The Last Will Of Sven Andersen
Booms And Busts
Buster & Moo
Salisbury Square
My Father and Other Liars
Life In A Conversation
Life, in a Grain of Sand
Life In A Flash
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Category Archives: poems
Gloves Are Off #limerick
Prompted by glove we have We dance as one, like a hand in a gloveLifted by the wind under the wings of a doveAnd if I stumbleShe doesn’t grumbleJust gets me moving with a discrete shove…
An Atom A Day #poem #poetry
At school they said: ‘Geoffrey, Be whatever you want to be. There’s an infinite range of possibilities in me. Which must be true as I’ve itemised How atomised I am. I have 6.5 octillion atoms Dotted all round and about … Continue reading
Hot Hot Hot #limerick
This week’s prompt is face and I’m up onto my soap box First I wrote this For all those running the human raceAnd remaining intent on upping their pace:If you don’t stop bleatingThat we’re not overheating,You’ll never again show your … Continue reading
Miss Quoting #limerick
Sometimes the prompt is just too hard – quote Some people who you’ll find quotingwhat clever people have wrotingThink themselves smartBut they’re just a pain in the artAnd deserve to receive a good boating….
The Perfect Haiku #poem #poetry #haiku
Only collared doves On top of Nelson’s Column Make perfect High Coos
The Cost Of Doing Bread #poem #poetry
My bread has risen. This is, apparently a bad thing And heralds the return Of the Beast from the Yeast. I’ve had to accept A flatbread alternative, Which is such a pitta. Focaccia my life….
Gooey and Gluey #limerick
It’s that time of the week, limerick prompt. This week sneeze He thought it a terrific wheezeTo induce, in his brother, a sneeze.The ensuing propulsionOf snot-bogey emulsionLeft them glued right up to their knees
A Tuneless Future #poem #poetry
When I met with friends a few years ago We’d have some food, take in a show Listen to music, have so much fun. These days, while finances are more reliable It’s our bodies that aren’t so pliable And only … Continue reading
Typewriter Fighter #limerick
This weeks limerick prompt is type When a hundred monkeys began to typeThey were well aware of the ensuing hypeThat followed them writing from start to finishA version of Hamlet in pidgin EnglishWhich they performed in spats over a dodgy … Continue reading
FIVE A DAY #limericks
This is this week’s limerick prompt from Esther – five Bea Goode was told at school to strive ‘To commit your life to the growth of the hive’. But Bea told friends, ‘This is shitty’ ‘I’ll buy a flat, move … Continue reading