Category Archives: poetry

The Battle Of The Garden

Posted on Apr 24, 2019 by

It is spring; it’s lovely outside. And I’ve been in my garden. I wrote this poem last year; obviously I was a little frustrated If at any point my life seems drab and stale My head begins to ache, my … Continue reading →

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Tuneless Indeed: Where’s The Moral In This #terrible poetry

Posted on Mar 8, 2019 by

Chelsea Owens has this thing, about terrible poetry. Here are two. Last week she wanted a rewritten popular song with a satirical edge so, well, Lucy In The Sky with Diamonds has been mullered as requested.  This week it’s a … Continue reading →

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The Glory Of The Garden: Wither Goes It? #poem #rudyardkipling

Posted on Mar 5, 2019 by

From time to time I like to ruin one of the Nation’s favourite poems, as voted some years ago in a BBC poll. This time I have been musing on the hottest ever February, in doing so, have taken an … Continue reading →

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Love Sonnets And Terrible Poetry

Posted on Feb 14, 2019 by

Warning: this is a tacky post with poems that, well, are terrible, except the first and I didn’t write that… Willie Shakespeare had a way with Sonnets. As you do. One of his more famous ones was his 130th… SONNET … Continue reading →

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Please Mrs Patterson #poem

Posted on Feb 5, 2019 by

It’s a while since I ruined a great poem but hey, why not? The first snow has arrived here in London – pretty bloody feeble too so in order to celebrate, and taking Allan Ahlberg’s brilliant Please Mrs Butler as my inspiration, … Continue reading →

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The Bottom Burp #poetry #terrible

Posted on Jan 29, 2019 by

Every Friday Chelsea Owens runs a terrible poetry prompt. I’ve yet to win which may or may not be a compliment. In fact the quality is very high so there’s room for others who can really plumb the depths. Here’s … Continue reading →

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Cold? Nah, Just Brassish… #garden #philosophy #poetry

Posted on Jan 27, 2019 by

There’s an old expression about the cold: ‘It’s cold enough to freeze the knockers off a brass monkey’. Which sounds rude but isn’t (or so the Archaeologist told me once – something to do with how they used to stack … Continue reading →

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