Category Archives: Mostly Micro

My Thanks to a Saracen

Posted on July 21, 2020 by crispina kemp

I dwelt upon the shore With tides and rhythms Known and sure I didn’t venture far An occasional dip Into the forested hinterland That wondrous place invited me In forays brief Delights I saw… Yet when rather I’d be exploring … Continue reading →

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CCC88: Jack the Giant-Slayer

Posted on July 16, 2020 by crispina kemp

“When Jack slew the giant, that giant fell from his Up-There land with such a destructive crash that no one would speak to Jack for years to come. Jack the Giant-Slayer had destroyed half the land.” “And your point is?” … Continue reading →

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Rupert, Princeling Bear

Posted on July 13, 2020 by crispina kemp

Rupert, self-styled Princeling Bear, looked with disdain on the fashionless hordes that these days crowded the bars and clubs, all regimented in their turn-upped jeans and braces, their Number 1 close cuts, their often grubby t-shirts. They had no taste, … Continue reading →

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CCC87: Gunnr’s Well

Posted on July 9, 2020 by crispina kemp

Gunnr’s Well, that’s how we knew it as of old For Gunnr in his Viking days Did drive his dragon-warded ship Into this sea-scoured shore Tongue swollen with the salty pestilence of sea Seeking purity of water unpolluted And there … Continue reading →

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CCC86: Mr Ed

Posted on July 2, 2020 by crispina kemp

“Why have you shut the stable door?” “Why? To shut him up, of course. All day long, talk, talk, talk. All right when he was younger, when he was earning a crust. But now Mr Ed’s old… I couldn’t take … Continue reading →

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This Kiss

Posted on June 30, 2020 by crispina kemp

Mindless of the pressing chores The waiting floors, the empty stores She strolled along a dream-cast road And watched a leather-sided toad. With a tug at her dirty work-stained frock She sat beside him on a river rock. He looked … Continue reading →

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Casper

Posted on June 29, 2020 by crispina kemp

The move was welcome, pulling her out of the depths of hell. And the new place old, built on the ruins of a dissolved priory, was perfect for her. Absolutely right. Until the first night. A presence in the room, … Continue reading →

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CCC85: A Coded Message

Posted on June 25, 2020 by crispina kemp

So long he’d been gone I thought him never to return And if he did, surely my father would tell him to go Send him away before I ever knew I had to devise some means A coded message A … Continue reading →

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CCC#83: Hot Chocolate

Posted on June 11, 2020 by crispina kemp

What’s that Hot Chocolate got what we ain’t got? Look at him, just look at him, hanging out there for the first bite of the apple. Always the same. Never gives us others a chance. Hogs every visitor – especially … Continue reading →

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Under Cover

Posted on June 4, 2020 by crispina kemp

Kevin bunched up the greasy chip paper, wound down the car window and threw the vinegar-reeking ball into the bushes. “Er, Sarge, what’d you do that for?” “Because, PCW Sharon Toussel, we don’t like our Panda’s smelling of last night’s … Continue reading →

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