Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

On This Once-In-A-Year Day

Posted on February 14, 2026 by crispina kemp

Shops brim with roses Not a scent to them Designed for the eye, not for noses Men of all ages crowd around With panicked hope bound For this special once-in-a-year day His chance to say She means a lot A … Continue reading →

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CCC073: Sitting Alone On An Empty Shore

Posted on February 12, 2026 by crispina kemp

Look at her, sitting alone on the empty shore Don’t you feel the tug of her too Calling to your hidden fears Doesn’t she hug you, too Crazy Lady, you say To which I respond with a hefty, Hey, But … Continue reading →

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Drats And Double-Drats

Posted on February 7, 2026 by crispina kemp

Waking from sleep Restorative deep Nothing’s pressing Another two hours In bed I’m guessing Wake, grumpy for food Remember Sammi Double-drats Now in a grumpier mood 26 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Mood

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CCC072: The Harper’s Path

Posted on February 5, 2026 by crispina kemp

The path wasn’t marked on any map Twas a path that few living knew A path that began in one world To take the seeker to another Twas a path not lightly trodden The path she had taken Betrayed, forgotten … Continue reading →

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Ode to 3iAtlas

Posted on January 31, 2026 by crispina kemp

Another day of dismal grey Nothing other since that fateful day When that intergalactic object made its flyby Drew our sun’s plasmic teeth Blasted Earth’s unprotected fragile feet Volcanic eruptions Seismic quakes Climate screwed all to hell More mournful than … Continue reading →

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That Deceitful Demon

Posted on January 24, 2026 by crispina kemp

I resent the day that I met her That demon who wrapped me and weighted me with a fetter And, oh my god, how willingly I let her When she said try this on It’ll make you feel better She … Continue reading →

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CCC070: I Told Her

Posted on January 22, 2026 by crispina kemp

I told her she ought to eat more I told her that dieting rubbish would do her no good I told her Now look at her Not a scrap of meat, just a bag of bones I tell you, it’ll … Continue reading →

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A Rhythm With Clear Intent

Posted on January 17, 2026 by crispina kemp

Erspne threw and Detah caught It wrenched her wrist, so awkward that Not large, not small Could have been Haldalda’s cook pot Except those holes beneath its rim There to secure the skin Around its belly two rows of triangles … Continue reading →

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CCC069: Blessed Is She

Posted on January 15, 2026 by crispina kemp

How blessed is she, our sun Who every day’s end must descend Into that Otherworld beneath our own To spend the night becharmed in her lover’s arms

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Just Look At Him

Posted on January 10, 2026 by crispina kemp

Free With unfettered feet Fancying himself king of the street So sweet 12 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Sweet

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