Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

CCC021: It’s All In The Head

Posted on February 13, 2025 by crispina kemp

Dad’s imagination Overworking Came home in a rush From his regular walking Aliens! he gushed Aliens up by the golf course! Yea, sure, Dad, of course, of course And here comes King Arthur On his white horse To plug your … Continue reading →

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Hogwash

Posted on February 8, 2025 by crispina kemp

I’m not superstitious Don’t believe those tales of the old folk To my mind, it’s all a joke No traveller ever turned into a toad Croaking along the road Hogwash Crazy spooks 32 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: … Continue reading →

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CCC020: Bid Me Well, Made Me Swell

Posted on February 6, 2025 by crispina kemp

My father is a trader-man That’s how I met my Danish Dan Came a-calling with exotic goods With Eastern silks, gold and stiff black hoods He bid me well Then made me swell And I say he has to wed … Continue reading →

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Just Cos It’s Been Raining

Posted on February 1, 2025 by crispina kemp

With all this rain On fertile clay that, oops, doesn’t drain We need our galoshes As our feet slip and sloshes Through mud that adheres to the soles of our shoes Raising our height by at least six inches Careful … Continue reading →

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CCC019: If Only She’d Been Bolder

Posted on January 30, 2025 by crispina kemp

Goosy Gerty didn’t know why Whenever Suzie Swan passed by She felt excessively shy That’s why she always held back Peering over the other’s shoulder And thus she invariably missed the snack If only she’d been bolder…  

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CCC018: A Viking For To Go

Posted on January 23, 2025 by crispina kemp

He selected his toughest gear Packed into his chest, some to wear His chest upon his shoulder slung Then down that hillside to the staithe he run The ship was waiting Slipping ropes Soon departing When with a nimble-footed leap … Continue reading →

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Pump Up The Volume

Posted on January 18, 2025 by crispina kemp

You’ve got to keep fit if you want to grow old Least, that’s what we’re told And off we hurry to the gym, their pricey memberships to be sold But hold a moment if you will Maybe working out is … Continue reading →

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CCC017: A Most Mournful Tune

Posted on January 16, 2025 by crispina kemp

I wandered lonely through the dunes With memories of my lost true love Threading and twining And bringing me down Until a shell I found Pretty, teasing my fingers Tempting me to lift, to listen and linger And there it … Continue reading →

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Me? No, You Can’t Mean Me

Posted on January 11, 2025 by crispina kemp

That word doesn’t belong to me. It’s like I dropped it somewhere in childhood in the snow and when the snow melted that word ran away with it. Down the drain it went, never to return. Wouldn’t you say that’s … Continue reading →

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On a Winter’s Morn

Posted on January 9, 2025 by crispina kemp

Jack Frost And his wife Dancing across our meadows and our lanes Freezing up the puddles Decorating brimming drains Challenged the Frost Giants to a fight The Frost Giants breathed and huffed and sighed The world turned white Just look … Continue reading →

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