Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

CCC023: The Last of the Winter Rime

Posted on February 27, 2025 by crispina kemp

Spring was waiting on the doorstep This was the last chance While other creatures slept To dance around the countryside So over the hills he skipped And o’er the blackberry’s ruby leaves It was over the thatches And a whisper … Continue reading →

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged , , , | 17 Comments

Lost and Found, My Silver Ring

Posted on February 22, 2025 by crispina kemp

I lost my silver ring Everywhere I looked Couldn’t find the thing Looked in the outbuilding The so-called ‘barn-ish’ Where Mum used to send Pops To tart up his carving With varnish Nah, it wasn’t there So I stopped looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Mostly Micro, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged , | 10 Comments

CCC022: Aw Shucks!

Posted on February 20, 2025 by crispina kemp

Me and Timmy, devil-dare bro Off on a cycling-camping tour we go Comes to these ruins, like, on a hill Look good to us, perfect, brill Locals in pub purse lips and tut On about some scary black dog known … Continue reading →

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged , , , | 26 Comments

Coincidence?

Posted on February 15, 2025 by crispina kemp

Coincidence Or as Jung might have said Synchronicity Because right at this moment— not at this actual moment because at this very moment I’m typing but before, and after that—I’m reading— and that’s what I meant by synchronicity, or coincidence, … Continue reading →

Posted in Poems (Some Silly), Thoughts | Tagged , , | 8 Comments

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 →

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | 14 Comments

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 →

Posted in Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged , | 10 Comments

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 →

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged , , | 18 Comments

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 →

Posted in Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged , | 25 Comments

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…  

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged , , | 20 Comments

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 →

Posted in Crimson's Creative Challenge, Photos, Poems (Some Silly) | Tagged , , , | 15 Comments