Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

CCC222: Happy Moving Day

Micky the Robo-Crab Grown too big for his shell Beseeched the ship’s carpenter to craft him a fitted crib Oh happy Micky Robo-Crab Into his new shell he crept

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Listen to Me

Don’t speak to me of your spending-spree Nor your vacation by the sea Truth, my dear, I fail to see What reasons for your fanciful glee Overspent The bank’s not going to relent They’ll charge you double Their fees will … Continue reading

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CCC221: On Church Parade

Regimental colours On Church Parade Spirits flagging

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I Blame That Op

The world can go spin The neighbours make whatever their din The vicar commit his endless sin Cos I’m telling you, Jimmy That full frontal lobotomy Was the very end of me Until that op I didn’t have this apathy … Continue reading

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The Wizard from the Bosphorus

He was a Turk, a wizard from the Bosphorus His spells, we all agreed, sounded totally monotonous Ponderous, not at all sonorous In a tongue that was to us quite barbarous But alas—alas!—he’d spotted us It seemed the wizard wanted … Continue reading

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No Blessed Time

It’s a well-known fact That Christmas festivities a family can wreck The sanctimony displayed by a spouse always right Brothers bickering over their patrimony into the night The acrimony of whose gifts are pricier Whose nieces and nephews behaved the … Continue reading

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CCC215: Jack and His Sprites

I woke that morn Before the dawn And wondered at the world turned light What magic was this wrought overnight? The work of Jack and his Sprites!

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I Am The Spinner

I was the light when all was dark I was the air that fed the spark I danced a dozen reeling dances And drew a dozen stolen glances From a dozen star-made beasts At a dozen solar feasts I am … Continue reading

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CCC214: Hey-Ho!

Hey-ho, hey-ho Across that tree we go We’ve heard the bell’s brassy chime Telling us it’s now school time So put away that muddy ball And you be careful you don’t fall! Inspired by my father’s memory. There used to … Continue reading

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Beware the Teddy Bear

When goodbye you waved Deep into my heart you engraved A pain beyond compare With a message to beware Of fast-typing Teddy Bears 23 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Engrave

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