Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

Talking of Textiles

Posted on July 1, 2023 by crispina kemp

Place three items in a line Be they flowers or glasses of wine Now move the middle one up Though to move it down is equally fine There you have made a simple trine Mirror-flip and re-align Play a while … Continue reading →

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CCC242: Careful Now, Don’t Move, You’ll Fall

Posted on June 29, 2023 by crispina kemp

Hush, Little One, and ignore that blaze I’ll take you to another place I’ll give to you a different face I’ll turn your worries into lace Hush, Little One, and take my hand Let me lead you to another land … Continue reading →

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CCC241: Expert Ease of the Instant Meal

Posted on June 22, 2023 by crispina kemp

Ardea Cinerea, a long-legged bird Easily hidden in reeds, not often heard Less a hunter, not even a baiter More a waiter Oblivious of the pinching bill Fishes, frogs and slippery eels Offer themselves as an instant meal

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What A Bore

Posted on June 17, 2023 by crispina kemp

Saturday morning What a bore Dust Vacuum Mop the floor Wipe ceramics These are a must No writing No tweeting No posting on blogs No wistfully glancing out to the garden No ambling stroll to take in the air No … Continue reading →

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CCC240: I Must Stop Reading Those Books

Posted on June 15, 2023 by crispina kemp

To sleep To dream To wake To this… What is it? Not there when I closed my eyes on this world Arrived As if from another place Another world? An alien construction? But when did it arrive? For how long … Continue reading →

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Since Doris Retired

Posted on June 10, 2023 by crispina kemp

Tired Doris slumped down on the sofa Coat still worn Shoes kicked off Tired Too tired even to yawn Yet she yawned the same Tired And she’d still the supper to cook Had she no microwave meals? She was too … Continue reading →

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CCC239: What Advice For Me?

Posted on June 8, 2023 by crispina kemp

Lonely tree Emerging from the mists of time to meet with me You are ancient while I am young Your years are numbered, mine just begun What advice for me, what can you say To help me face this life, … Continue reading →

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CCC238: Little Malcolm

Posted on June 1, 2023 by crispina kemp

Little Malcolm was a horror Something wrong inside his head His mother said The doctors gave him medications The psychiatrist suggested meditations But when Little Malcolm stole the lifebuoy Life marked the horrid boy as dead  

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CCC237: Hoop-la

Posted on May 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

Hoop-la Tyre off a car Spinning in air Landing far. Bend in road Misbalanced load I should have read Highway code.

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Professor Papaver

Posted on May 20, 2023 by crispina kemp

Professor Papaver said, “In general The seeds of annuals are plentiful.” We agreed, in principle It is a theory observable Actual and factual Not simply conjectural. Objections, though, were several, This, his latest paper The seeds of plants classified as … Continue reading →

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