Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

Tick Tock

Posted on February 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

Hearing the clock The slow tick-tock The minute-by-minute Move of the hands Inexorable, the slip of the sands Countdown to tragedy Oh woe, alas, what’s to become of me A noose awaits me on the morrow A noose that will … Continue reading →

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CCC224: Lost Without Bells

Posted on February 23, 2023 by crispina kemp

They’ve taken away my bells. But who to point my finger at Who to cast into ten depths of hell? And tell me How’s my beloved Esmeralda to seduce with her dancing Without the bells I used to ring?

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To My Would-Be Valentine

Posted on February 11, 2023 by crispina kemp

Oh would-be lover, I entreat No more of your rough-hewn poems without meat I tire of this naïve talk of the moon And how you swoon It’s altogether too jejune 30 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Jejune

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CCC222: Happy Moving Day

Posted on February 9, 2023 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on February 4, 2023 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on February 2, 2023 by crispina kemp

Regimental colours On Church Parade Spirits flagging

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I Blame That Op

Posted on January 28, 2023 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on January 7, 2023 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on December 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

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

Posted on December 22, 2022 by crispina kemp

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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