Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

I’m No Fool

Posted on November 5, 2022 by crispina kemp

I am no fool But make it a rule On Saturday morn Get this prompt done 16 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Rule

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CCC208: You’d Best Be Brave

Posted on November 3, 2022 by crispina kemp

If you go down to the woods today You’d best take a spear and a shield You’d best be brave for there you’ll find A bestial beast who’ll refuse to yield Fire it breathes And its back is plated with … Continue reading →

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CCC207: In Tractor Hell

Posted on October 27, 2022 by crispina kemp

My love is gone Where can he be? He’s not in the barn where he used to be Nor yet in the fields, that I can see He’d been coughing and choking Not sounding well I do hope he’s not … Continue reading →

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Because Love Isn’t Black and White

Posted on October 23, 2022 by crispina kemp

You cannot know day without the night Without the dark you cannot know light You cannot know warmth without the cold Without the shy you can’t know the bold Without the below you can’t have above But without its opposite … Continue reading →

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CCC206: Poor Polly No-Drawers

Posted on October 20, 2022 by crispina kemp

Poor Polly No-Drawers couldn’t keep a thread on Every cloth, large or small, she’d shed Her coat Her jacket Her dress Her shoes Her socks Her vest And yes, even her drawers We found her hat on a signpost and … Continue reading →

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These Wicked Cramps

Posted on October 15, 2022 by crispina kemp

Wicked cramps are gripping my legs Grampa says it’s because I lack magnesium And that’s why the accompanying restless jifling But that doesn’t answer this raging thirst Nor yet the intermittent vomiting Grandma says to dispose of that Not to … Continue reading →

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Indominable Spirits

Posted on October 8, 2022 by crispina kemp

OMG! Halloween! Trick and Treat! You should see the kids in our street Their costumes aglow Gothic and ragged The local dogs hide The cats go scat For these indominable spirits Are truly running amok 35 words written for Sammi’s … Continue reading →

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Dancing Naked in the Rain

Posted on October 1, 2022 by crispina kemp

It’s an image unforgettable Of an action non-regrettable I would do it again Given the chance And the pouring rain In which to dance Adding to the taste of romance Cheek to cheek Breast to chest Thigh to thigh Public … Continue reading →

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CCC203: In Memory of General Henstead

Posted on September 29, 2022 by crispina kemp

In honour of the hero of the Hundred Wars General Henstead Courageous, fearless Nerves of steel Reputed heartless

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Maniacal

Posted on September 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

It really isn’t viable To write a rhyme recognisable But you know me It mightn’t be doable But it’s got to be triable No, don’t laugh This really isn’t risible If only the target could be divisible Forty-one words, I’m … Continue reading →

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