Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

Whatever a Dipsy-Doodle

Posted on October 3, 2021 by crispina kemp

Kitty Caboodle lived a life that was brutally frugal Fasting five days out of every septuple And on those two days when she’d eat She forsook her favourite apple strudel To feast like a Chinese monk on air-dried noodles (with … Continue reading →

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CCC151: Spirit of the Wood

Posted on September 30, 2021 by crispina kemp

For the fertility of the land It’s me you thank Me and my five-fingered band We come at Good Mary all in a rush Her plain to plough, her lips, her brush I am the spirit of the wood Some … Continue reading →

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I Packed My Bag

Posted on September 25, 2021 by crispina kemp

I packed my carrier bag So called for being easily portable And in it I put My Neolithic flint core My Bronze Age Beaker pot My third century Roman toiletries My sixth century stockings My eleventh century book My fourteenth … Continue reading →

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CCC150: Gardener Jack

Posted on September 23, 2021 by crispina kemp

Gardener Jack loved his garden Started here in 1934 But Gardener Jack is no more Yet they took his ashes And scattered them here Now the veg grow bigger And greener And taller Year by year

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This Old Heart

Posted on September 19, 2021 by crispina kemp

This old heart is not so fit It needs repair Though nothing now will make it tick As it did in former years It has been tormented Has been teased Has sought repose A chance to beat alone and so … Continue reading →

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Beware the Red Caps

Posted on September 11, 2021 by crispina kemp

Just you be on your guard Don’t let your eyes be fooled and starred Mind their every toss and shard They’ll git you when you least expect it Hold you up, turn you around Rummage through your shiny weskit* You … Continue reading →

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Bad News

Posted on September 6, 2021 by crispina kemp

What use a newspaper when the news is grim Better to burn it, make the day less dim Been like this now for years Headlines grimmer than a soul can bear Come on, reporters, you can do better than this … Continue reading →

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CCC147: Pale Moon Lady

Posted on September 2, 2021 by crispina kemp

Pale Moon Lady at the gate You are early, I am not late I refuse your proffered charms Refuse to slip into your arms See, I’m happy; see, I thrive Days are numbered; I’m alive Be gone, don’t haunt me, … Continue reading →

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Slam the Man

Posted on August 30, 2021 by crispina kemp

It was easy to take stock To list the qualities The abilities The attained training The experience To lay my plans I would not be taken for a fool again I would marshal my weapons And SLAM the man! 39 … Continue reading →

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The Alpha Male

Posted on August 23, 2021 by crispina kemp

My man is resourceful He’s intelligent, tenacious – he stays the course, has a PhD He’s imaginative, the creator of hot plots that feature me His body’s robust, well-formed with thighs that are solid Respected, respectable, nothing about him squalid … Continue reading →

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