Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

A Universe Apart

Posted on February 22, 2021 by crispina kemp

Your eyes, though they’ve never seen me, draw me Your lips, though they’ve never tasted me, caress me Your arms, though the centuries pass, enfold me While your soul, never ending, calls to me Though our hearts beat a universe … Continue reading →

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CCC119: I Remember

Posted on February 18, 2021 by crispina kemp

I remember when you left us Cold and lonely on this shore No light nor gold within our life Gone from us forever more. And here and now you do return Head hung low, remorsefully Barely strength to greet the … Continue reading →

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A Heart Full of Love

Posted on February 15, 2021 by crispina kemp

A heart full of love The greatest joy That I possess 11 words, written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Possess

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CCC118: On Such a Lovely Warm Spring Day

Posted on February 11, 2021 by crispina kemp

Into the woods to play On such a lovely warm spring day. If at the Beech Tree I knock by three The Woodland Mother lets me sit on her knee; She’ll tell me tales of the woodland gnomes Who beneath … Continue reading →

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Nah, You’ve Gotta Be Kidding

Posted on February 1, 2021 by crispina kemp

It’s your confusing style Your ghost of a smile Your softly formed profile Not strong and agile But disturbingly juvenile It’s your decadent lifestyle A voluntary exile Lived on a fantasy isle Away from the rank and file You’re barely … Continue reading →

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A Party of Non-Celebration

Posted on January 25, 2021 by crispina kemp

It has become all the fashion To affine to a political faction Either you’ve got the passion Or you’re out of the action Myself, I can’t see the attraction Of this false elevation In claiming a party of non-celebration 39 … Continue reading →

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CCC115: Come With Me

Posted on January 21, 2021 by crispina kemp

Come with me down to the sea Through dunes’ eternal green Come share with me this one last dream Let us be as once we were Not torn apart by one cruel year Let’s join with the ebbing waves And … Continue reading →

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CCC113: The One

Posted on January 7, 2021 by crispina kemp

Beaming light A guide in the fog of night A beacon to beckon us home A call that’s heard from far and near A welcome we cannot fail to hear Regardless of the miles we roam Not built of brick … Continue reading →

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My Love for You

Posted on January 4, 2021 by crispina kemp

My love for you does not accrue interest at any astounding rate Indeed, since your farcical behaviour at last year’s carnival My interest in you is reduced to not even marginal 31 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Marginal

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Not Worth a Quid

Posted on December 22, 2020 by crispina kemp

The lazy squid wasn’t worth a quid Lazing, languid, amongst the prawns and langoustine Forming liaisons potentially clandestine The fisherman pulled the shrimps and the octopi out of his pot Not a good catch, wouldn’t fetch him a lot But … Continue reading →

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