Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

Like Siblings

Posted on November 15, 2025 by crispina kemp

Like siblings they share a name Like siblings they’re not the same Like siblings one’s older And perforce the other is younger The elder throughout the lengthy years Has produced a magnificent magnum opus to enchant listening ears The younger, … Continue reading →

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CCC060: The Cobbler’s Gold

Posted on November 13, 2025 by crispina kemp

Beneath the tree a squat cottage grew As if out of the earth A native dwelling for a native man The man had the look of one grown out of that soil Short and gnarly Like a beech tree’s roots … Continue reading →

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CCC059: Beneath the Muddy Mirey Leaves

Posted on November 6, 2025 by crispina kemp

In the dank heart of a dark forest Where the oaks, the pines and the beeches can’t reach There sodden puddles gather together until, brimming, they flow Though that flow is glacially slow Beneath the muddy mirey mass of leaves … Continue reading →

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Seeded in Jutland, Rooted in Norfolk

Posted on November 1, 2025 by crispina kemp

I’m getting on a bit, I admit No, don’t protest, I know my birth year Seen it written in the hand of the registrar My point… before I digress my way to the grave Is that I don’t understand all … Continue reading →

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CCC058: The Woodworm’s Defence

Posted on October 30, 2025 by crispina kemp

Tree? What tree? No, man, that wasn’t me Look, have I teeth? Have I claws? Have I horns? How then could I gnaw? No, wasn’t me.  

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He Loves You

Posted on October 25, 2025 by crispina kemp

He loves you Wants the benefits Can’t commit Till, too late, she says, I’m off, bye! Sad Bachelor Boy 19 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Bachelor

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CCC057: Gavin and Baz

Posted on October 23, 2025 by crispina kemp

That Gavin, he needn’t think he’s got the better of me So yea, I weakened when he squawked and harried me I moved away and allowed him the flag post And I admit I  gave way again when he squawked … Continue reading →

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Autumn’s Here

Posted on October 18, 2025 by crispina kemp

Autumn’s here, winter’s near Trees hold leafless arms To a sun that’s disappeared Warmth is failing Earth is ailing Yet next year Life again will reappear The clouds draw near No longer offering respite from glare Like duvets of pillowy … Continue reading →

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CCC056: Friday 13th

Posted on October 16, 2025 by crispina kemp

Have I got the right date? Am I late? Then why am I alone at the gate? He said he’d meet me here No need for a fuss lest our families appear Oh where is my lover, God, tell me … Continue reading →

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Saint Edmund’s Coat

Posted on October 11, 2025 by crispina kemp

Sammi has set us a prickly one this week A word not in my vernacular vocabulary A word requiring access to Google Ingenious service which set my sight On our own Anglo-Saxon saint King Edmund, martyred defending England Who died … Continue reading →

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