Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

The Pancake Threaders Song

Posted on August 13, 2019 by crispina kemp

Heel and toe, heel and toe, it’s over the tallow-dripped boards we go Turn me around, hold me high, mind the pans, don’t want to fry Skip it and slip it and skim the next bit, twist it and twine … Continue reading →

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CCC39: Chains

Posted on August 8, 2019 by crispina kemp

Chains long in the making Chains not for the breaking Tie me to this, my waterside settlement Links forged by my kin Links forged in Anglin Held us while crossing Chased by the Flooding on storm-seas that were tossing Chains … Continue reading →

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Skedaddle

Posted on August 6, 2019 by crispina kemp

Incompatibility, Ignominy, Incongruity Jealousy, Rivalry, Malignity Hostility, Disloyalty, Ferocity Enmity, Asperity, Antipathy, Animosity Bad chemistry, Pugnacity, Unpopularity, Bellicosity Irascibility, Irritability, Implacability, Inimicality In other words, we don’t hit it off Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt

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What Pegman Saw: They Came to Trade

Posted on August 5, 2019 by crispina kemp

They came to trade, they stayed to rule, They came with strange weapons and their tools; They claimed the protection of their god And believed that we’d be overawed. They took our food, they took our land, They broke us, … Continue reading →

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CCC#38: I Thought I Saw

Posted on August 1, 2019 by crispina kemp

I thought I saw an elfin troop Their banners flying high Banging on their elfin drums Drubbing hearts that wandered by Off to fight an elfin battle All upon foot and none upon saddle Saw the fairy troop they met … Continue reading →

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CCC37: Pretty Lady

Posted on July 25, 2019 by crispina kemp

Pretty lady on the beach Pretty lady out of reach Hidden beneath the brolly, shaded Hidden, with her fake tan faded Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge

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CCC36: Part of the Wide Blue Sea

Posted on July 18, 2019 by crispina kemp

I heard my old home call to me From across the wide blue sea ‘Twas time for me to set sail again Across that wide blue sea I heard my fair lass call to me From across the wide blue … Continue reading →

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Pour Me a Guinness

Posted on July 16, 2019 by crispina kemp

Merry Christmas Pour me a Guinness What, are you leaving before you finish? You bet, there are limits. But I’m gutted, my heart you diminish What do you want me to do? Grimace? Wordcount 33 Written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing … Continue reading →

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Vagrant Whispers

Posted on July 12, 2019 by crispina kemp

The fourth poem accepted by Whispers and Echoes—Tattered Remnants—is published today. Tattered remnants of desiccated leaves … See Whispers and Echoes for the rest of the poem Tattered Remnants was written in 2003 and posted on crimsonprose in my first … Continue reading →

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Lost: My Mind

Posted on July 9, 2019 by crispina kemp

Down upon the woodland floor Amongst the toadstools thin and tall In wistful whispers for you, I call Seeking your invisible door Lost, my mind, in your enthral. I crawl and slither, worm and squirm Tear my hands on bloody … Continue reading →

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