Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

CCC19: The Hill is Steep

Posted on March 21, 2019 by crispina kemp

The way is steep, the day is hot A foot-weary slog to reach the top I check my watch, what do I see? Oh. it’s 12 o’clock! Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #19

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I’ll Give It a Miss

Posted on March 19, 2019 by crispina kemp

Oh Sammi, Sammi, Sammi dear What a project set I’ve thought and thought and thought and thought But I’ve had no inspiration yet The solstices, they’re no problem Summer and winter too For those I’ll easily whip up a rhyme … Continue reading →

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Twice Daily Covered

Posted on March 12, 2019 by crispina kemp

Sand-coated sea-stones, reds and blacks Masquerading tumbled green glass White and coloured quartz that glisten Jet and precious amber microscopic dust Cockles, lugworms, winkles, driftwood Starfish, crabs and mermaids’ purses Blackened groynes grown thick with limpets Castles, buckets, spades abandoned … Continue reading →

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Mother Goose

Posted on March 5, 2019 by crispina kemp

I watched your first paddle in water; I kept you safe from harm, for I am the Mother Goose, in devotion, cackling loud in alarm Composed in response to Sammi’s Weekend Prompt: Devotion in 25 words.

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Damp-Erased

Posted on February 26, 2019 by crispina kemp

Walking the beach, Washed within reach, A message in a bottle. Not indelibly inked; Damp-erased, Writing now indistinct. Written for Sammi’s Weekend Prompt

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What Pegman Saw: O Gaia

Posted on February 25, 2019 by crispina kemp

O Gaia, O Goddess, Giant amongst Titans, Mother of gods whose very height frightens Forgive us. Forgive our trespass upon your flanks; Forgive our rubbish left at our camps Forgive our bodies, dead in their quest; Forgive the spikes driven … Continue reading →

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CCC15: Mortality

Posted on February 21, 2019 by crispina kemp

Flower. Annual. Faded. Flagging. Head-hanging. Dying Reminder of our mortality. Helianthus Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #15 I’d like to thank The Haunted Wordsmith for introducing me to this form: the Didactic Cinquain

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CCC14: Road to Nowhere

Posted on February 14, 2019 by crispina kemp

Remember the road: The road to nowhere; Nowhere, where I go to dream; Dream of better days, a better year: A year that brings you home to me, To me from out of nowhere Written from Crimson’s Creative Challenge #14

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Distant Horizons

Posted on February 12, 2019 by crispina kemp

Distant horizons call to me. Beyond the land, Beyond the sea, Beyond the clouds And the day-bright sky, Distant horizons call to me. Star-bright horizons call to me. Beyond the local galaxies, Beyond Gamma, Iota and Beta Cephei, And Polaris—Alpha … Continue reading →

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Winter Fog

Posted on February 1, 2019 by crispina kemp

I cannot see, the world turned white A fog descended in the night Which frost’s cold fingers sealed in place Where’s the sun, its pleasant face? Lost behind it. O, Sun, please push a way through it Disperse it, dispel … Continue reading →

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