Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

CCC049: That Time of Year

Posted on August 28, 2025 by crispina kemp

I can tell by the place of the rising sun Those greedy, sticky-fingered pickers will soon be around Now’s when me and my sisters increase our spinning To protect Nature’s harvest, though it’s freely given Aye, but not for those … Continue reading →

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Come Rain or Shine

Posted on August 23, 2025 by crispina kemp

First thought Cow parsley Hemlock and hogweed Then felt a raindrop Yet best umbrella’s at the beach According us shade from the glaring sun 24 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Umbrella

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Don’t Pick These Flowers

Posted on August 21, 2025 by crispina kemp

Do not pick these flowers! Yet, foolish human, look what she does Doesn’t she know what will follow The torrential downpouring heavy showers Heavens cracking, splitting, renting Thunder clapping, tight clouds snapping Sparks shocking, tearing down to earth Such destruction … Continue reading →

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This Ancient Xylophone

Posted on August 9, 2025 by crispina kemp

Inrushing storm waves run to shore Turning and tossing Tumbling, raking, rearranging No melody played on these ancient stones Chinking and chiming Never quite rhyming Yet assuredly playing A sibilant symphony On this old xylophone 35 words written for Sammi’s … Continue reading →

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CCC046: The Bishop and the Carrot

Posted on August 7, 2025 by crispina kemp

What had he done to bring this curse on One moment a red-coped bishop Leading a procession through a field ready to crop The next, brought low with a beetling brow A carrot in the soil beneath him rooting deep … Continue reading →

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Gilly’s Meeting

Posted on August 2, 2025 by crispina kemp

Gilly Goose, jarred off at how the hikers heedlessly hefted chunks of bread That sometimes struck an unwary head… Ducks might duck Swans swim away But Gilly and her sisters preferred to stay… Called a meeting Every kind of duck, … Continue reading →

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CCC045: That’s Dead Slow

Posted on July 30, 2025 by crispina kemp

Context is everything Believe me 6mph, my crow-friend croaks 6mph, that’s a joke 6mph, what, cos their wings are broke? 6mph, I can fly faster But that sign is for humans in charge of Broads’ cruisers Because 6mph is all … Continue reading →

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Like Cardinals Gathering

Posted on July 27, 2025 by crispina kemp

The day dawns warm But depressing guy with the weather Says rain maybe later Am I being pinned by that? I’ll take a mack I’ll not stay home Cinderella with a broom I have to get out, go feed my … Continue reading →

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CCC044: Lost in a Time Warp

Posted on July 24, 2025 by crispina kemp

The hare stopped at the gate Looked at his watch Declared he was late Truth For he’d been expected two centuries back Back before this house was built And the garden laid When this gentle place still held his nest … Continue reading →

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Curse Those Clouds

Posted on July 19, 2025 by crispina kemp

It isn’t a large lagoon It’s not always there Sometimes the shingle slips and fills its basin Sometimes the tide lets rip To shuffle the stones in its spiralling turbulence This morning I grin to see it Expecting the rising … Continue reading →

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