Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

CCC11: Naked and Blue

Posted on January 24, 2019 by crispina kemp

The Norfolk sheep Her coat doth keep All the winter through For if cut slick And to the quick Naked, she turns blue.

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Tell Me a Story Challenge: Grandma’s Birthday

Posted on January 22, 2019 by crispina kemp

Dale, at A DelectableLife tagged me as a link in a photo-prompt chain. And what the jig, maybe I can’t resist the challenge. So here’s the photo she gave me. And below is my ‘inspired’ story … What a day to … Continue reading →

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CCC10: Bread for My Dickie

Posted on January 17, 2019 by crispina kemp

Up the hill, set to the side, Is a camp, a gypsy camp. To there this morning I dare To take my Dickie fresh baked bread To show my love that I care. Just after I took this photo I … Continue reading →

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CCC9: The Sweeping Tide

Posted on January 10, 2019 by crispina kemp

The sweeping tide’s high Sand and stone beneath the sky The shrinking beach lies

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Crimson’s Christmas Haiku

Posted on December 24, 2018 by crispina kemp

Christmas star rising Western cults unobliging Cash registers ring With a wish for Christmas Peace to you all.

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My Solstice Wish

Posted on December 21, 2018 by crispina kemp

A wish for stillness … To travel inwards … To hold to goodness … Embrace with love This, with Season’s Greetings, I wish to those who follow this blog, with special affection for those who have helped me so much this year. No … Continue reading →

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Tangerine Dreams and Apricot Kisses CCC6

Posted on December 20, 2018 by crispina kemp

An hour before sunset on a hot August day mists rise, hints of tangerine, apricot kisses still waters beneath, spread in negative echoes a leaden flow into mercury pools. Written for Crimson’s Creative Challenge #6

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Ode To A Gnat

Posted on July 8, 2018 by crispina kemp

  O you assailant of non-Euclidean flight! Why must you always wait for night? Why won’t you attack when the sun is bright? O vampiric smidgeon of the night.   First posted in 2015: reposted in aftermath of massive gnat … Continue reading →

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Ring around … with Roses

Posted on June 30, 2018 by crispina kemp

Ringed around with roses With tissues wiping noses Plague has brought the sneezes Bubonic, black, with wheezes Eastern rats we hold to blame Held in ships awash with shame Fleas that carried, heat restricted Came with cold, released, inflicted Swelling … Continue reading →

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Broken

Posted on June 17, 2018 by crispina kemp

A poem reposted from 2015 A broken house and a broken life Of a broken man with a long-lost wife The springs of bed and sofa’ve sprung The stair-rods all are fitted wrong Around the table chairs are chipt The … Continue reading →

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