Category Archives: Poems (Some Silly)

I Bet He Thinks Me Just A Child

Posted on June 21, 2025 by crispina kemp

He lived next door to my best friend That school holiday I hoped would never end Many the reasons I found to visit Hoping he’d be at home that day But he worked, and worked away Wheat-white hair and ice-blue … Continue reading →

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Whispers and Echoes

Posted on June 20, 2025 by crispina kemp

Sammi asked for submissions for her online magazine, Whispers and Echoes So I submitted a poem and today she published it Thank you, Sammi 🙏🥰 Pandora’s Curse | Crispina Kemp

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CCC039: Nobody’s Asking

Posted on June 19, 2025 by crispina kemp

Jessie and Ethel grazing the grasses Cast longing looks at the people that passes Those folks only hear the looing and burping They don’t hear any sounds of the rear-end working Jessie and Ethel could tell them why The ingenious … Continue reading →

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Too Fierce That Heat

Posted on June 15, 2025 by crispina kemp

I was hurrying my fastest While the sun was shining its fiercest But my body was doing its utmost My efforts to resist I tripped I stumbled I fell And from amongst the grasses I heard Hobland’s church bell toll … Continue reading →

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CCC038: Big Brother Is Watching You

Posted on June 12, 2025 by crispina kemp

If you walk to the end of Southwold Pier You’ll see for yourself what George Orwell saw Yes, folks, Big Brother IS watching you This is 1984!  

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Men With Bags

Posted on June 7, 2025 by crispina kemp

This is a matter wrapped with delicacy That’s why I approach it with a certain hesitancy In the park are men with dogs and plastic bags Yet if asked to attend their own toddlers They have to be nagged 39 … Continue reading →

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CCC037: See!

Posted on June 5, 2025 by crispina kemp

Another photographer Why won’t they leave us alone They even watch and click While me and her on the nest are getting it on There ought to be laws To protect our privacy Well, I’m turning my back If I … Continue reading →

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Our Garden

Posted on May 31, 2025 by crispina kemp

At the bottom of our garden Is a piece of waste, triangular, a gore Hadn’t been tilled since the last war “If we move our fence, we could make that ours” My brother said, “Oh yes, lets” And thus was … Continue reading →

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That’s Ruined My Date

Posted on May 24, 2025 by crispina kemp

Dressed to the nines Picture perfect for a sexy beast Exactly right for a royal feast Pelting down the lane in the rain With slippers splashing in the puddles Mud splattering up to my middle And now I’m late for … Continue reading →

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CCC035: Dead Gnomes No More Will Grow

Posted on May 22, 2025 by crispina kemp

I sit upon this forest bank Hiding from my miss-played prank Yet how was I to know Dead gnomes no more will grow Even if we plant them in this fertile soil See, to make the dead to live again … Continue reading →

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