Tag Archives: Poem

Message Me

Posted on March 25, 2023 by crispina kemp

Royal Mail Air-Mail Snail-Mail E-mail Changes seen Since those long-ago days Of pen-pals Worldwide. Now my pen’s put away Used only for cards At Christmas For weddings And birthdays Replaced by DMs And tweets Less to say. 37 words written … Continue reading →

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Beam Me Aboard

Posted on March 19, 2023 by crispina kemp

Remember the days When boldly we’d go Where none before us had ventured With Kirk to captain us And Spock as First Officer With Chief Med – now what was his name? McCoy, that’s right, the real one! And Scotty … Continue reading →

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CCC227: In a Land Beloved by Bears

Posted on March 16, 2023 by crispina kemp

There is a land that’s far away And in that land my true love stays Sequestered amongst the endless hills Hidden from the working ills Might that rainbow take me there To that land beloved by bears?

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What a View

Posted on March 11, 2023 by crispina kemp

It’s knee trembling Leg wobbling Spine shaking Skin sweating Mind numbing Terrifying… Yet breath-taking 14 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Breath-taking

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Green Grows the Leaves of Spring

Posted on March 4, 2023 by crispina kemp

She had grown Oh my, how she’d grown But up, not out or down I feared she’d never now fit in her gown A new outfit for her A dress all in shades of green The most beautiful dapple ever … Continue reading →

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CCC225: On Matters of Divorce

Posted on March 2, 2023 by crispina kemp

Mary at the churchyard gate Watching the sun, cos he is late Said he’d marry her at noon But she’ll divorce him if he’s not here soon  

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CCC222: Happy Moving Day

Posted on February 9, 2023 by crispina kemp

Micky the Robo-Crab Grown too big for his shell Beseeched the ship’s carpenter to craft him a fitted crib Oh happy Micky Robo-Crab Into his new shell he crept

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I Blame That Op

Posted on January 28, 2023 by crispina kemp

The world can go spin The neighbours make whatever their din The vicar commit his endless sin Cos I’m telling you, Jimmy That full frontal lobotomy Was the very end of me Until that op I didn’t have this apathy … Continue reading →

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The Wizard from the Bosphorus

Posted on January 7, 2023 by crispina kemp

He was a Turk, a wizard from the Bosphorus His spells, we all agreed, sounded totally monotonous Ponderous, not at all sonorous In a tongue that was to us quite barbarous But alas—alas!—he’d spotted us It seemed the wizard wanted … Continue reading →

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No Blessed Time

Posted on December 24, 2022 by crispina kemp

It’s a well-known fact That Christmas festivities a family can wreck The sanctimony displayed by a spouse always right Brothers bickering over their patrimony into the night The acrimony of whose gifts are pricier Whose nieces and nephews behaved the … Continue reading →

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