Tag Archives: Poem

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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CCC042: Humins Of A Feather

Posted on July 10, 2025 by crispina kemp

Two old crows sitting on a gate Cawing about those peculiar furless primates And have you heard them talk about us? Aye, a murder, they call us As if they’re so peaceable Aye, humins of a feather, that’s what I … Continue reading →

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Afraid to Smile

Posted on June 28, 2025 by crispina kemp

Wonky teeth, afraid to smile, teenage face an utter disgrace Sweating otherworld monster dentist arrived in all haste Impressions taken, device fitted: an orthodontic brace 25 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Brace

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CCC040: Asleep Beneath That Lake

Posted on June 26, 2025 by crispina kemp

When Bedivere dripped the juice between my lips I’d not the strength to swallow I called on Kay to ease its way Now sleep must follow Sleep arrives and my world takes flight As across the lake, a weirdling sight … 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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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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