Tag Archives: Poem

CCC028: My Place To Sit

Posted on April 3, 2025 by crispina kemp

It was my place to sit Every day, even if the rain did spit Sit and ponder And maybe wonder What happened to those weary years When you’d sit with me Yakking and buzzing like a busy bee Never quiet, … Continue reading →

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What Jollification

Posted on March 29, 2025 by crispina kemp

What delights What jollification The day that good sense Was restored to the nation Street parties erupted in every residential street Tables swathed with sugary sweets Flavoursome foods produced in a flash And such good behaviour, no piling of trash … Continue reading →

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CCC026: Jiggity Jig

Posted on March 20, 2025 by crispina kemp

Wally went alone His brothers preferring to stay at home Laziness bred deep in the bone Greed increasing, never satisfied Waistlines lost, hope that gratified Meanwhile with a jiggity jig and a jiggity jog Wally wheeled his barrow to town

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CCC025: Alien-Nation

Posted on March 13, 2025 by crispina kemp

The swamp, it is a lonely place Inhabited only by an alien race Not human, that’s for sure Lay eggs that look like squishy burrs Then stick them on a human tree Like lice in hair, like pussy-fleas And so … Continue reading →

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A Song For Didz

Posted on March 8, 2025 by crispina kemp

That girl of mine Drove me crazy First up in the clouds Then down in the pits Never gave me a definite answer But now she has a diagnosis Now she’s positive And decisive Now she’s got the meds 39 … Continue reading →

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CCC023: The Last of the Winter Rime

Posted on February 27, 2025 by crispina kemp

Spring was waiting on the doorstep This was the last chance While other creatures slept To dance around the countryside So over the hills he skipped And o’er the blackberry’s ruby leaves It was over the thatches And a whisper … Continue reading →

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CCC022: Aw Shucks!

Posted on February 20, 2025 by crispina kemp

Me and Timmy, devil-dare bro Off on a cycling-camping tour we go Comes to these ruins, like, on a hill Look good to us, perfect, brill Locals in pub purse lips and tut On about some scary black dog known … Continue reading →

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Coincidence?

Posted on February 15, 2025 by crispina kemp

Coincidence Or as Jung might have said Synchronicity Because right at this moment— not at this actual moment because at this very moment I’m typing but before, and after that—I’m reading— and that’s what I meant by synchronicity, or coincidence, … Continue reading →

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CCC020: Bid Me Well, Made Me Swell

Posted on February 6, 2025 by crispina kemp

My father is a trader-man That’s how I met my Danish Dan Came a-calling with exotic goods With Eastern silks, gold and stiff black hoods He bid me well Then made me swell And I say he has to wed … Continue reading →

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CCC019: If Only She’d Been Bolder

Posted on January 30, 2025 by crispina kemp

Goosy Gerty didn’t know why Whenever Suzie Swan passed by She felt excessively shy That’s why she always held back Peering over the other’s shoulder And thus she invariably missed the snack If only she’d been bolder…  

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