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Beware the Red Caps

Posted on September 11, 2021 by crispina kemp

Just you be on your guard Don’t let your eyes be fooled and starred Mind their every toss and shard They’ll git you when you least expect it Hold you up, turn you around Rummage through your shiny weskit* You … Continue reading →

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Bad News

Posted on September 6, 2021 by crispina kemp

What use a newspaper when the news is grim Better to burn it, make the day less dim Been like this now for years Headlines grimmer than a soul can bear Come on, reporters, you can do better than this … Continue reading →

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CCC147: Pale Moon Lady

Posted on September 2, 2021 by crispina kemp

Pale Moon Lady at the gate You are early, I am not late I refuse your proffered charms Refuse to slip into your arms See, I’m happy; see, I thrive Days are numbered; I’m alive Be gone, don’t haunt me, … Continue reading →

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CCC144: A Soul of Old

Posted on August 12, 2021 by crispina kemp

Beyond the fence of sticks and stone That fence me round There is a field of gold Within this body of flesh and bone That hold me strong There is a soul of old

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A Plan Too Clever

Posted on August 7, 2021 by crispina kemp

I ought to be miffed I ought to be tossed I ought to be angry, all at a loss Cos what had he done? He’d sneaked a peep at my final plan Of which he’d never been much of a … Continue reading →

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CCC143: Suzie Trotter

Posted on August 5, 2021 by crispina kemp

Suzie Trotter trotted out She told her friends “to have a snout” Gotta be something beyond this wall This pokey city couldn’t be all She trotted fast to be away To be caught would ruin her day And lo! And … Continue reading →

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Midnight at the Oasis

Posted on August 2, 2021 by crispina kemp

It wasn’t yet that magical hour The hour that they’d agreed to meet Stars blinked in and out of existence The moon swelled to full and cut to half She waited in hot anticipation For tonight’s… midnight at the oasis. … Continue reading →

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CCC142: Rooted

Posted on July 29, 2021 by crispina kemp

The tree didn’t want to be thereAlone in that fieldNo kindred in viewNo one to chat withBut there the tree wasRoots dug in deepAnd there those rootsThat tree would keep

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Vivid in ’89

Posted on July 26, 2021 by crispina kemp

Vivid in ‘89That’s a memory that makes a good lineAnd it was a good lineA vivid timeWhen I was yoursAnd you were mineWhen passion ruledAnd we ignored the clock’s chime Ask not for whom the bell tolls Vivid the memory … Continue reading →

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CCC139: Another Land

Posted on July 8, 2021 by crispina kemp

Come with me, come take my handI’ll take you to another land.In doubt I shook my headAnd yet agreed as he had saidLed down an avenue of treesFlowers fragrant on the breezeUntil he stopped and drew me closeMy heart then … Continue reading →

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