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Just Cos It’s Been Raining

Posted on February 1, 2025 by crispina kemp

With all this rain On fertile clay that, oops, doesn’t drain We need our galoshes As our feet slip and sloshes Through mud that adheres to the soles of our shoes Raising our height by at least six inches Careful … Continue reading →

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Pump Up The Volume

Posted on January 18, 2025 by crispina kemp

You’ve got to keep fit if you want to grow old Least, that’s what we’re told And off we hurry to the gym, their pricey memberships to be sold But hold a moment if you will Maybe working out is … Continue reading →

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Me? No, You Can’t Mean Me

Posted on January 11, 2025 by crispina kemp

That word doesn’t belong to me. It’s like I dropped it somewhere in childhood in the snow and when the snow melted that word ran away with it. Down the drain it went, never to return. Wouldn’t you say that’s … Continue reading →

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On a Winter’s Morn

Posted on January 9, 2025 by crispina kemp

Jack Frost And his wife Dancing across our meadows and our lanes Freezing up the puddles Decorating brimming drains Challenged the Frost Giants to a fight The Frost Giants breathed and huffed and sighed The world turned white Just look … Continue reading →

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Out of the Clouds

Posted on January 4, 2025 by crispina kemp

From out of the clouds Like a tsunami it surged Our land and people to submerge In one eternal purge Life and death in that moment to merge 28 words written for Sammi’s Weekend Writing Prompt: Merge

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Fenced Around, It’s Absurd

Posted on December 28, 2024 by crispina kemp

Fenced around with uncommon words To use in exactly forty, that’s absurd Yet Sammi grants us grace Gives us a little manoeuvring space We don’t have to use the same part of speech Good, cos beleaguer is beyond my reach … Continue reading →

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Daughter of Dawn

Posted on December 21, 2024 by crispina kemp

Dame of the Solstice, rise from your coffin Fill me with light though cold winter begins Daughter of Dawn, your bright light inspires me Though you scowl in the winter, you smile in the spring Mistress of Day, you light … Continue reading →

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This Time of Year

Posted on December 21, 2024 by crispina kemp

What an apt word for this time of year Whether we celebrate the Solstice Or Christmas Festival of Lights Or New Year’s Day Times when faced with the new Beginning, Reset, Hope We think back across the months to all … Continue reading →

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Oh Do Stop The Verbal Abuse

Posted on December 14, 2024 by crispina kemp

I mustn’t be late I mustn’t be late I chant as I wait And wait Where’s that bus Causing all this fuss Why today of all the days For there to be a delay I need the bus to get … Continue reading →

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CCC012: Twas A Cold Cold Morning

Posted on December 12, 2024 by crispina kemp

Milly Mouse Poked her head out of her house The wind was blowing mightily A hard frost freezing frightfully So back to bed she went To drowse, delightedly And I can testify to the strength of wind and depth of … Continue reading →

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