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Qwerty Love Story
Quietly watching, Eva romanticised. This youth, unshaven, insistent, optimistic. Possibilities! Arising sexual desire formed Grasped her Jubilantly kindling Love’s zany X-certificate variations brought new meaning. n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 18 prompt: Use the alphabet to write a poem. I went a bit Qwerty with this one. QWERTYUIOP / ASDFGHJKL / ZXCVBNM CLP 18/04/2023 →
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on Ukraine
twenty-five years forVladimir Kara-Murzafor calling out war ~ n.b. Mr Kara-Murza stayed in Russia to inform Russians about the invasion of Ukraine under the orders of Moscow. Sentenced to twenty-five years for being critical of Russia’s leadership, an exemplary sentence has been imposed. As a holder of Russian and British citizenships, it is thought he →
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Kumquat
Kumquat, as he was known Worked each Saturday morning In Fruit & Veg, it was said And school holidays When not playing cricket Which was all winter And much of the summer too Given so much English weather Is unsuited to chasing leather Across a field freshly mown In China the Kumquat’s known As the →
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Negation
I am sick of the soundof your voiceYou’re always moaningWhingeingComplainingI’m sick of the sightOf youand your tearsWhat do you know about itAbout anythingYou’re stupid, pig thickDumbDon’t startDon’t interruptOh, do be quietHaven’t you got anything new to sayHurry upGet on with itI haven’t got all dayNot now, later ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 16 prompt. A →
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April Showers
ancient paving smooth as mirrorunderfoot as slick as icereflects back mountainous cloudsrolling around the fenland skies ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 15. Prompt: feet of clay. Beyond me today. CLP 15/04/2023 →
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How The Bankers Foreclosed About Him
How the bankers foreclosed about himWe shall never knowHow he stretched his credit ratingThat is covered tooSpreads the bank its interest chargesBold about the boyWhose unpaid for hat and jacketSum the history ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 14 prompt, parody of, or satirise a well-known poem. Here using Emily Dickinson’s ‘How The Waters Closed About →
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on Ukraine
corporate killersrecruiting mercenariesbusiness as usual ~ n.b. The Wagner Group is the ultimate in government outsourcing operations. How can the war end when so many make money from conflict? The EU has just reiterated sanctions on Wagner Group associates. Meanwhile shares in weapons manufacturers soar. See BAe shares for the past three years , for →
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Ha Bloody Ha
“Tell me a joke,she said”something to makeme cry” “With laughter?”I askedseekingverification “Not necessarily”she sighed ~ n.b. NaPoWriMo 2023. Day 13 prompt. Surely not? Are you joking? CLP 13/04/2023 →
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on poetry
Ink drawn down by a ballTracking the shapes of symbolsForming letters, leaving wordsThat flowed down the armImpulses sparked from synapsesPassed out of the craniumOnto a leaf of compressed treeWatched through the eyesImages impress on the retinasChecked back into the headCompared with the thoughtsOriginated in a jumbleMemory, imagination, emotionCharacters coughed up from a character ~ n.b. →
Journey of Words 