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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
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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 Read more
Journey of Words 