Category: Poetry

  • What it looks like

    What it looks like

    I’m taking the Ferrari and the puppy/ You can take the mortgage and your kid

  • Poems by Kathleen Edwards

    Poems by Kathleen Edwards

    My mother loved writing poetry, and her best friend Elspeth Yule – known as Speff – presented Mum and Dad with this beautifully transcribed and delightfully illustrated book of Kathleen’s poems to celebrate their Golden Wedding Anniversary on 25th August 2001.

  • Some clerihews

    Some clerihews

    Yes. Some Clerihews.

  • elementary

    elementary

    if I could give a longer list of elements I surely would, of others that I may have missed no news has come to chorleywood

  • The Bream and the Mule

    The Bream and the Mule

    At this point Rob perhaps sensed I was getting a little overwrought, and suggested, probably by way of distraction, that I might enjoy trying to incorporate the words on the board into a poem.

  • The Mull and Iona trilogy

    The Mull and Iona trilogy

    Rachel went to eat a sandwich Of chicken, bread and basil, and which Once her appetite was sated From her stomach separated Embarking on its own romantic Trip across the North Atlantic.

  • Opportunity Requiem

    Opportunity Requiem

    Maybe it was not enough Did I fail you?

  • Nine Million Viruses

    Nine Million Viruses

    There are nine million viruses in Shanghai It’s a shame That one struck poor Debbie down So she missed two days of seeing Peking Town

  • Cinquanta

    Cinquanta

    Now our story gets quite scary – Enter the Carabinieri…