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 kidView post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • 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.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • Some clerihews

    Some clerihews

    Yes. Some Clerihews. View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • 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 chorleywoodView post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • 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.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • 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.View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • Opportunity Requiem

    Opportunity Requiem

    Maybe it was not enough Did I fail you?View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • 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 TownView post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.

  • Cinquanta

    Cinquanta

    Now our story gets quite scary – Enter the Carabinieri…View post to subscribe to the site’s newsletter.