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By luigi_pagano
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Ménage à trois
An unconventional life. It might never happen he said with a laugh. How wrong he was, it already had! She had packed her bags and walked out. She had...
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A Reply To A Submission
I could not face the 3-way 'Equivoque' once again so here is a simple version based on the same technique. By reading the odd lines only we get the...
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Sleepless in Shepherd Bush (I.P.)
A midnight chorus.
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An ABC Tale
Exactly what the title says.
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At the Sales
Bargain hunting.
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Come Into My Parlour (I.P.)
Temptation.
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Toujours L'Amour
Ooh La La.
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Southville Hop (I.P.)
The main crop is hop.
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The Little Dove
Men think that she is a loose woman.
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What Carlo Did Next
He was only trying to exercise his Latin charm.
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Holy Cow! (I.P.)
It is rhyme but not as we know it.
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A Magic Cube (I.P.)
Then along came a magic cube.
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Lapsus Linguae (I.P.)
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Le Jardin de ma Tante
Parlez-vous Franglais?
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Word Association
On the couch.
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Lizzie's Bonnet
A novel interpretation.
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Sunbathing (I.P.) - Edited
On a hot tin roof.
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A Russian Doll
Long distance call.
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The Swedish Bureau (I.P.)
Guarded letters.
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A Strong Brew
Some like it hot.
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A Dazzling Smile
Renewed confidence.
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Public Speaking
I am proud of my profession, I am a public speaker.
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Steam and Hot Air
Keep the fires burning.
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Pachyderms and Dwellings
The language of this land keeps changing all the time but for every new word we can always find a rhyme. The purists may regard it as some sort of...
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Forbidden Fruit
Melons juicy and ripe.
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Apples, Pears and Treacle Tart (I.P)
An experimental poem using Cockney rhyming slang.
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Pub Crawl
A night on the tiles.
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Some Like It Hot (I.P.)
The hot and humid climate of Cyprus.
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The Woman In White (I.P.)
The light bulbs flicker, the house feels chilly...
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A Veritable Feast (I.P.)
An honoured guest.
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The Roman Spring of Mrs. Stone (I.P.)
Song titles are shown in bold letters.
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The Shortest Day
Knee-high to a grasshopper.
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The Entertainer
At the end of the pier.
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Of Gods and Machines
Based on the Inspiration Point " Deus ex machina".
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Mona Lisa
Inspiration Point 6th February 2015.
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Triskadekaphobia
Fears and phobias.
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Lust
Having been lustful about a blonde bimbo it seems I have transgressed some doctrine.
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A Night At The Races
I haven’t been to Stamford Bridge for ages.
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Love Is In The Air
A young man’s fancy turns to love in spring.
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If
Inspiration point 13/3/2015 - Take an existing myth or poem and repurpose it to provide a new, refreshing and original take.
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Last Chance Saloon
The true incident of The Last Chance Saloon of Caldwell in 1874.
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A Foreign Country
Revisiting the past.
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Any Colour
....as long as it is black.
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History Beneath Our Feet
Below the surface.
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A Golden Touch
The Midas story. Be careful what you wish for.
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Tom Thumb
A ditty which may not be witty but, I hope, amusing.
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Mani Pulite
Kickbacks and baksheesh.
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A Parable For Our Time (Poetry Monthly)
All's well that ends well.
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Cover Your Eyes
A misogynistic advice.
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From Our Own Correspondent
....we have received this report.
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On The Edge
Runes and rituals on the Edge.
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The End Is Nigh
Countdown to oblivion. (Edited.)
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A View from the Top (Poetry Monthly)
Three tableaux.
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An Immaculate Deception
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In The Deep South
'A Southern Belle' re-written and re-titled.
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Ten Things I Love (and She Hates)
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A Bountiful Harvest
An acrostic poem.
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An Unexpected Result
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A Worrying Thought
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All Creatures Great and Small
After reading Umberto Saba's "The Goat".
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A Simple Mind
Tao,T’ai Chi and Benjamin Hoff
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Things That Go Bump in the Night
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On My Soap Box (Poetry Monthly)
Rightly or wrongly I have always associated performance poetry with protest of one sort or another but usually of a political nature. Based on this assumption here is my (satirical) contribution. Make of it what you will and feel free to criticise. Thanks.
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The Engagement Party
I liked the way Ewan prefaced one of his poems: "This is quite old... but then, so am I" and decided to follow suit.
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A Snake in the Grass (Poetry Monthly)
An experiment in visual poetry. Comments welcome, thank you,
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Niagara (Poetry Monthly)
I have been somewhat disappointed in not having been able to retain the original format regarding fonts and colours. This is my best effort in the circumstances. I'd be glad to receive feedback, thank you.
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Neither a Broker nor a Banker
A hypothetical advice to a non-existent son. Photograph (Credit: aastock via Shutterstock )
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Tripping the Light Fantastic
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How Are You?
One from my archive.
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Zeus the Philanderer (Poetry Monthly)
Comeuppance.
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Plaques and Graffiti
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Driving Ambition (I.P.)
Words highlighted in bold are golfing terms.
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The Bloke in the Mirror (I.P.)
This week's I.P. - write something without using either 'I' or 'me'.
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Reminiscences of My Wedding Day
On the occasion of my Golden Anniversary on the 19th of March.
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Swift Fly the Years
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A Stable Relationship
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Dietary Uncertainty (Poetry Monthly)
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An Honest Joe (I.P.)
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An In-Depth Interview
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Capers and Cartwheels
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Grasping the Nettle
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Helen
A potted history of the Trojan war.
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A Bubble Bath and a Glass of Malt
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Once Upon a Time
Inspired by an Italian fable.
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Absence
A tongue-in-cheek observation.
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The Judgement of Paris
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The Circus is Coming to Town
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Sweet and Sour at Number 10
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Sensible Advice To A Prince
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Greed
Gold fever and ducking out of responsibility.
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How Does Your Garden Grow
There are plants that love the light whilst others thrive in the shade.
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A Poison Letter
It arrived in the post this morning.
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Glitter
Drawing: from Wikimedia Commons
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In the Nick of Time
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Eternal Flame
I’ve still got it after six decades; you can say I am attached to it and yet I don’t use it anymore.
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Wrinkles and Creases
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For the Sake of a Few Pence
An acrostic poem.
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Early Birds and Late Arrivals
This photo is under the CC0 / Public Domain License Photo via Good Free Photos
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Good News, Bad News
Image source: Pixabay - CC0 Creative Commons - No attribution required
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Juan and Jill
In response to airyfairy's comment, a sequel to Good News, Bad News
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Beautiful Doll
Song titles in italics - Image of Amsterdam from Pixabay - No attribution required
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A Pint of Beer and a Game Pie
This photo of The George Hotel is courtesy of TripAdvisor
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The Night Visitor
On Halloween.
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The Ghost
The witching hour. - (Image: no attribution required)
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Non Capisco
I don't understand.
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- 2363 reads
Pyramids and Perforations
CC0 Creative Commons - No attribution required
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- 881 reads
Waiting For Santa
...with sherry and mince pies.
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Poles Apart
Toto Riina, Mafia 'boss of bosses', dies in jail aged 87
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Rapunzel, An Update
Love's labour lost. (Image in the public domain)
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An Invitation
Image from Pixabay - No attribution required.
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- 1904 reads
Culture Vultures and Sour Grapes
Chacun à son goût.
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Give Us Our Daily Bread
Goodwill to all.
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Slim Pickings
The remains of Christmas Day.
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The Gambler
For the I.P. 'once in the blue moon'.
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Presumption of Innocence
ei incumbit probatio qui dicit, non qui negat (the burden of proof is on the one who declares, not on one who denies).
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Hard Cheese
Stilton cheese rolling cancelled as 'no longer seen as cool'
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Secrets and Lies
CC0 Creative Commons - No attribution required
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It's Not Cricket
50 Words.
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A Final Goodbye
50 words. - Image source: Pixabay, Common Creative.
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- 1911 reads
Parallel Lines
...willl eventually meet if taken to infinity.
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You've Got (Junk) Mail
Inspired by the new General Data Protection Regulations.
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At A Jumble Sale
On a winter day.
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Breaking Point
An acrostic poem. (Re-titled and re-posted)
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- 925 reads
At the Edinburgh Fringe
Tickle your fancy? (First published on Poetry24)
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Ancestry
Changes happened much too fast...
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Not Tonight, Josephine
Included in the anthology "Voices from the Web - 2017/18".
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Age Concern
Misogyny and ageism could be hate crimes
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My Best Mate
An abundance of adjectives. (An old writing exercise).
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My Name is Jane
To Russia with love.
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Lonely Hearts
Expect the unexpected.
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Off the Rails
Rails and railings. Image: [CC BY-SA 3.0 ( https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0 )], from Wikimedia
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Pandora's Diary
A parody of the well known character created by Sue Townsend,
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A Dark Outlook
A perspective.
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Waiting
Image Creative Commons CC0.
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- 812 reads
Over the Odds
A higher bidder.
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The Great Escape
News headline - Two nuns accused of stealing $500k from school for gambling escape trial
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Life is A Bitch
A mini-poem from my archive,
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- 695 reads
A Thumbnail Sketch
An acrostic poem.
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Sardines
Free PNG image courtesy of CoolClips.com
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On the Cusp (edited)
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A Typical Routine
A daily ritual.
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Green Eyes (Edited)
A green and white ocean.
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The Denbigh Plum
A special status.
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César de Echagüe's Secret
A masked crusader
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The Birthday Party
Time to blow the candles (A photo from my family album)
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A Prickly Pear's Lament
Creative Commons Share Alike – Attribution Daniel Schweich
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Waiting for Morpheus
Another 'Rimas Dissolutas' poem.
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A Stranger on These Shores
No shrinking violet. (Image: CreativeCommons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported )
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Between the Lines
Image from Pixabay - No attribution required.
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The Green Bowl
In search of antiquities.
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Sightseeing in Venice
Photo Didier Descouens - Creative Commons 4.0
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Blue Nun and Babycham (Recycled)
Same format, different meaning. (Image from Pixabay)
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Take Me To Your Leader
I hope aliens from space don't land in the U.K.
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A Passage to India
Christopher Columbus's faux pas.
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London's Burning
The recent fire of the Notre Dame cathedral prompted me to retrieve this 'Cento' poem from my archive (2008)
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An Author in Search of Six Characters
An alternative scenario to Pirandello’s play "Six characters in search of an author”.
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Saturday Night Fever
With apologies to the Bard.
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I Talk To the Animals
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Two Gentlemen of Verona
A breed apart.
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Left Luggage
A little ditty.
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An Unfinished Symphony
One from my archive in response to this week's Inspiration Point.
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The Legend of Hero
A Romanian legend.
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The Secrets of Punchinello
In strict confidence.
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The Ball Is In My Court
Choices.
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Decisions, Decisions
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Smelling of Roses
My niece from Dubai informs me that a car deodorant has been named after me and challenges me to write a poem about it. Here it is.
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Spilling the Beans
I remember a time when a tin of baked beans could be bought for 5p.
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A Fat Lot of Good
A reluctant schoolboy.
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A Flight of Fantasy
Seagull flies off with chihuahua it abducted from family's back garden - Today's news headline
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Hot Air on the Air
The last straw.
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Stateless in New York
One from my archive.
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Drinking Coffee In Portofino
A doggerel.
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Selfies
With apologies for my (poor) sound recording. This is the best I can do.
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The Yellow Shoehorn
What a little rascal got up to.
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Seeing the Light
A (mildly) saucy little ditty.
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The Vertiginous Fly
Apropos of flies on the wall.
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A Prose By Any Other Name
With apologies to Will.
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Army Knives and Cuckoo Clocks
There is a country...
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Flood
A month’s worth of “almost biblical” rain fell on the UK
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Rhyme & Reason
First steps.
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Facts or Fibs?
True or false? (A rehashed poem)
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The Boomerang Kid
An empty nest (but not for long).
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Mistletoe & Holly (a parody)
Under the mistletoe.
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Christmas Lunch
A culinary triumph.
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No Changing Of The Guard
Stuck in the past. (New version)
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Scaling New Heights
A step in the right direction.
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Gold Digger - (A dodoitsu)
A marriage of convenience.
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A Dog's Dinner
Delusion of grandeur.
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Pussies Galore
Corrigendum.
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The Bare Minimum
Fashion conscious.
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It's Good to Talk
A sound advice.
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A Fisherman's Friend
"It was this big...! (Edited as per Tom Brown's suggestion).
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Blood Relations
Uncle Dracula.
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Everybody and his Dog
....and a slap-up meal.
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An Email From Abroad
Found poem.
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I'd Like to Be An Inventor
The father of invention.
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A Video Call
Social distancing.
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Isolation
A boon or a bane.
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A Reactionary Puss
An uncooperative pet.
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Did the Earth Move?
UkAuthors.com on which I posted in excess of 800 pieces since 2003 is closing. We have been asked to save our work. Here is a very early example. Worth saving?
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The Meaning of Life
According to Douglas Adams' The Hitchhiker guide to the Galaxy , 42 is the answer to "the meaning of life, the universe, and everything".
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When You Jog Down Memory Lane
Milestones.
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I Am Open To Suggestions
...but don't make my face go red.
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Harmony
From my archive - Image: Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license. Author: Tammy Green from Chicago, Illinois, USA
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The Case Of The Disappearing Sock
After reading Airyfairy's hilarious last "Pad Life: Summer's Here!" I dug this old piece from my archive.
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Epithets and Expletives
My word!
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Brief Romance
One from the archive.
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A Funny Thing
Remember: never dismember a member. (One from the archive).
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27th August 2020
Virtual reading night.
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The Butcher's Dog
I heard somebody say, 'as fit as a butcher's dog'
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The Lane That Leads To The Woods
In the name of progress.
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A Bit of A Do
A kerfuffle in my hometown. (Image Attribution: Geoff Royle)
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Reading Lessons
With alphabetti spaghetti.
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A Lack of Application(s)
Confession of an ignoramus.
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Rapunzel and the Lockdown
Thankful for small mercies.
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An Unwelcome Visitor
An old lag and not "The Saint"
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Elections During Lockdown
Local elections 6th May 2021.
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Air on the G String
Confusion.
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Sour Grapes
On being stood up. (One from my archive)
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A Dream Team
A sports-mad pair.
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Choice
A tongue-in-cheek doggerel for National Poetry Day - 7/10/2021
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The Art of Living
From the Telegraph 03/01/2022 - Top French university offers Masters course in 'drinking, eating and living.
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Matters of the Heart
A certain smile.
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Peculiar Vernacular
Searching for the right word
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Communication
I used to write letters with a Parker pen.
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An Unexpected Response
An amorous pursuit.
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Must Make a Note
A memory's lapse
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Le Poisson d'Avril
This image was originally posted to Flickr by ** RCB ** at https://flickr.com/photos/29233640@N07/7036208493 . It was reviewed on 10 April 2017 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.
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Friday the 13th
A Black Friday.
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A Bowtie and I
Image from Wikimedia Commons. - Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication .
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Marathon Man
Sir Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to the UK as a child - BBC. Image from Wikipedia
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On the Ball
Anyone for tennis?
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World Lion Day
Today is World Lion Day.
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Best Friend
26th August 2022 - International Dog Day
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The Phone Rings
...as I'm having lunch
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World Pasta Day
25th of October - World Pasta Day
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A Nursery Rhyme Updated
A variation on the nursery rhyme 'Pussy Cat where have you been'. (Image from Pixabay)
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The Sage
This week I.P. = pick an idiom, adage or proverb and base a story or poem on it.
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Orange Is Not the Only Colour
In 1993, Holland thwarted the English football team in their bid to qualify for the final. In 2024 the situation has been reversed.
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Humpty Dumpty Updated
It is better to travel hopefully, than to arrive” (Robert Louis Stevenson)
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