Named a thousand Pros
But a thousand Cons outweigh
And keep her from me.
30.3.13
28.3.13
Man walks into a bar...
Met the new Landlord
"Why the long face, Publican?"
"Just back from a wake."
"Why the long face, Publican?"
"Just back from a wake."
Keywords:
Bath,
Cremation,
Death,
Funeral,
Haiku,
humour,
Joke,
Landlord,
Larkhall,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Pub,
Public House,
Publican,
Rose and Crown,
Roser,
Wake
26.3.13
Love is...
Love is as love does
Live long and hale my darling
Choose your man wisely
Live long and hale my darling
Choose your man wisely
24.3.13
No fairy tale ending
Defy convention,
Parents, ancestors, and age
Love may not conquer
Parents, ancestors, and age
Love may not conquer
Keywords:
Convention,
Haiku,
Love,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Success
22.3.13
Braveheart vs Offa's Dyke
The skirl of the pipes
The swirl of Murrayfield mists
And Wales to kick off
The swirl of Murrayfield mists
And Wales to kick off
20.3.13
Two nations separated by a forked tongue
Play the Ball not Man
As metaphor fails those Yanks
Steeped in Football lore
As metaphor fails those Yanks
Steeped in Football lore
Keywords:
AFL,
American Football,
Americans,
Ball,
Football,
Haiku,
Man,
Metaphor,
NFL,
Superbowl,
Yanks
18.3.13
16.3.13
Searching for Comet Pan-STARRS
Scudding orange clouds
No coma or dusty tail
reward the cold man
No coma or dusty tail
reward the cold man
Keywords:
Bath,
Bristol,
Clouds,
Cold,
Coma,
Comet,
Comet Pan-STARRS,
Dark Skies,
Haiku,
Light Pollution,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Night,
Pan-STARRS,
Skies,
Solsbury Hill,
Tail,
Weather
14.3.13
Do-It-Yourself Castrametration
Mr John Wemmick
Built his own castle brick by brick;
Treated young Pip to free tiffins
While repeatedly molesting Miss Skiffins.
Built his own castle brick by brick;
Treated young Pip to free tiffins
While repeatedly molesting Miss Skiffins.
Keywords:
19th Century,
Castle,
Charles Dickens,
Clerihew,
Dickens,
Great Expectations,
Jaggers,
John Wemmick,
London,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Miss Skiffins,
Pip,
Tiffin,
Walworth,
Wemmick
12.3.13
That which we call a tulip | By any other name would smell as sweet
As a marketer
I must say "horse-meat mince" stinks
Let's call it Dressage
I must say "horse-meat mince" stinks
Let's call it Dressage
Keywords:
Dancing,
Dressage,
Food Adulteration,
Haiku,
Horse-Meat,
Horse-Meat Mince,
Horse-Meat Scandal,
HorsemeatScandal,
Language Adulteration,
Marketer,
Marketing,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Mince,
Mince-Meat,
Mincing
10.3.13
Gr8 Eggspecashuns
Walworthian Wemmick
Mr Jaggers's wooden-faced side-kick:
"Don't invest portable property in a friend.
Unless you want that friendship to end."
Mr Jaggers's wooden-faced side-kick:
"Don't invest portable property in a friend.
Unless you want that friendship to end."
Keywords:
Charles Dickens,
Clerihew,
Dickens,
Dickensian,
friendship,
Great Expectations,
Jaggers,
Micropoem,
Micropoetry,
Mr Jaggers,
Mr Wemmick,
Pip,
Portable Property,
Property,
Walworth,
Wemmick
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