Nonsense Rhymes and Tongue Twisters Revisited Mormons marry many wives How merry are those many wives? If many merry Mormons marry Can married wives make Mormons merry? Dozy dogs of Dover Dash down Delilah’s dam Delilah drowns those dozy dogs No more dovers dashing down. Rows of robber rovers ride, Rogue rovers … Continue reading Dovers Rovers Plovers
Tag: poetry
The Sandman
Time, where have you gone? I once was young and full of dreams Now I am old, breaking at the seams Time, where have you gone? Time, what have you done? Now I am old, breaking at the seams Choking and gasping on silent screams Time, what have you done? Time, when will … Continue reading The Sandman
Tulips
Tall purple tulips by towering granite walls, Unimagined lives cloistered within those narrow halls. You reach out to pluck one, caress its perfect shape, They are the only patch of colour in this urban landscape. The grey of the high-rise shuts out the sky, You leave the tulips growing, walk to a supermarket nearby, Buy … Continue reading Tulips
Pasta
You fail every day to make them feminist men, The domestic is boring and nothing to them. Food on their plates, clean clothes in their drawers, Warm beds to sleep in and hoovered bedroom floors. You’ve created two Princelings, spoiled rotten boys, When you ask them for help all they hear is white noise. This … Continue reading Pasta
Invigilating
Exam hall stress, exam hall strain, Invigilating for three hours is an occupational pain. Students rustle their papers, give their pens a quick chew, Return to the questions inwardly cursing at you, They never showed up to the lectures you gave, Now here they sit panicking, hoping for a brain wave … One student … Continue reading Invigilating
Famous Men
Born this April day: George who fights, the Bard who writes And then there is you.
Palm Sunday
Jubilant palm leaves, Waiting for his feet to tread over. Watch them cheer! A dying King waits for you to sing his death song, Carrying a cross. You remember this, Stuck in traffic waiting for the lights to go green.
