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Failure?

We passed by a tree

Brought down by the gale.

While others momentarily  stood

In the ancient wood.

All things fail

And birds, unaware

Sing on with no care

For fallen trees or poetry.

Strong Beer

When a young lady drinking very strong beer

Said, “my name it is really Miss Ria”.

A drunk little monk

Said, “I’m a hunk!”.

And they married in a brewery quite near!

High-Heels

When a young lady wearing high-heels

Said, “you don’t know how it feels

To be stared at all day!”,

They said to her, “dear Fay,

Perhaps you should wear more than high-heels …!”.

At Christmastime

At Christmastime we drink wine

To excess and dress

The tree in her finery.

But old Father Time

Has no liking for wine

And watches us all

From high on the wall.

Happy Christmas!

I would like to wish all of my readers a very happy Christmas. Thank you for following me during 2024.

 

All the very best. Kevin and Apollo. (The dog and the god of poetry!).

Gwen the Hen and a Fox Called Ken

There once was a hen named Gwen

Who dated a fine fox called Ken.

They met for a meal

And I really do feel

That we won’t be seeing Gwen again …

Gwen and the Gren

There was a young lady known as Gwen

Who worked in a pub called the Gren.

A drinker named Dan

Was a rude man,

So Gwen kicked him out of the Gren!

Conversation with a Stranger

She was born in the year

I came here

To live and work.

She will thrive when time’s scythe

Has ended me.

 

I feel no jerk

Of sudden fear

Of the Reaper as he draws near.

 

I have felt lust

And feared dust.

But today I simply say my goodbye

And accept that I

Will, one day die.

 

The train moves on.

She is gone.

And I will do my work today.

Musings on a Bleak December Day

On a cold December day

I stop

And suddenly become

Aware of the ticking clock.

 

 

The sun

Hides it’s face.

It will rain again today.

 

 

I will embrace

Old Father Time in rhyme.

 

 

I grow older

And sense his great hand

Waiting to land

On my bowing shoulders.

 

 

I must try

Not to waste time.

For the clock

Will, one day, … stop

 

A Young Lady of this Great Nation

When a young lady of this great nation

Invited me to a night of extreme dissipation,

I said to her, “Coral!

That is so very immoral!”.

She said, “yes! Its what made this nation!”.