Lin’s Disertation

I know a young lady named Lin

Who is writing a dissertation on sin.

My wife Coral

Finds her immoral.

But I’m really quite fond of Lin …

Role Play

When a dominant young lady named Fay

Said, “lets all indulge in role play!”

And severe Miss Jane

Produced a large cane,

I made my excuses that day …!

Elegy on a Former Neighbour

I passed by

Where you once lived

And remembered how you gazed at the stars

So far away.

 

It is cold today

But you are lost to frost and sunshine.

You denied the divine

Yet loved the starry sky.

 

No telescope can see where you are gone.

Yet I think you would agree with me

That we came from stardust

And must go

Beyond where the telescope can see

A Young Lady Whose Name is Mustard

A young lady whose name is Mustard

Said, “you are a no good bustard!”

I said to her, “Beth,

You bore me to death!

Go wash your hair in egg custard!”

 

Poetic Muse

When a young lady wearing just shoes

Said, “I want to be your poetic muse!”

I said to her, “Rose!

You are wearing no clothes!”

She said, “that’s how you like your muse …!”

 

Shadows of Poetry

In early January

My shadow goes in front of me.

The sun shines

But my hands are cold.

 

One day I know

My shadow will no longer go.

Though perhaps in rhyme

I will leave something behind

And people may see

Something of me.

For poets make shadows

Through their poetry

Magpie

She left her hair extension.

I kept it for her

Knowing she would return.

There was no pretension

That she was my lover.

 

 

Others have left things behind.

A girl left an earring.

I have always returned

But have never learned.

A sad magpie

Am I.

 

A Young Lady’s Vice

A young lady who is extremely nice

Is known for her love of vice.

She is fond of cake

And loves a good steak.

And now lets discuss that girl’s vice …

 

Moriah’s Satire

I know a young lady named Moriah

Who says, “our lives are a satire!”

I say to her, “Fay,

We are in a play!”

And she says, “my name is Moriah!”

Miss Chancer the Dancer

I am marrying a young lady named Chancer

Who has a job as an erotic dancer.

She thinks I have money

And calls me her honey –

But, dear reader, I am also a chancer …