Published: 2026
Poetry Soup's POEM OF THE DAY (24th September 2026)
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NEW: Sep When the guy at the garage who’d serviced my car said ”Ahoy There Me Matey!” and added ”Oooh Aarrrr!” I just stood there perplexed and confused as to why he was wearing an eye patch across his good eye “Look I don’t understand why you’re acting this way” “Cos the 19th’s World Talk Like A Pirate Talks day” Then I asked how my car was as if to tempt fate “Landlubber, me hearty ‘tis in pieces of eight!” The Diary So Far Jan to an air infused with wilting pine and the first eight lines of auld lang syne new year proclaimed for all its worth: hope, happiness and peace on earth it kissed and danced about the floor - then yawned and fell asleep once more. Feb I wish to thank a roman priest who died in two six nine as he's the reason centuries on we now have valentine I like the verses on his cards and how for just one day he writes nice things about my wife that I sign anyway but I like his chocolates best of all as they melt away the thought of last month's resolutions and that gym pass that I bought. Mar I don't see spring as others do with nature's love therein - that sense of hope when winter leaves and warmer days begin for come that warmth I see but death as battles march once more just like my name derived from mars - the roman god of war. Apr Dear Gary We're printing your poems in a series of books to be studied by pupils at school. Please accept our advance of ten thousand pounds. You are great! Kind Regards April Fool. May in any given year this month Iis so unique because no other month begins or ends on the same day that may does. Jun It’s around this time of year when summer’s sun is realigned I’m reminded of that solstice at stonehenge in '83 I’d ‘rolled’ up for a concert when it dawned upon my mind: ”See Ancient Stones And Rock” was not The Stones I’d hoped to see. Jul Five days on the Thames Rounded up, ringed and released. Summer’s Swan Upping. Aug When Gaius Octavius became Emperor Augustus they renamed the month after him. Just Imagine the outcry if a leader today did something like this on a whim.
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