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Best Fenn Poems

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I Never Saw It Coming
I never saw it coming 
It just crept up unawares
Probably this morning
Whilst I was still upstairs
I thought I caught a glimpse 
As I had my...

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Categories: fenn, age, angst, confusion, life,
Form: I do not know?



Aerial Assault
If pigs could fly it wouldn’t be good
You’d have to go out with a brolly
Wear Wellington boots and waterproof suits
Life wouldn’t be happy or jolly

There’d...

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Categories: fenn, animals, funny, imagination, life,
Form: I do not know?
Control
Remote controls are funny things
Then, maybe it’s just me
I wave it around for hours 
But, still can’t get channel three
It will always find the menu
For...

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Categories: fenn, funnyvoice, voice,
Form: Light Verse
If I Could Have a Word With God
If I could have a word with God
I’d tell him I’m not pleased
Throughout the years he’s toyed with me
He tempted and he teased
He’d lead me...

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Categories: fenn, faithme, me,
Form: I do not know?
Arachnaphobia
Over in the corner 
By the photo of the Queen
Lives a great enormous spider
Trying hard, not to be seen
He is very very hairy
And he’s very...

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Categories: fenn, animals, father, children, funnyme,
Form: Light Verse



The Spirits of the Parrots
SPIRITS OF THE PARROTS

Two parrots, one red, one blue,
share one large, rotund zoo cage,
just the two of them.
There are plenty of perches,
yet they sit on...

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Categories: fenn, animal, bird, conflict, friendship,
Form: Free verse
There Are Fairies At the Bottom of My Garden
There are Fairies at the bottom of my garden
And they visit every evening, for a dance
They are lovely to behold and very welcome
I just wish...

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Categories: fenn, fantasy, funny, happiness, imagination,
Form: Light Verse
Gardeners Lament
The weeds that grow upon the lawn
Continue growing when they’re shorn
Though treated with a herbicide
It’s no surprise that none have died
The chemicals that you apply
Should...

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Categories: fenn, dedication, depression, funny, life
Form: Light Verse
The Worlds Greatest Invention
I’ve got a great invention
I use it all the time
It does the things that I should do
It always works just fine

It cleans my room it...

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Categories: fenn, daughter, family, children, funny,
Form: I do not know?
Lollipop
You gots to wear your  ‘elmet
It’s a rule what can’t be broke
Suspose you ‘as a haccident
That wouldn’t be a joke
If sumfin’ comes a crashing...

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Categories: fenn, dedication, funny, health, work
Form: Light Verse
Sock Monster
The sock monster climbs up the waste pipe
And into your washing machine
He’ll hide up in a corner
To ensure he can’t be seen.
Then when you put...

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Categories: fenn, fantasy, funny, imagination, loss,
Form: I do not know?
Song of Saint Patrick - Part 4 - Matriculation
IV
Matriculation

Back to home, Patrick did go,
	For in his heart he knew
		It was time to study with the church,
	That this he had to do.
			He told his...

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Categories: fenn, god, history, ireland,
Form: I do not know?
Botty Burp
If your bottom should start feeling ill at ease
And then blesses everybody with a sneeze;
Good people please take heart, 
it was just a little fart
Which...

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Categories: fenn, funny
Form: Limerick
Never Let An Elephant
Never let an elephant in your house
Get a rabbit or a lemur or a mouse
If you’re going to buy a pet
And you haven’t got one...

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Categories: fenn, animals, funny, imagination, nature,
Form: Light Verse
Umbrellas
I’m learning how to fly 
My Mummy says I’ll be outstanding
She say’s I need to do a little
Practice on my landing
She said to stay low...

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Categories: fenn, childhood, children, funny
Form: Light Verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things