Best Roly Poly Poems

It may have been the devil himself who prompted the kids in my schoolyard back in 1947 to chant "Patsy Foley's roly-poly from eating too...

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A nubile young vicar named Jude
Was seen swimming, totally nude
The bishop said WOW
Just look at you now
Your assets - they need to be viewed!

Fiction write!

07-05-17

Invited...

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Candy floss, seaside rock, smoothies, and flags sporting
Union Jacks
Replace the old traditions of striped deckchairs 
And Kiss-Me-Quick hats.
Chipwicks for our salt and vinegar fries
And their...

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I remember those days when just a kid,
the old ten shilling note, and the odd quid.*
Teddy boys in their drain pipes, fur collars
smelling of nicotine,...

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"All alone!  Whether you like it or not, 
alone is something you'll be quite a lot!"
     Quote from- Dr. Seuss,...

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On the Sixth Day

On the sixth day God created the animals
Oh what fun creating the animals;
Rolled up each sleeve to create all the animals
On the...

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CHARM SCHOOL 

They found two heavy charmed quarks,
the other one, straight up for larks. 
One up and two splendidly rotund, 
you ain't heavy, you're a...

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the parishioner sits on my lap.
his little legs dangle, his
beat up sandals slip.

i raise his hand with mine.
he pulls it back.
i clap.
his hands, like bookends
put...

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The once was a Pick-a-Dilly Lily,
well, she was all green, don't you see?
Though her friends ran about willy-nilly,
she sat on the ground 'neath a tree.

Dumpty-Down...

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Jam roly poly, treacle sponge
And sticky toffee pudding head the top of my list
But apple pie, rhubarb crumble
Or a decent cheesecake are hard to resist

Banana...

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When I was a lad about nine or ten
Summers were long school holidays great then
I played in our street we had so much fun
Me and...

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CHRISTMAS - Santa Versus Jesus
 
The 25th of December is the day of Christmas
were we all celebrate the coming of Jesus
yet we represent that day...

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Should my home catch flames; ABLAZE
simply one collection shall I salvage
to spare my brain waves from becoming a maze of craze

ahhh...my beloved Poet Trees shall...

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In days of yore when I was four, in my memory I'm sure
 there was nothing that you could buy called low fat
you got meat...

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Hey, you, chillin’ in my spot,
why did you not ask
if I’d mind you sitting there
in your Bandit’s mask?

Couch potato (not some man)
just a real cool...

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