Best Sprightly Poems

The wee people, clever and sprightly,
play tricks on the mortal folk, nightly.
As there's mischief in me,
could it possibly be
I've got leprechaun charm in me, slightly?...

Continue reading...

one witty Wibblesnow wobbling along

two terrible Tillymows tutting their tongue

three thin Thiggleheads throwing some spoons

four furry Fillimots flying in balloons

five feathered Foulies fumbling a dance

six silly Sacklemuds selling their pants

seven sour Sovermites stuck in a jar

eight early Eelythings eating their car

nine naughty Ninnipods nibbling on...

Continue reading...

...adapted from 'Mr Pye' by Mervyn Peake


Balding and sprightly, he's filled with 
     bold dreams
to make us all happy and free.
He selects as his target a small 
     Channel Island,
a representative sampling of people 
  ...

Continue reading...

“The sound of birds stops the noise in my mind.”
—  quote by Carly Simon
----------------------------------------------------
I see pair of red-whiskered bulbuls
with wrong-end rouge, spikes, eloquent note
gurgling - spinning love, singing the loop,
billing, bowing, chattering. I swoon
...

Continue reading...