What To Do About the State of the Climate
...Once upon a time in land far far away,
The citizens were demanding their president find a way,
While he still held sway,
For climate to have less say,
In how they should plan their day.
With b...
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Categories:
bookmakers, absence, allusion, analogy, blue,
Form: Burlesque
A Good Sense Of Humour Blunts The Sharp Blades Of Reality
...The funeral was well attended
Nobody came
It was sad in a way
Clashed with the dog passing away
There was a friend with a leg
When I say a leg
I actually mean two
Though he had t...
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Categories:
bookmakers, dog, humorous,
Form: Free verse
Regarding Planetary Alignment
...Planets are in motion and matched
upon a level plane.
Ducks are waddling faster
just to fall in line.
Pundits, prophets, and drunken poets
opine over a mystic wine,
others follow the science ...
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Categories:
bookmakers, poetry,
Form: Free verse
The Epsom Derby
...Men dressed in top hats and tails
Ladies in designer dresses and fascinators,
Bookmakers standing by the rails
Taking bets singles or accumulators,
Epsom downs, Derby day classic
The best of t...
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Categories:
bookmakers, fashion, horse,
Form: Rhyme
Jessica Casey - Part 2 - Seven Years Later
...Jessica Casey the punters dream- Sequel to Shy Julie
They came from near - they came from far
Bus ferry and train and some by car
THE GOLDEN EGG GRAND FINAL
One greyhound in min...
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Categories:
bookmakers, family, feelings, humorous,
Form: Metrical Tale
Brain Rain
...Wood burner, smoke choke,
Dog shite, bullfight.
Hashtag, manbag.
**** bleaching, hate preaching.
Save the fox, change your clocks.
Prom queen, crime scene.
Chocolate fountain, food ...
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Categories:
bookmakers, society,
Form: List
Royal Ascot
...Ladies dress up, looking their best
Pretty clothes chosen just to impress
Perfumed and pretty the ladies in high heels
Their menfolk look keen and prepare to do deals
It’s Ladies Day, at Ascot, a...
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Categories:
bookmakers, horse, race,
Form: Couplet