Doff Poems

Wimbledon the menace of celebrity tennis

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Mr Dennis...grimace..what the Dickens is going on...the menace 

Inevitability of a celebrity on every terrace at the tennis..

The profanity and insanity of rampant vanity..

The gist..a...
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Categories: doff, celebrity, society, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Jofradamus can see the future

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Oi Oi ..saveloy…caps do doff..bless Joffy boy…with injury woes and blows…

From the off some did scoff…Joff can no longer bowl for toffee…clearly not really…

Not being coy but some of those pr...
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Categories: doff, sports,
Form: Free verse


Can't biff the Pontiff

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Dope boundary rope tropes…fans hopes..Ollie copes..thick skin…will find the strength within…ignores the din…as Pope unleashes that boyish grin..

Can hear Freddie and David…ddddd..Under Pressure…...
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Categories: doff, sports,
Form: Rhyme

KL Cool Cat Rahul and Panto Pant

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Rat a tat tat..from the off…doff my hat to that.. rare..great hair and flair pair…the cool cat and crazy cat..

Teasing twang…of the Pant and anti Pant thang..the genesis of a genius nemesis it b...
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Categories: doff, sports,
Form: Prose Poetry

Manners Maketh Man

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The premise goes everyone knows
before entering the premises
while still outside yet on the mat
it's no gentleman who forgets
to doff his cap or remove his hat
if dining out or at a pr...
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Categories: doff, drink, food, humorous, perspective,
Form: Rhyme


Love you Thorpey

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Nuggety nudger & nurdler 

Thorpey did embody

Epitomise, personify Test Cricket 

Someone small standing tall  


Reliant defiant giant but 

Fragile and flawed

Did he know he was ...
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Categories: doff, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Virat Kohli

...Virat..never ersatz..fat cat with the bat

Look at record book stats in every format

Kerching bling King of tats

Vicious & pernicious in the ring

Kohli kidology methodology thing


Tit ...
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Categories: doff, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Murky Mists of Narcissists Trysts

...Varnished Tech Titans
Tattered totems tarnished
Viral tribal bible spiral
Tainted talismans taunted
Cash cows flaunted
Gerontocracy trumps democracy
Theocracy stumps hypocrisy
Autocracy dumps ...
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Categories: doff, international, technology,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberAn Eternal Optimist

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The world needs a little
Good news everyday
Just look on the bright side
It's better that way

Kick up your heels
Say howdy my friends
Just smile at a stranger
Your woes you'll tr...
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Categories: doff, poetry,
Form: Rhyme

Biscuits

...What‘s better than a biscuit?

Hard to debunk 

Treasure trunk funk 

Should you let

It get wetter

Would you dare risk it?


The trick a quick dunk

Or could flunk..flick..kerplunk.....
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Categories: doff, food, happiness, nostalgia,
Form: Rhyme

Premium Membernew computers

...Our burdens are lifted—it’s spring break, after all.

Though ocean breezes, surf sounds, the smell of sunblock,
fresh tans and bottomless margaritas at the beach can be healing,
we decided to vac...
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Categories: doff, boyfriend, computer, fun, holiday,
Form: Free verse

SELF LOVE

...SELF LOVE

I finally emerged from my hypnotic state
When I’d been scribbling notes to myself
Back in the room was quite a shock to me
Being both in and out of a kind of fantasy
Yet I do recall ...
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Categories: doff, self,
Form: Rhyme

The Grapefruit Tree 18-02-24

...For so long 
It’s just been you and I
Darting around the house,
Every weekend and holiday
Each summer, easter, autumn.
Circling the place that was our home.
Be it tag, hide and seek or simon sa...
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Categories: doff, 11th grade, 12th grade,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberThe Trails of Sanity

...The Trails of Sanity

Why do I care if the disturber carries on
Why is it I cannot just wait it out, bide my time
Be more mindful, try and bond
Embrace what I don’t understand
Welcome the s...
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Categories: doff, change, character, endurance,
Form: Free verse

The voice of love

...In your eyes is the language by true love,
My hat just has to passionately doff,
You responded as if you have dry cough,
Though, to your rejection, my skin is tough.

Your words that I heard wer...
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Categories: doff, appreciation, beautiful, beauty, emotions,
Form: Rhyme

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