I Remember the Little Girl
...I REMEMBER THE LITTLE GIRL
BMWs shine on the lot, row after row,
reflecting the blinding summer sun of Pinedale, California.
Their windows blink back stories of 4,792 Japanese Americans
interne...
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Categories:
fenn, child, discrimination, judgement, people,
Form: Free 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 the same one,
close together,
look...
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Categories:
fenn, animal, bird, conflict, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Dang Pesky Pigeons
...Pigeons
There’s a pigeon on the rooftop
And he’s driving me insane
For his constant pigeon noises
Seem to permeate my brain
From his perch upon the chimney
He’s coo cooing to his mate
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Categories:
fenn, anger, animal, bird,
Form: Rhyme
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 parents when he got home
That he must go ...
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Categories:
fenn, god, history, ireland,
Form: I do not know?
Bear In the Kitchen
...There’s a bear in the kitchen
He’s ever so rude
He’s drinking my milk
And he’s eating my food
He’s broken the table
He’s broken a chair
And most every surface
Is covered in hair
He’s smashed ...
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Categories:
fenn, animals, funny
Form: I do not know?
Beano
...The chara’ left the pub at seven thirty
The lads were there on time, and full of cheer
We heads off for the seaside, on our beano
Me mates and me and loads of lovely beer
As soon as we starts mov...
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Categories:
fenn, friendship, funny
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 level
And to use my common sense
So I’m practising by jump...
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Categories:
fenn, childhood, children, funny
Form: Light Verse
Strange Fish
...“He’s a strange old fish“, the Cap’n said
As he stood on deck and scratched his head
“What say you men, what shall we do”
He asked the members of his crew
“Hang him from the mizen mast
Or tie hi...
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Categories:
fenn, adventure
Form: Light Verse
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 very fat
And the last time that I saw him
I could sw...
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Categories:
fenn, animals, father, children, funnyme,
Form: Light Verse
V Twin
...I bought myself a motorbike, two cylinders, vee twin
With a hundred wild horses waiting patiently within
I release them when I take it out and open up the throttle
But never too much all at once,...
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Categories:
fenn, funnyme,
Form: Light Verse
Knickers
...You might have heard the stories
Or maybe they’re just rumours
Of when my poor old granny
Lost her frilly bloomers
My granny she is old school
Hates waste of any kind
Repairs her clothes ince...
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Categories:
fenn, funnyold, old, red,
Form: Light Verse
Itchy and Scratchy
...If its not on the shelf we aint got it, he said
Grinning like a sphincter
And for your embarrassing problem
That is the only tincture
It is the only ointment,
To alleviate your stress
To ta...
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Categories:
fenn, funny
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 up that primrose path
Then with my goal in sight
Spin...
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Categories:
fenn, faithme, me,
Form: I do not know?
Twins
...If it were not for darkness
There could be no light
And without light
There can be no darkness
They are a pair
Conjoined twins
One cannot exist
Without the other
© John W Fenn 19-10-20...
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Categories:
fenn, philosophylight, light,
Form: I do not know?
Surprise Package
...It was early in the morning when the postman came to call
I was standing in my undies as I shivered in the hall
He said he had a parcel as I peered around the door
“There isn’t any name and so I d...
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Categories:
fenn, funny
Form: Light Verse
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