Sigma
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“Sigma”
It’s a deviant world
a lone wolf finds a place to fit in;
it’s pure poetry, war
heroes dance ducksteps with the romance of it all
some rise, they ret...
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Categories:
good humour, muse,
Form: Narrative
A Good Sense of Humour Blunts The Sharp Blades of Reality
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Good sense of humour :
I always admire.
Good Humour is perfect mind - freshener
with exact effect on Good Listener.
Displaying good humour at right momen...
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Categories:
good humour, humorous,
Form: Rhyme
The Chicken Splash
...Awake, ye sleepy, coop-bound souls!
Unbutton your boredom, unfasten your goals!
For glory’s not found in the stiff upper sash—
It lives in the squelch of the Chicken Splash.
With feathers all f...
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Categories:
good humour, fun,
Form: Narrative
Remembrance Day 2024
...I saw students placing flags on the resting places of our honoured dead……
Remembrance Day 2024
The flags flutter from grave to grave
Marking the lying place of our honoured brave
The magpies ...
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Categories:
good humour, remembrance day, war,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Happy Birthday Bill Baker
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“Happy Birthday to Bill Baker for February the 10th”
A poet friend held in such high esteem
A man of wisdom and positivity
Who shines as brightly as a beacons beam
A kind, respectful man
A p...
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Categories:
good humour, birthday, tribute,
Form: Rhyme
For This Day
...For this day
Today, I shall have no fears
the future is behind me; I will let it go
The rest is mundane, dusting the room
cleaning the windows
Today, I will walk to the shop
and not seek sa...
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Categories:
good humour, baptism, blessing, confidence,
Form: Blank verse
His Name Is Calciatore
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"His Name is Calciatore"
His name is Calciatore
he loves to follow me
from room to room
he’s exceptionally
well groomed
even handsome,
one might say,
he can be quite...
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Categories:
good humour, humor, love, muse,
Form: Romanticism
Stand Up To Cheers
...Don’t just raise your glass, stand up to cheers
Until each and every one gets audibly clinked
Repeating Ike-ism’s stretching memories years
Keeps the good ones up front and spirits linked
Not s...
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Categories:
good humour, memory,
Form: Quatrain
Just One Word Too Many
...We had our differences
And on occasion, a tiff crops up
With just a word too many.
Angrily she looked at me steadily.
“I’m going to my mum. Don’t wait for me!”
She left slamming the door behind ...
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Categories:
good humour, love,
Form: Free verse
Destination: New Convenant
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"Destination: New Covenant"
When we arrived
at our destination,
the place they called
"New Covenant",
we were assigned
fresh armour.
we thought the war
left long ...
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Categories:
good humour, freedom, future, muse,
Form: Narrative
Sleeplessness
...It’s an old trick in the book
To count sheep till you fall asleep
But Mr. Insomnia stays up late
It seems he wants to be my date!
He seems to have alternate plans
He makes me do things I cannot ...
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Categories:
good humour, angst, sleep,
Form: Free verse
Alcohol Problem
...The alcohol problem
They say the scientist, alcohol shrinks your brain
and is a cause for violence.
I’m not so sure, in Muslim countries, they are quick
to murder people, and good humour appea...
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Categories:
good humour, best friend, cinderella,
Form: Sonnet
The Final Countdown
...The Final Countdown
I watch Countdown when on tv it comes
for the chatter the conundrums and sums
Sad to see presenter Nick Hewer go
he has been a delight on ever...
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Categories:
good humour, celebrity, games, retirement,
Form: Rhyme
The Battle of Malicious Mouths
...I was a stoner in a coma mercifully sweet
up for good humour and friendly greet
changed into someone more likely to beat
thump kick and stomp fighting the weak
I had stoner friends with paranoi...
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Categories:
good humour, corruption, courage, crazy, smart,
Form: Rhyme
Smudged Ink
...Loin cloth draped around his anorexic body the Buddha
Searched for the Middle Way between Nothing and All
Counted his blessings and figs as his thoughts focussed
In meditation for humility c...
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Categories:
good humour, philosophy,
Form: Free verse
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