Watch your Latin
...Watch your Latin and don't let the cat in
Caesar had some jam for tea,
Pompei aderat.
ille, illa, illud,
but I'll have Yorkshire pud.
amo, amas, amat
Who let in the cat?
hic, haec, hoc
The mo...
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Categories:
haec, nonsense, words,
Form: Munajat
Skip To Aah
...Skipping is binary,
one, nought, one, nought, one.
Clip clop.
Tick tock.
One foot up, skip.
Next foot up, skip.
Hop, step and jump,
'tis hopscotch time.
Heart in love, skips a beat.
Electr...
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Categories:
haec, music, song,
Form: Free verse
Rather I, Sharpen Blade, Saddle My Battle Horse, Dawn, First Battle, Part One
...Rather I, Sharpen Blade, Saddle My Battle Horse,
(Dawn, First Battle, Part One)
Dare I, reduce poet's pen to a plastic sword
flee from shadows that invades as destructive hordes?
Nay, such woul...
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Categories:
haec, art, conflict, courage, dark,
Form: Sonnet
Woe To the Realm Where None Is Mindful of the Helm
...The helmsman sings a merry song:
Haec est vera fraternas,
and downs a cup of something strong,
Hick, vera, hick, hick, fraternas.
The sailors dance a lusty jig,
forsaking sails, crow's nest an...
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Categories:
haec, drink, history,
Form: Ballad
True Brotherhood
...The helmsman sings a merry song:
Haec est vera fraternas,
and downs a cup of something strong,
Hick, vera, hick, hick, fraternas.
The sailors dance a lusty jig,
forsaking sails, crow's nest an...
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Categories:
haec, autumn, brother, death, song,
Form: Ballad