Long Nipper Poems

Bee-Real


As I flew up, into the air, 
I looked back one last time at the hive.
All the bees were standing there.
Some were happy and proud to see me go; some were still crying.
As they held...

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One day in early summer Murphy the Irishman came to town,
He rode upon a matted mule , his face was burnt and brown,
The corks that hung from his bushman's hat persuaded flies to keep away,
But...

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'Twas the night before the New Year. Gawd! All the beer had gone dry
Not a house or a tavern could renew our supply.
Was I too drunk to recall if what followed was fact?
While we drunks...

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As Women now have more power and rightly now have a voice
In the western world there are many more opportunities
Than there used to be and so much choice.

While men are today unashamedly in touch with...

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The Mystery Of Girls.

When I was just a nipper
And I was very small
I didn’t really like girls
At all

I found most were very spiteful
And when at primary school
No one wanted to kiss me
When we played in...

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Didactic old man
Fiddling with fright
As tears curled down 
From a bemoaned and fretted face
To his foaming lip
The tears thirst bitter taste
Spiced with desired regret
Of an action already finished
Crime begets an accidental skirmish
~
His hands
Those quivering hands
Protective...

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Walton’s Scrapyard

Mr Walton was our local scrap man
He wore a great big hat
His yard was squeezed between 
Two terraced houses
And I was always amazed at that

The yard was full of junk
Rusting scrap
And old tat
Tangled up...

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I have known earth was in in trouble since I was a nipper,
But I didn't know much,
Until the rest of the world,
Started lauding a country that is refuses to admit,
That water bottling plants are an...

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So, I’m the last survivor of a breed that ruled the world!
Brrr! It’s getting mighty cold.
I suppose we can’t complain though. Our innings was quitre long.
Brrrr! It’s getting mighty cold.
When I was just a nipper...

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So, I’m the last survivor of a breed that ruled the world!
Brrr! It’s getting mighty cold.
I suppose we can’t complain though. Our innings was quite long.
Brrrr! It’s getting mighty cold.
When I was just a nipper...

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FROM THE VIRTUOUS WOMAN
TO THE WAYWARD:

Excuse me...I'm moving on,
And I don't need your opinion,
To cast away the trust I'm leaning on.
You have life and choices you living on,
And I don't think of deciding for you,
Since...

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I wrote this after a conversation with an old retired fisherman whilst sitting on the harbour wall at Mousehole in Cornwall, UK ...

The old man sits by the pots on the wall
He looks out to...

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When I was just a nipper
My Dad used to take me to the barbers
The Barber would put a board across the chair
so I was higher
and he could cut my hair.

It struck me
how the barber was...

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When you point a finger
There's three that's pointing back.
I was taught as a nipper,and I have learnt just that
To stand and judge another, you must be squeaky clean
And even then,who put you on a pedastool...

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Strictly assigned to confine, 
The world need my eyes to surely comply,
I'm battling the gestures of 'don't try',
Mouths wage confusions from deep reply, 
You're sensing it in conceated line, 
Fame and dollar would get your...

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Ralph the garbage rummaging raccoon, found Nipper the cat at Buttermilk Saloon,
he had been suddenly sadly jilted and bleeding heart was extremely wilted.
Decided to stay out with the toms all night, to avoid a cat...

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I’m back from the aborted time
Where mother earth’s womb foiled me an innocent prime
A crime precipitated with tears of revenge on my carefree mondaine,
Again I’ve come, ushered by thunderstorms and hurricanes
 
Descending with spleen of...

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Shop...Shop till you'll drop,
And enjoy life more..And hope,
Remember that you only live today,
But tomorrow you may not be able to cope,
With the hardship, with the life style,
Remember, that life is a string,
With a fragile ring,
And...

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Luna Mutt Natalie’s Puppy


Little Luna licked a lot of lamb lollipops.
A lot of lamb lollipops little Luna licked.
If little Luna licked a lot of lamb lollipops, 
Where’s the lot of lamb lollipops little Luna licked?

Mama’s...

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Worries warts and a teaspoon 
a mosquito lives inside my liver
He escaped from the falling dune 
to make me his caregiver 
he brings his worries he brings his warts 
He crawls through my nose 
But...

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Some spider webs in our house
Are permanent installations
That have been up there so long
I’ve named them constellations

The largest is Webus Major
Made by a little nipper
That crawls around all day long
On what I call the silk...

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A Dog’s Life

Now lets see.. what  to do today:

I could chase my tail,  and
Bark at the man with the mail.
Or…
Sleep on the porch in the sun, and
Dig some big holes for fun.
Or…..
Sit up...

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Just outta of a shower and pampering 
The next step for me is dressing
I’m so fresh and clean
And wanting to look so neat and pristine 

I line up my boxers strategically placed
I’m ready in my...

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   A Dog's Life



Now lets see.. what  to do today:

I could chase my tail,  and
Bark at the man with the mail.
Or…
Sleep on the porch in the sun, and
Dig some big holes...

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dog hears
His Master's Voice
music to a dog's ears
iconic RCA Victor's
Nipper

December 29, 2020

Contest: Trademark ~ Quintain
Sponsor: Sara Kendrick

AN:  After he had finished his famous painting on 11th February 1898,  Francis Barraud (Liverpool) thought to...

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