Long Wot Poems

Oft in My Thought
by Charles D'Orleans
translation by Michael R. Burch

So often in my busy mind I sought,
Around the advent of the fledgling year,
For something pretty that I really ought
To give my lady dear;
But that sweet...

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*Image of Many Meanings by KWC.

Likeness ssenekiL: Part 1

(HOMONYMS: Homophones & Homographs)

He'll heal his heel.
They sow so they sew.
His aide aid with an ade.
You saw a ewe eat a yew.
I ate on the ait eight...

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Oi be nowt but an auld country hick,
we a liddle bit of gall, an a lotta stick.
Oi baint niver afeared to speak me mind,
nor critizise folks harshly iffen Oi find
zummit I don’t loik.  Tis...

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Me un Finn came  'round

In what did we found

The Pub, wid a very large lock

Aye keep the key where no one cann see

Said our find mate, Erik McJock

So, let us awl in, out spurted...

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Joe.; Making friends can be Hard I'm told, with keeping them harder; than finding, where hens teeth are sold!

Andrea.. Maybe it's hype the bonding thing? Yet there seemed wot truth in listening
Joe..Specially when we're getting...

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(the so-called "texted" poem is below the translated one shown here on top. btw, not for the contest. I messed up & didn't know there was a line limit. did I even come close with...

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November 1 Relationship to God Bible Meditations Based on Romans 11-12

Key Verse – Romans 11:2 God hath not cast away his people which he foreknew. Wot ye not what the scripture saith of Elias? how...

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(Bracketed words are not to be included in poem for they are only meant to bring home the phrase or word used)

From the eternal cake of her mother
There lies the eternal seed among mud;
Heaven born,...

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Is trust an emotion?
I pause jus for a moment hopin to
ponder
abt how ths elephant got to sitin 
on ma
shoulder
im supposed to b a soldier bt ths 
comotion in ma mind seems to
threaten my exposure
wonder how...

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Some sez m a loss caz, I contain ta many flaz
Just becaz m not subjec to ya lawz.

Lizen t ma speech, m hear ta preach 
Ma wordz, well byond ya reach
Wot ya hearan iz more...

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In the words of the great Bard, "Alas".
But enough of Shakespeare my friends.
For it has come to pass
That half a century and yet five more
Years that is, not my cricket score.
Have gone beneath the bridge...

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Old are they; those fables
Green they seemed so idle,
murrain of theirs still but
stand.

Odd how all of us prattle
Lads indeed we still are
longing hearty; throstles  
songs sang_we all are.

Old; we wot these birds
their silent screams,
their...

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I’m not gona get all wordy on you
I’m not gona do look at stuff and flowers on you.

I’m not gona sing in the rain and hold hands wive you
I’m not gona whisper stuff and get...

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When i was with you i was sad
there was this hatred i felt so bad
i did everything i could to help you
all those wasted years i went through 
alcohol was your best friend 
alcohol was...

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When i was with you i was sad
there was this hatred i felt so bad
i did everything i could to help you
all those wasted years i went through 
alcohol was your best friend 
alcohol was...

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I wot of maifaire said the man where people sell
Upon the green where are leafy boughed trees seen
There stand thegen; reeve; and fat geese lay, there
People do sport and horses neigh
Just follow down the earthen...

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hey buddy, I have to tell you,
you stink just like rat pooh!
raw effluent smells so much better!
I wear a gas mask so I can breathe around you,
to say your dirty would be complementary,
I hear you...

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Login’s For Me, Me, Me!

Some carers are shite, debasing and all that, not fit, 
Because just when I’m speeding to end my session, 
When they’ve come in on another patronising visit, 
They come over, bend...

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in one hill station,
on a cloudy evening,
in a beautiful flowery park,
i was waiting for my dear.
i'm the lonely one in the park.
but i had a companion.
my companion is a yellow rose.
rose looked bright and i...

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Dear Bard:?. Will E. Talk :?. Gno! 
Does TV die Tonite .?. Tizzatwotitizz ?? Kno:!
izziT bYe bYe LuV American sTyLe @MiDNiTe tonite ??
YoY za moment func.ai seems sum.wot co.herent .?.
OR ELSE :=} ai changes gears...

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just in case I'm there
here those voice con spiralling
but i am the one that control the stair
ways of underheaven
are soo
Steeped in couldn't give a 
Sold my sole
then laces
kept the eye
lets end with a smile
the corpse...

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Michul Jordan you’re Tagged Mate !


Wots all this
I sed to meself in me wurst Inglish accent

Gorblimmey and lummy
Gimme a pint uh tea
An a cup uh beer

Wots all this ere then

Gotta be a riddle dum dee...

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A prince becomes a king
as his mother heard her final ting
His brother part of a ring
A.i begins to sign
Here’s the thing
In the din
that plays out all my sin
with parties withe in
credibly hukled(that A.I again)
A dent...

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Tiz Friday and I have the day orf 
Oh wot on earth shall I do? 
Work in the yard? 
or will that be too 'ard 
I'll drink this last cuppa an stew 
The grass is...

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Semblative a poet's wooer
A villain's swain
         wot not?
The complex pox,a sickly
wine?
Whore,a huligan mazzle
sooner the old blue wanes
What remains?
         Waggish...

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