Achtung, Mes Amis
...ACHTUNG, MES AMIS
The islands resolutely isolated from the shore
had atmosphere : they were redolent of an insolence
which betokened ‘Do come and get me, if you damn well dare.’
Its minor mou...
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Categories:
mcalpine, funny, political,
Form: I do not know?
The Day In a Life
...THE DAY IN A LIFE
Please, lowly and so very hairy worm,
believe ! You must have faith, your luck will turn;
your somewhat desperate soon-to-be flutter
will cause provision - of bread and butt...
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Categories:
mcalpine, funny, happiness, nature, philosophy,
Form: Couplet
Goose Bumps
...GOOSE BUMPS
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I'd thought I found eternal rest
cold hands folded, still, on my chest
but I hear echoes from the past
the trumpet's ...
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Categories:
mcalpine, animals, death, funny, history,
Form: Couplet
Remembrance
...REMEMBRANCE
You poppies marched into my world
in 1946, I was then aged about four.
A morning leap from well-warmed bed
to count : today, how many more ?
Something so eternally ephemeral
grabbing my...
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Categories:
mcalpine, war, morning,
Form: I do not know?
Another Psychiatric Success - Oakland
...ANOTHER PSYCHIATRIC SUCCESS
Man feels guilty, thus Man feels bad :
conscience halts “pleasures” to be had.
Psychs seek cure - Man must not feel bad,
with drugs remove what make him sad.
Good, lucky...
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Categories:
mcalpine, death, philosophy, political, drug,
Form: I do not know?
Inconvenience
...INCONVENIENCE
Home :
Take one cube of gravy essence,
stir it fretfully, if I still dare,
into boiling, or at least hot-ish water;
such senior movements made with care
Care Home ...
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Categories:
mcalpine, caregiving, funny, philosophy, me,
Form: I do not know?
Seniors Olympics
...SENIORS OLYMPICS
Images of fearsomely fit youth everywhere,
healthy people, all bronzed, featured
by the second, on screens and public spaces :
fit and flash, but always young, Olympians.
I prote...
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Categories:
mcalpine, funny, sports,
Form: Free verse
Best-Kept Secret
...I know - I’m supposed to keep this secret
easy, by month one nothing’s visible yet
in month two damn sickness greets morn
and I’m wishing I’d never been born
by end of third deep serenity’s applied...
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Categories:
mcalpine, life, mother, world,
Form: Couplet
The Wiliest Bird
...THE WILIEST BIRD
My hero is a wily bird,
so gutsy, he's thought quite absurd,
for when he's down and almost out,
he's up and fit for six more bouts.
He'll be blown up, he'll be blown down,
whatever...
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Categories:
mcalpine, inspirational,
Form: Couplet
About Time Too
...ABOUT TIME TOO
Create a universe with space,
and stars and suns, then planets.
Add some life and watch it grow;
almost nothing to almost something.
Implant a need to change, evolve,
until finally o...
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Categories:
mcalpine, funny, holiday, philosophy, time,
Form: Blank verse