A FELLOW FROM RYDE
An innocent fellow from Ryde
Had trouble in bed with his bride
For no-one had said
And he hadn’t read
All about the physical side
They purchased a book the next day
With pictures explaining the way
They found it so nice
They did the deed twice
She had twins the following May
The air, warm, unmoved, clings to our bodies
Like an old, familiar blanket.
From the west, the light,
A warm amber brew, pours down
And is strained through the leaves of the nearby gums
It fills the veranda and spills through the shuttered windows
In a gentle rippling stream,
To settle thickly on the timber floor.
A lone cicada breaks the stillness
In the drawing room
We sit and chat,
She and I and tea
Passing pleasantries with the milk and sugar.
She rests, motionless, amongst the ornaments
Reflecting the soft glow of late afternoon
An image of her mother’s mother, sepia gold,
Smiling from the sideboard
Fifty years, trapped by the glass
Fifty years cornered by a silver square.
Alive once more, she sits before me
Talking of Mossvale and Mulberries.
Beyond the window, the air,
Dusty with the incense of dry bark,
Hangs lifeless from the branches of the gums,
Where a solitary cicada sings to the setting sun.
Virus now in decline
Vacations back on line
Vectis arms open wide
Vessels each hour to Ryde
Visitors so oft held
Valhalla they have dwelled
Valediction withheld
[Vectis: the old Roman name for The Isle
Of Wight, it is still in common use today.
Valediction: an act, gesture or words of farewell]
5 May 2021
Contest: Pleiades V
Sponsor: Kim Merryman
BIRDS AND BEES
An innocent fellow from Ryde
Had trouble in bed with his bride
For no-one had said
And he hadn’t read
All about the physical side
They purchased a book the next day
With pictures explaining the way
They found it so nice
They did the deed twice
She had twins the following May
1st March 2021
Two Limericks - Let's Have Some Fun contest
Sponsor - Tania Kitchin
Pall Revere was renouned four his audacious mid-knight Ryde,
End alsow fore his silversmithin', inn witch he took grate pried!
Butt he is most famed four ridin' like a bat outta ewe no where,
Two alert Hancock, Adams, et al, fore there lives two spare!
Two lanterns inn a church belfry signaled en a-salt bye see;
(Pall gnu thee Brits were cummin as soon as they'd sipped there tee!)
On a borrowed hoarse he flu thru thee nite, thee patriots too summon,
Yellin' two ever'won, "Thee Brits ar cummin! Thee Brits ar cummin!"
Pore Pall was later captured end his hoarse was confiscated two boot,
Butt thee Brits released him two thumb it back too Lexington afoot!
Switchfoot's, I dare you to move ?
Shunned by societies carved these
Centuries a belief offering oppressions
Plundered through fables of fairyless
Tales in tears as molten gold melded...
An idol to fulfill their heart's a god
Or goddess that they could call their
Very own and irony waiting within
The wings of trial this metal bowing
Unto statues serving merciless altars
Whileas truth continued its wayward
Trek atop the paths towards colder
Binding hopes these dreams left bound
Amid twisted chains to bury love's light...
Judgment bleeding; ignorance arrogance
Hate death life flesh spirit, hells deceit ¿
You me cauldrons revelations fiery scenes.
I notice u
do you notice me
As we pass by
i think u r gorgeous
do i catch ur eye
i think to myself
could i be his type
ok, i could ask
no, maybe, well i might
let me think, maybe i could guess
not to hard, no need to stress
you probably like a natural
like Alicia Keys
or a decievingly good sewn in weave
like Ms. Bey
could u like her average build
or maybe a lil thick
like Buffie the Body, or Dee-lishis
do u like the model/ actress type
like Halle Berry or Megan Good
or a Ryde or Die chick
straight from around the way, hood
do u like her bold
claimin she got that good, good
like Ashanti
or would u prefer her
mysterious, sexy, ladylike and classy
u want a lady in public
but can straight f*c(
on some thug ish
then, whip u up
a home-cooked meal
from her kitchen
hell, ill neva know
and u probably never cared
cuz we keep on passing each other by
and i was just to SCARED.....