World's number one and two in batting's Who's Who
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Yorkshire’s blessed treasure chest best take their Test berth as they surf the crest out on the hallowed turf
The self anointed..God’s own country..didn’t rest..hasn’t disappointed..simple ploy
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Categories:
tyro, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Southee serenade
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Foppish fringe flutters..pianist tendrils tinkling..
Flitter finessing leathery fruits..
Caressing..stitched dreams tickled & tailored..
Swing..swerve in clandestine cahoots…
Curve…vo...
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Categories:
tyro, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Babbling Brook or Dirty Harry
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Michelin star cricketing cook…by hook or crook.. so canny..will find every nook and cranny…if you took a look at the record..score or text book ..won’t have forsook ..our dutiful..beautiful babblin...
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Categories:
tyro, sports,
Form: Free verse
Jofra vs Burmrah the crown jewel duel
...Is there any other sort of sport.. that can hold a candle to having to handle
Getting caught in the ripsnort onslaught scandal…as speedsters hold court
Fraught as they face a serious deleteriou...
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Categories:
tyro, sports,
Form: Prose Poetry
KG the OG WTC
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Not just WTC..
KG has to be..the OG
Saffa Jaffa gaffer….sole goal
Batters harries
Carries..never parries
Weight and expectation
Fate & soul
Of a whole nation
South Africa...
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Categories:
tyro, sports,
Form: Rhyme
Country Pubs
...Bubbling babbling burbling banter from the bar..
Sup hush….memory lane trip...Proustian rush..pleasingly tickled.
Plushly ebbed…spidery beer swirls webbed…lace whirls..grace dimpled dappled ja...
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Categories:
tyro, culture,
Form: Free verse
First Crawl
...First crawl
I learnt to crawl in a tie,
Banker’s suit and smile on a lucky tot.
Learning the secrets of trades and service,
I’d make a difference with my skills,
And earn some money on the s...
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Categories:
tyro, abuse, anti bullying, betrayal,
Form: Blank verse
Novice, Still Am I
...Still a novice,
pushed into world of avarice.
Hearts gilded with greed,
beautifully masked faces, so sweet indeed!
Faces elated under twinkling night,
welcoming your journey,
in the corne...
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Categories:
tyro, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Free verse
Poor Little Tyro
...Little Tyro seemed normal at birth
Green color, long enough, the proper girth
But when he didn't grow for nigh on a year
Mom and Dad Tyrannosaurus were filled with fear
One day they took po...
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Categories:
tyro, animal, destiny, growth,
Form: Rhyme
Zarathustra Gave Me the Green Light Part Two
...from conscionable, fashionable,
and inimitable laudable official,
regal unequivocal x all did (re: exalted)
gratuitously justifiable management,
this citizen banker does hint intend zealous a...
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Categories:
tyro, america, anger, angst, betrayal,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Dont Have the Heart To Do the Right
...Don't you have heart to do the right,
Why you want to go in the way where future isn't bright;
Don't waste your parents’ upbringing,
Your acts can never be forgiving;
Start making love with e...
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Categories:
tyro, corruption,
Form: Rhyme
Levels of Expertise
...diamante
novice
nescient, nervous
assuming, awaiting, assisting
tyro, tenderfoot / virtuoso, veteran
anticipating, advising, administering
erudite, exceptional
expert
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Categories:
tyro, people, work,
Form: Diamante
A Vindictive Mind
...A MIND SEEKING REVENGE
IS LIKE A PRISONER WITH NO JUSTICE
IT WON’T TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR ITS ACTIONS
FOR IT WILL PLOT AN ILLEGAL PLAN OF DESTRUCTIVE EVIL
IT WILL FORSAKE AND TERRORIZE ...
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Categories:
tyro, sad
Form: I do not know?
Computer Tyro
...After much cajoling by my kids and grandkids over the years,
I entered the computer age with great tremblings and fears.
My Selectric typewriter and encyclopedia were comprehensible to me,
Now, I'...
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Categories:
tyro, computer-internetcomputer,
Form: Rhyme
The Reign of Poseidon
...His beginning was his end, being swallowed by Cronus
Fortuitously his fortune averted when through Zeus he was saved
With his trusted trident his magnificence reigned
Amphritite at his side, a...
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Categories:
tyro, dedication
Form: Free verse
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