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Tough on Rhyme
We’re locking up the poets
And throwing them in cells
They’re dissidents and show it
Via odes and villanelles
Collected incantations
Against the status quo
Acerbic observations
Couplets in full flow
We’re exiling the muses
To be banished somewhere grim
With Terza Rima that confuses
And volumes that are slim
Wokey right-on anarchists
Who kid...
Friday 16th February 2024 2:09 pm
If Dogs Were Made World Leaders
If dogs were made world leaders
There would be no futile wars
And laws and treaties would be signed
With inky prints of paws
Chihuahuas and Alsatians
Would respect each other’s space
There’d be no United Nations
Just a favourite sniffing place
Summit sessions would be held
In playing fields or parks
With flashing collars de rigeur
For meetings after dar...
Thursday 8th February 2024 6:58 pm
Three Short Words
We needed Nelson Mandela
They gave us Elizabeth Truss
A crushing disappointment for all the rest of us
We needed Mahatma Gandhi
They gave us Elizabeth Truss
Which was seriously worrying
When her judgement is so sus
We needed Angela Merkel
They gave us Elizabeth Truss
Stick a three-word slogan on a big red bus
Liz our Healer, our Leader our Giver
Chosen to Deliver...
Thursday 1st February 2024 12:35 pm
The VIP Fast Lane
Hello Michael, Michelle here, are you free?
I understand you need a hand with Covid PPE
We’ve got factories in Hong Kong, Indonesia, and Laos
And if you help us get the contract
We can build a nice new house
It isn’t complicated, just a straightforward import shipment
For the rapid expedition of personal protective equipment
The kind of gear you need - masks and gowns an...
Friday 29th December 2023 11:43 am
Dave's Back
When all around is crumbling
And there’s nothing left to save
And the economy is tumbling
It’s time to call for Dave
He’s super and he’s Tory
His haircut is so smart
He would be great on Jackanory
He just looks and sounds the part
He once called a referendum
That left us lonely and bereft
Wrote a memoir, an addendum
To a career lacking heft
He sat...
Monday 13th November 2023 6:12 pm
Somewhere close to Westminster Bridge, October 2023, lines written on hearing of a new presenter on GB News.
Earth has not anything to show more shit
Mad would she be of soul who could watch it
A sight so tragic, such a travesty
This chancer now doth, like a varmint wear
The mask of a presenter, barefaced stare
Scandal, pandemic, the litany of lies
Indifferent, callous, let bodies pile high
Wittering trivia to the poisoned air
Never did one so manifestly seep
Self important ...
Saturday 28th October 2023 9:10 am
Wallflower
Noise. White noise. Wallflower.
Whispers across the aisle.
Rising from the fog
Voice. “A million dollars.”
Are they talking to me?
Unexpectedly and not likely.
Who am I in this noise?
Is my voice recognizable?
Buy some time sometime
And use it in a better world.
How much? Charge it to my room.
When is it expected to arrive?
You do not know? What about expre...
Saturday 6th February 2021 10:08 pm
No FACTS for me - Liberation from Science
Hello Face book,
Hello Twitter,
No more facts for me.
No more peer review,
No more research papers,
I’ve given up the science scene.
Free to determine my own reality,
Free to believe in what I choose,
Free to say no to the Covid vaccination for me.
Some say me selfish?
Some say me short sighted?
That the Vax is the only way out!
Information does not ki...
Friday 8th January 2021 12:06 pm
Gavin, or Frank?
Gavin or Frank
Another U turn from Boris?
Seven years ago this month,
Got into trouble by saying,
“Some people are just too stupid to get on in life.”
“Equality is impossible!”
Clearly stung by his critics claim,
Boris is biased.
Boris has since,
Assembles his Cabinet with care,
Assembles his Cabinet with more,
Short planks than,
Decking Solutions from,
...
Saturday 12th December 2020 1:00 pm
If Ducks Ruled the World
If ducks ruled the world
They would live and work in duckminster
Pay homage to the Queen, the Ducks and Duckesses at Duckingham Palace,
They would certainly rule the waves of Britain, marching to and fro in naval outfits,
No need for ships or an Air Force, with flying and swimming duck armies.
They gather on benches at parliamentary questions,
There is golden goose Mrs May wit...
Thursday 26th July 2018 4:38 am
MANTRA
in or out
out or in
let the referendum choir sing
blessed or cursed
well rehearsed
ad nauseum
that never endum sting
Thursday 23rd June 2016 10:38 am
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