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Ode to a Red Rose
Oh, crimson Rose, nature's gift of grace,
Your ruby petals entice fairer sex embrace,
Your lusciousness evokes men's hopes and dreams
Erect stance stems, a metaphor for love’s extremes.
Your thorns remind us that the path of love’s not smooth,
Yet tenacity helps us hold on to love we can not lose.
Avoiding those thorns that safeguard your velveteen bloom,
We choose flush t...
Friday 28th July 2023 6:18 pm
Swiss Roll Family Robinson
Not astonished by the lack of surprise,
The day the Robinson family died
Morbidly obese.
Devoured their last feast,
Committing dietary suicide
Their buffet table laid sumptuously,
Intending to indulge in gluttony,
They wouldn't be the first
To eat till they burst
Avidly scoffed and gouged rapaciously,
A vivid green leaf salad, though not much
Lay limp i...
Monday 16th January 2023 5:18 pm
Within your eyes
If only I could find preconstructed words
Scattered amongst vocabularic sherds,
That could easily describe and characterise
That bright sparkle within your eyes,
For then the world may understand
That, which I know for sure first-hand,
For within those eyes,
All my future pleasure lies,
Deep steely blue pools of passion
Are not as cold as one may imagine,
Like ro...
Tuesday 16th August 2022 5:48 pm
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