72 Miles From The Sea

  Something has happened That I don’t think is nice Because my poetic license Has been revoked, Twice

  Poetry is remarkable for The amount of joy it brings But please poets, we do get it, Things are like other things

  Falling in love is like poetry But when she no longer calls Don’t start writing her number On every single toilet wall

  Dragons perform aerobatics In the azure sky Griffons are asked to join in But won’t even try Dodo’s dance a perfect Flightless j...

  The poetic Pam Ayres Wrote verse with a gag And I think she looks Like Benny Hill in drag

  She read a poem Out loud to me On a quiet afternoon That touched me, Awakened me, Stirred my soul And my dulled senses As sh...

  The poet dips his quill In the inkwell of the muse The resulting flowing words Are the fruit of thought Gathered on the page In ...

  My poems have been called On a good day, ribald More often artistically bald Humourous? So-called Wit to scathe and scald Tastel...

  The nine muses Daughters of Zeus Inspiring of mortals And nurturers of the arts The fourth was, The divine Euterpe, Rejoicing ...

  The nine muses Daughters of Zeus Inspiring of mortals And nurturers of the arts The third was, The divine Erato, Desired and l...

  The nine muses Daughters of Zeus Inspiring of mortals And nurturers of the arts The first was, The divine Calliope, Beautiful-...

  “Oh doctor, doctor You must help me I have been afflicted Most horribly I keep quoting William Topaz McGonagall” The Doc repli...

  Great poets, wordsmiths of yore Prose and rhyme did write Of matters that went before Viewing them in poetic light

  Isn’t culture wonderful? Music, theatre, poetry Something for everyone To feel or hear or see The performing arts I particularly...

  Something has happened That I don’t think is nice Because my poetic license Has been revoked, Twice

  Poetry is remarkable for The amount of joy it brings But please poets, we do get it, Things are like other things

  Something has happened That I don’t think is nice Because my poetic license Has been revoked, Twice

  When I was at school Our English teacher, Mrs Rowan Once asked of us as homework, During the half term holiday To memorize our fav...

21 st Century Nursery Rhymes I really find are such a doddle Though most people think That they are a load of twaddle But as I rapi...

  Derum, sorry if I’ve caused offence I will desist from this moment hence I received instructions from the Ed “Give as good as you ge...