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  • Nine Day Wonder

    I warned them about the eclipse Noting that our geographical position Did not lend itself To the full enjoyment Of the spectacle

  • A Cup of Coffee

    I made a cup of coffee Using iced pink milk It was well received By Annette an Jill Who I had known for many years

  • Le poète qui a perdu sa plume

    As part of my early life I travelled a great deal I often travelled without my pen So I had to memorise Many of my imagined lines I was frequently helped By the generosity of others Who furnished me with all The items of my requirement And then I became totally lost After being washed…

  • Es-tu trop occupé pour m’aimer

    That is my only question Marc Or do you love someone else That is your second question Julie

  • Femes is Immortal

    I am currently working in a library It is a pleasant job with nice people Recently I met a trainee librarian Her name is Angela Lincoln Smith But she likes to be called Femes As she is a part time angel in Heaven And is therefore considered immortal

  • Eat When Cooked

    I swim quite frequently in the sea My housekeeper is named Christine She brings me apples every day Attached to these apples Is a note written in violet ink Eat When Cooked

  • This is My Garden

    Yesterday I visited Walmer Castle and Gardens It was a place that I knew well As I crossed the bridge From the castle into the gardens I was stopped by a young man Wearing a green felt hat With a ring of daisies Joined together around the crown He in a hushed soft voice Told…

  • Nuage

    I travelled with an American girl Who was called Nuage By all those who met her As she had a remote And other worldly manner Her real name was Mary Anne Parkinson

  • The Viaduct

    It was an imposing seventeen arch viaduct Which spanned the valley and the marshes It was almost five hundred yards long Construction took almost two years It rose to a height of sixty seven feet Yet lasted less than seventy summers Before it was brutally demolished

  • Summers in Sweden

    Helga keeps a rather affectionate Koala Bear But often runs into problems When travelling with her little pet As Koalas belong to the marsupial family And not the bear family It is because of this That she often summers in Sweden On the small island that we jointly own