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LJ-Archaeology
I've been reviewing and correcting broken links in the old LJ-Imported posts of my 'home' journal ( Read more... ) -
RIP Peter Firmin, 1928-2018
Sad news, yesterday, of Peter Firmin's passing.
For those of you who don't know British childrens' television he was the very, very English Jim Henson: one of the rare and precious adults who can truly play, and write, with the joy of a seven-year-old child.
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Triumph of the Wool
Apologies for the delay in composing or perpetrating poetry yesterday, for day 18 of NaPoWriMo: the intended subject proved quite challenging.
That is to say, dismaying: for it is himself, the Right Honourable Gentleman, Minister and MP for Surrey Heath, Mr Michael Gove.
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Delectation, Erudition, Eructation
Day fourteen of National Poetry Writing Month, and nobody has begged me to stop. Yet ( Read more... ) -
A Remembrance of Tines Passed
Day Thirteen of NaPoWriMo, and I've only got five minutes to post one...
So here's an out-take from last week's literary adventures in York:
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Further adventures in vulgar invective
Day 9 of my continuing campaign to lower the quality of the Nation's poetry, under the pretext of National Poetry Writing Month.
Or NaPooWriMo, in a recurring theme of the classical Limerick.
( Content Warning: Jacob Rees-Mogg and lavatorial vulgarity... ) -
Epic Phal
Day Seven of NaPoWriMo, the National Poetry Writing Month, and I have decided to draw on my specialist knowledge of the financial services industry:
A gentleman broker from Surrey
Went out on the coke and the curry
He brayed and he snorted
The waiters retorted:
"That's chilli not coke, not to worry!"
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Byre Beware
Day Five of NaPoWriMo, the National Poetry Writing Month, and I have declared a temporary halt to the torrent of triple-rhyming filth.
Its still a Limerick.
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More Pillow-Torque
Day four of National Poetry Writing Week, and nobody has begged me to stop ( Read more... )