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I wondered if I might post more on the site so people said Hey - that’s enough for today. so people said Wait - Just take it easy mate. so people said Damn - is that a bloke or spam? But I don’t write enough so I don’t have much stuff. In truth I’m not that eager, my output fairly meagre. It might j...

Don’t think I’m ignoring you, or I’ve flounced off in a huff. I’ve simply dried up, my cupboard is bare, I’ve used up the last of my stuff. The needle is pointing to empty, the tank is now running on fumes, I am scraping the last of the barrel, and a bleak, barren future now looms. Where once I coul...

Thanks Gyppo, some still haven't got the message.

If you’re thinking of scrimping and saving to replace your front lawn with block paving ‘cos your parking space then will be double and nature’s just far too much trouble, just think as you rip up the turf what your project will do to the Earth. And if you’re considering decking just think of the li...

Banned Listen, I haven’t much time though I swear I’ve committed no crime the powers that be want to persecute me - the outlaw bandido of rhyme. The limerick now is unlawful - branded as hackneyed and awful! but as you can see they didn’t stop me - believe me I got a whole drawer full They placed a...

A finicky lady from Cheam
would eat only peaches and cream
this tasty confection
did help her complexion
but made her quite broad in the beam

 

A popular singer called Midge
now lives in derelict fridge
If you pay him a tenner
he’ll sing you Vienna
and jump off the Waterloo Bridge.

 

The troubadour turning to go
sang a jovial Hey Nonny No.
As he doffed his belled cap
he was felled by a chap
with an axe – who had hated the show.

 

A Lawn I ponder the summertime lawn and a jaded conclusion is drawn - it’s empty, it’s green and it’s flat. That’s all I can say about that. OK it’s a nice place to sit, you can soak up the sun for a bit but the moment of pleasure will pass then you get a bit bored with the grass as you’re sufferin...

He frenziedly reached for my hand
as he sank in the treacherous sand
appealing to me
with a desperate plea
forgetting I owed him ten grand.