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A Well Spoken Young Lady Called Holly

A well spoken young lady called Holly
Is fond of saying “gosh” and “golly”.
She married a man
(His name was Dan).
They met while pruning holly!

‘Solitude’: A Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox

A close friend thinks little of this poem. However it speaks to me.

Interesting Literature

Ella Wheeler Wilcox (1850-1919) has often been ridiculed – she features in Nicholas T. Parsons’ The Joy of Bad Verse – but even her detractors have to admit that ‘Solitude’ succeeds, and certainly remains successful as a piece of poetry about solitude. Anthony Burgess memorably rewrote the poem’s opening two lines as ‘Laugh and the world laughs with you, snore and you sleep alone.’

Solitude

Laugh, and...

Her Heels Remain Sharp

Her heels remain
Sharp
But it gives her pain
That although she does retain
The desire
She no longer has the art
To spark
Fire
In a young man’s heart.

Blank

Perfume lingers
On a sheet
Where cold fingers
Did trace
A girl’s blank
Face.

He said, “thankyou”
As he was wont to do.
Then she was gone
Though her scent lingers
On the sheet
Where cold fingers
Did trace
Her expressionless face.

The Maid

The maid
Once staid
Was paid
So stayed

‘Ode on Solitude’: A Poem by Alexander Pope

Interesting Literature

The most remarkable thing about this poem, ‘Ode on Solitude’, is that Alexander Pope (1688-1744) wrote it when he was just 12 years old! A paean to the simple life and a world of peace and quiet, ‘Ode on Solitude’ was an extraordinarily precocious poem by a poet who would go on to define the poetic tastes of the first half of the eighteenth century with longer works such as The Rape of the Lock and The Dunciad. This poem was written just as that century was dawning, in...

On Going To Bed Last Night

On going to bed last night
With my wife who’s name is White,
My blonde mistress Claire
Just happened to be there.
You should have seen them fight!

I Heard A Witty Word

I heard
A witty word
And laughed outloud,
Proud
Of mine own skill.

But, when I am still
And hear the bird
That does cut at my heart
All my art
Is rendered absurd

Thankyou and Happy Christmas

I would like to send a heartfelt thankyou to all of my readers for liking, commenting on and buying my work during 2018. I wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas.

All the very best to you all

Kevin

A Young Lady Who’s Name Is Nell

A young lady who’s name is Nell
Frequents a cheap hotel.
When she knocked on my friend’s door
At just gone 4,
But I promised not to tell …

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When a young lady who’s name is Nell
Rang my girlfriend’s doorbell.
My partner, Claire
Screamed, “you are having an affair!”.
I said, yes, but its only Nell!”.