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Desire

“Alergic to something?” I enquire.
“Yes”. Desire.
Thoughts whirl.
Not the same girl
But her voice
And the same half-inocent laughter.
And after
Comes the choice.

Is,
Ought.
I can not
Help my thought
On this hot
Day.
And she sniffs in that self-same way.

I Know A Young Lady Called Marr

I know a young lady called Marr
Who works in a gentleman’s bar.
One day, when the lights went out
I heard her shout,
“The bishop has my bra!”.

I know a young lady called Marr
Who works in a gentleman’s bar.
One day, when the lights went out
I heard her shout,
“Sir, you go too far!”.

They Didn’t Kiss Because

They didn’t kiss because
It was
The first night.
It didn’t seem right
And it was neither the time
Nor the place.

He couldn’t see her face
And being unsure
Whether he would see her more
He did capture
A passing rapture
In rhyme.

With Sincere Apologies To Edward Lear

The owl and the pussycat went to sea, in a leaky, cardboard boat.
They had lost all their money
To a girl called Honey
Along with a £5 note.
The owl looked up to the stars above
And sang to a small guitar
“Oh beautiful pussy, oh pussy my love
I wonder where we are?
We are? We are?
I wonder where we are?”

With a sorrowful sigh
The pussy made reply:
“Owl,
You are a stupid old fowl!
Make no mistake
We
Are not at sea
But on a lake!
Oh what a stupid old fowl you are
You are
You are!
Oh what a stup...

Why most books don’t sell much on Kindle

Matthew is absolutely correct that the Amazon Kindle store is swamped with books rendering it extremely difficult for authors to get discovered. I would add that readers also face problems in finding your books, (if you are J K Rowling everyone has heard of you, however if you happen to be one amongst the millions of Ms and Mr Smiths just how, exactly do you get noticed)?

Matthew Wright

There’s a new phenomenon out there for writers these days. It hasn’t got a name, but it’s there, and I sus...

There Was A Young Lady Called Lou

There was a young lady called Lou
Who stood in a pot of glue.
She said, with a sigh
“I don’t know why
I stood in this pot of glue!”.

There Was A Young Man Called Kirt

There was a young man called Kirt
Who composed a poem about a skirt.
It being very protracted
I became distracted
And thought
It ought
To be short.

I Challenge You To…

Ester Chilton challenges her readers to write a poem, limerick or story about shopping. You can find my contributions below together with an amusing limerick by Keith Channing.

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This week’s challenge is to write a story, limerick or poem on the subject of:

Shopping

Last week’s challenge was to write about School. Here are a couple of the pieces you sent in:

Keith Channing sent this limerick in – on his birthday too!

There was a complete moratorium

On crooning in the auditori...

There Was A Young Lady Called Lou

There was a young lady called Lou
Who lost a little black shoe.
When it was found under the bed
Of a vicar named Ted
It caused quite a to-do …

Feedback On Your Poems At The Poetry Cafe

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