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You flick that golden hair of yours And bat those big blue eyes, The epitome of beauty Grace and poise and style. Another D has been achieved At another dusty desk, Failure blamed upon teachers Why, YOU only give YOUR best. Sprites and ny…
I think the French put it nicely When they address the plague, Fear 'Peur' goes with the verb 'Avoir' Their intention oh so clear. We here across the Channel Have a different plan, We are Fear, we are afraid, Become a petrified man. But t…
Then Life's just a hallway to a better place And Death is but a door.
Chapter 2 The only attempt at a beginning which I can pinpoint was in 1926. I was a boy of five, living through a time in life when I felt I was on the cusp of something marvellous but a something which my feeble young mind could not manag…
1) Reading - to the point where, when I was little, my granny used to tell me off for spending pocket money on books rather than dresses or toys or whatnot. 2) Saying words repeatedly until they don't sound like words and you get a bit co…
Do you ever wish You could have a blank page? Fresh and white and clean, Pure Spotless Blotless, each stain removed Sinking back into the parchment it had spoiled. Each cruel thought, word, deed Rubbed free from the conscience It had gripp…
At the bottom of my garden Amongst glossy foliage Which shimmers and gives Nature's hue Glistening to everything little thing Is a beehive. My beehive To which I tend And watch the bees. Tiny pieces of amber and onyx Fizzing, spitting , S…
Amidst a broiling sea Of beautiful people, A tide of every creed and colour Lithe and shining in ecstasy I stop and stand to stare. Beautiful, brilliant, slender limbs Throwing whistling, torpedoes Through throngs of buzzing, bouncing, G…
Now the veil of slumber falls upon you Enbalms you, ready for the tomb Of safe, dark nights where stars may watch you In Mother Nature's calming womb. Each night the closest we may come To Death in life, touching but the hem Of His broodi…
Another year has come and past, Another year, now home at last, My drouth's for you my pretty one. 364 days alone But this be the one where I tread dale and sand To come to you in you're own little land. Mountains and valleys come not to m…
Confidence always alludes me, See confidence is key. Charisma, so I'm told these days Is the link to opportunity. In economy buying and selling Is due to, so people profess, The knowledge and charm of the vendors Whose smiles alone seem t…
She smiles. A vivacious, curvaceous grin Crammed full of pearly menace. How many sins Are hidden within The cigarette-stained canvas And a life soaked in gin? How many men lost, Eaten, Each tooth an enamel-coated monument To their fall, T…
A knock on the knee when I was wee I used to sit on m' mammy's knee. Her apron tore An' I fell on the floor An' that was the end o' me. She chased me from town to town Screaming all the streets down. She'd beat me blue 'Til me bones show…
Don't talk to me of Love, That icky pink and red parade Which invades the shops this time of year, Draping them in Hallmark's brand of 'true' dedication And admiration. Hush. Don't talk to me of Love In all it's beauty, It's glory Atop a…
After reading last night's words I'm not trying to start it again I'm just asking for peace and love, For us all to pick up our pens And write wonderful things and imaginings Which enlighten, make merry and change A world which has troubl…
Golden girl With golden ribbon in her hair, Celebrated, golden, The sunshine child The Monday child, Oh so fair of face Such a smile as would put Sun's rays to shame. Flying and floating Like the motes upon the beam, Fizzling, flickering S…
Chapter 1 (continued) The gates of that great vessel of peculiarities had been a part of me from such an early age that I know not where a vaguely normal sense of existence, experienced as a babe ended and where Schwernheim began. That lin…
I never thought I'd be that girl, The one whose life could be walked through with shoes. It seemed absurd that a life could be reduced To such sole meaning, Such frivolity. But now I look through my wardrobe and I see It's me, There, in can…
Let's go off to Bangor, Bangor-boats-away Where we can spend an hour or two Reliving a childhood That all to fast was sped In pickie parks and pedalos, Fine swan shaped chariots, Joy in hand, In fist as we dart through fountains, Sea brine…
A new project of mine. It's a bit lengthy but bare with! Chapter 1 I heard once that happiness is a function of accepting what is. To those at Schwernheim that couldn't have been more true. Those who resign themselves to insanity babble on…
Winter has intruded into cool February air Leaving kisses in a blanket To tuck the snowdrops back to sleep. 'There'll be no colour here Not yet,' she seems to sigh Adding soft simplicity To a far too gaudy world. A twinkle, a glow, Bouncin…
That poor aul fella Richard III Was always despised With ne'er a kind word, Deformed and all hunched With a withered wee arm, A cruel aul tyrant Causing young nephews harm. Yet Tudor propaganda Makes you believe What they want you to hea…
Crystal drops, crystal shards Frozen on the windowpane, Splitting, splintering daylight As it smashes off tiles and walls. Dappled, muddled, a million pieces As I'm slashed, bathed in your light.
Gives another moment weight. Reaching into nothing, Etching nothing but a shine, Another kiss and promise, That old promise that you're mine. Guys who are quite penniless Always tend to dream, Told they shouldn't think to wed Some princess…
If I in heart and I in mind Go swiftly through the trees And I in heart and I in mind Let bracken snap and birds scree, If I in heart and I in mind Follow Sense's plea, If I in heart and I in mind Can let my eyes to see, If I in heart and I…
Her little face looks out on nothing A simple carving of her visage Watching without looking at our lives, Swimming past in some mirage Of hours and weeks and months, Passing by, tear-stained. Gold sifting slowly through her hands Fine an…
The Opuss Effect is setting on in; Once again I find within My internal narrative is nattering in verse, I thought 'It ain't that bad, it could be worse.' Yet the rhyming and timing grew frantic and hard, I'm just wee old me, I'm in no way …
A race it was in order Amongst the brother gods, Ganesha looked to Kartikeya To mark down their odds. 'I challenge you, my brother, To a worldwide race; Thrice around with victor Taking honour's place.' Kartikeya took the challenge With a…
It's that time of year as the snowdrops bloom When giants unite under banners of yore And renewed patriotic passion ignites To fend a handful of nation's glory once more. Thistle and shamrock and daffy and rose, The crow of the cockerel an…
#acrostic short and sweet (hopefully) Useful tip to remember in life People need people to help dreams survive
Cheerio my little chucks; For two years you have run amuck Around about our little place Our little grass, hedgy space, But now we fear we can't go on, You make a mess and the year is long, There's only so much we can give In your feathery …
There's a handprint on my mirror. When I breathe on it it comes to life again, The frosted, phantasmal outline Of a moment come and past, A handprint of a thousand minute words Each as meaningful and unique as the swirl of the fingertips. …
Why yes, Venice was a splendid choice My dear, a truth I must voice With no-one here to judge our naked noise. Yes the bands are back in England, dear And we find ourselves in a land, here, Of passion to sail in with gondolier. There's a th…
Tights tights Me my oh no! What do we need them for? I'd like to know! A daily affliction With nothing to show, Can't be without but they Really must go. Tights tights What is the need? I'm flapping 'round like a Flamingo on speed! They'…
Little home birds a-chirping In the cherry blossom tree Perhaps when I return again You'll sing that song again for me. Let me borrow it 'til teatime As the sun slips past the trees So I can wear it all the day And come back home with ease…
What stuff are creatures such as we made of If creatures such as we compose dreams? Those fickle, glittering beacons T'wards which we flit like moths between the stars, And which crumble at our touch. What makes Man, Man, Drawn up from the…
So you seem to believe it's tonight, you say Even though the sky's five hundred shades of grey. Don't you delight in passionate array Usual suspect with devilish ways. Can't hold it back now the notion's in place Though taming the shrew's a…
It knocks against my window Howls and shrieks and moans, A thousand souls go blasting by, Thunderous in their groans. The trees bend down for mercy And the Sea quakes in her might; She doesn't want to dance today She wants to rest tonight.…
A crisp, clear night When my breath rises As a serenade to the stars, Little wisps of life That will not neatly end But fade out, carried upward By some celestial current Which science cannot label, bottle nor explain. A crisp, clear night …
He's lots and lots of stories No longer can be told, Left to sit and fester Gather dust and mould, Muddle, fuddle, fudge them up Now warped and all squewhiff, Changed, repeated, dressed, laid bare First slow, back to front then quick. He ca…
Lub-d Lub-d. Not all there in full working order. Can you die of a broken heart? It's not broken in the sense That poets for years toiled and mooned over, Not love's labours lost But the odd bit here and there. Funny. Not funny haha But a …
So many things in our wee world Are actually not on show , And when we think a little bit There's not much we really know; Of a trillion billion galaxies We can see but five And to see the last you have to squint And tilt your head to th…
There's an imposter in my kitchen Waiting to be devoured, It's presence more unsettling After each golden hour, Cloaked in a lattice Of dishonour and deceit Smiling oh so sweetly In a manner quite discrete. It rhymes off it's ingredients, …
I'm filling in the blanks; The white and black boxes Side by side, Bit by bit Forming words and answers Some higher being's asking for. Fumbling through the alphabet, A simpleton under His gaze, Cryptic clues adding insult to injury As I…
Prompted by @wolfie 's The Point of Wasps and a horrible Creationism talk... We climbed up through the forest To the top of his nose, Through mist and clouds Where the sun danced and joked Until we could see A toy town spread below us. 'Is…
I'm popping off for a little while To have a rest and revive my style, My little head is really bare Like Hubbard's cupboard there's nothing there. I'll be back soon with some more tricks To get my sweet old Opuss kicks But don't you worry…
A wave of wood and motor oil, Chippings, nails and rust, Hay and blades and old, used grease, Sunshine and sawdust, Leather, ropes and harnesses, Sweat and slight, sharp rose, All the things one cannot smell But which still play in your nos…
She sits at a window Combing her hair, Softly and quietly Like its precious and rare, A gleaming white hand Under shimmering light, Hair golden by day, Just as golden by night As if Midas himself Had gilded it's flow With a feathery touch …
Who was in quite a state of confusion; Is a bean bag a seat Or just a sack of deceit? In the end he just settled on a cushion.
We're all a bit dishevelled After courting with the Devil; A war over cheese Where Lee lost his knees, We all deserve a medal! There've been dragons and chickens galore With a radioactive egg store, Brie and Edam, Well I'll be damned! I d…
Really Lee? A BMX? We all know that's lies. I just spied him in your cheesy lair Being force-fed mince pies! @VikingHorn isn't hurt Or strapped to unruly bikes, So boys, trying to scare us all Go and take a hike! We'll be coming to get him …
Don't you remember yesterday's trip When I gave you all the slip For a little journey up the Mournes Like the Sound of Music only in Ireland (Norn)? I went lair shopping and found a spot That will trump you nasty lot; Mourne granite is pow…
And said you never could. The other one, when you put your head Inside the oven cold; You said you were just cleaning it And to go to bed as I was told. You spend most days crying In your soggy bed Or else you're thinking of dying Of graves…
Would stop us in our tracks? We've got special braces To combat your attack And screwdrivers as well To take your skateboard's wheels. You slashed our tyres So now you know how it feels. You think unplugging transporters Will keep us in o…
I think it's time to call it a day Lee's well up the heavenly stairway Or is he on the highway to hell? It's all so confusing I really can't tell! Anyway, King Cheese, you're sidekicks in bits And we're just about to bedazzle your cheesy ar…
We've got Jack in our D-Den And are bedazzling his evil shirt And we've lifted two cuties on the way. (Not bad for a day's work) I think you'd better admit defeat Now you're in our righteous laps, You're stuck here at our mercy, There's no …
You think you've trumped us But it's far from that; BedHairLee is calling time And we've made a hat from your cat. That just shows weakness And sloppiness galore And don't forget we've got your nan. (Well that's what hostages are for) She's…
I'm away up the Mournes Back in time for tea
You think it's over? You're in for a shock I think I hear a knock knock knock Oh, never mind I'm teleporting in Like Starship enterprise I think I win. I've a kneecapping hammer I borrowed from Thor He's a lovely guy (and that's just the ou…
I'm only wakened, posh pash pish! Just got round to reading your dodgy threats My front door's titanium, how'd you like that? And to make your plan even more futile I've wired a transporter in your lair D-style. So I'll pop round for breaki…
Spies in the D-Den? Off with their heads! And we've got your gran Making our beds. It's time to go old school; We're coming your way With our ninja moves And Nic's lactose-less ways. Mr Miyagi has trained us Like Bruce Lee And Chuck Norris …
Don't you remember? I upgraded the car So it can soar so far, so far A magnetic shield I will deploy This thing ain't no Happy Meal toy! Repel your arrows, run for cover! Here comes one, and another and another! So, lads what's next up your…
I've come knocking at your door Again with something else in store; I've rallied the three Herman Juniors Come to squish this lair of yours! Seeping in each nook and cranny (Oh and they've held hostage your grannies) Munching up your cheesy…
Really? You're sweating grating cheese? I'm in the D-Den with a cup of tea! I got a lift from Superman Him and me are tight. Now for a plan While my pants soak in bleach, Really the limit by BedHairy was breached. But fair is foul and foul …
Come on now, you've just got this? Resorting to dodgy stripper tricks? With our nick-knack back-ups we're still a pain in the ass, Better get your good game on fast. Do I hear wing beats in the air? There's no time to stop and stare The chi…
To fix the D-Mobile? Did you think Jerome's corpse in the exhaust Would quash our heroic zeal? The hero pants have been double washed And ironed and battle bedazzled To blind you boys when they glint and shine With true old sassy sazzle. Th…
So you're safe when your hair's thinning, Call for redemption, Laugh for your children, Love for your lover Never mind how and when. But perhaps it is time That they leave us all alone To run for our money Just on our own.
A little dejected and wet; Their pea-green boat Got munched by a goat And they'd got caught in a fisherman's net. They hadn't found the Fountain of Youth In their race with Captain Jack, They swam home from Tortuga; Feeling like losers The…
Killing two birds with one stone ;) @naaviie @MelchoirJ13 The Duo had been summoned By evil underneath The pleasant land of Opussia And all Opussians' feet. There was a new guy in town, The mysterious King Cheese. Daring D had been checkin…
@MelchoirJ13 You said you were shaking In your Eatondale boots At the thought of what I'd brew up next (Me and Mr. Strings are in cahoots) But I'm afraid I have to disappoint Like a Stilton that's not blue, See I've nothing left up my chee…
@MelchoirJ13 Jeesh Areesh You're getting rather tetchy! Camembert down You're cheese knowledge is getting sketchy. You're listing every cheesy crumb All in Caravane You know as well as I do You won't win this game. Your wipeout shall be M…
@MelchoirJ13 You say it's my Tinturn So here we go; You seem quite a Parmesan artisan Trying to put on a show But I'll chase you over hill and Wensleydale With my cheesy wit. Mozerella fella, You can't handle this one bit! The puns are g…
Finally up to date! In this theatre of stone angels With Peter, Paul and James I lay my sins before you, Reveal my selfish games. Under watchful eyes of many, Hard and harsh and cold To glass and stony marble From centuries of old I cannot…
And don't put on a show. In country gardens The air is fresh and clean; No smoke and smog to slash at, It paints a clear, pure scene. In country gardens Blood red poppies grow With crimson roses and tulips, Bowing to say hello. In coun…
Sorry I'm late folks! I'm a lover not a fighter But they push me to the edge; They make it hard to imagine There's any good left. They bathe in an ocean Of excess and greed, They don't care who else is there They just take what they need.…
I've got a bad case of Emptyhead; The mice in my brain must all be dead. As old man Methuselah aptly said 'Nothing's worse than a case of Emptyhead.' Well, really I'm rather making that up, There's nothing like silly fictional muck. I thoug…
Let me tell you the ditty of one boozy boy; The infamous Durable Michael Malloy, A $3000 insurance ploy Some oysters, snow, gangsters and gas. A lad who hailed from fair Donegal, An urchin, a tramp, a hobo in all, Drink seemed to be his fa…
Dearest Diary, let's see then Today's our day off in the old D-Den. Putting our feet up, watching the games, Our three bomber chickens doing the same. The ladies' road race to be precise And all the girls are doing rather nice. Armitsted up…
Well, my wee name means wisdom And it depends on who you are As to your perspective On my wise journey so far; My mum says I'm a numpty And of wisdom I have nil, My friends say I am far too smart And that that's a bitter pill, My cousin th…
Behind the wardrobe's The Land of Forgotten, Where dust bunnies play in a destitute land. And old nails and needles And treasures abandoned Are waiting, just waiting to fall under hand. The home of the brave And the land of the free, Of an…
It's not the security fiasco Of which rumours are rife, It's not the billions spent To bring this event to life, It's not the Greek competitor Chucked out for racist remarks, It's not the doubt that the building'd be built For the extravag…
@MelchoirJ13 as promised... All was going spiffingly, The Olympics had begun, One little matter of administration; Lighting the flame had to be done. D and Nic watched from the Royal Box Alongside Kate, Harry and Wills, Their service to th…
Got the wolf locked up for life. All he wanted was a meal Then Red had to go and squeal.
You want a cuppa love? No? Alright just me then. Stick the kettle on. Switch it on and off twelve times. Must be divisible by four and not thirteen. Clickity clickity click. That's nice, now time it. Perfect, eighty seconds. Clickity c…
I think we've got a problem And no it's not next door's cat; You my little chickadees Are getting increasingly fat. I ventured out to the henhouse To collect your little jewels Only to find your fluffy behinds Had squashed one egg in with …
@naaviie as promised... Things were getting desperate Over at the D-Den It was becoming increasingly hard To fight crime, you ken? All because Daring D Was feeling quite alone, Her secret identity dictated She could have no friends of he…
This stuff's making memories. Gran's grinning like she used to again Even though the chemo's causing her pain, Aunt Jemima's smiling too Though she lost her baby in 2002, Mum and Dad beaming, telling lies, Denying he's another on the side, …
@leelee101 as promised... A terrible plague had scarred the land, A scourge of screw-ups and scrapes; The Catastrophe Cousin was on the loose And catastrophe he would make. He terrorised the chickens, Scattering them everywhere And spread…
She weighs it all out perfectly; Butter, sugar, flour, Smashes the eggs into the mix And beats it fast and hard. Let's it rest and let's it rise, Get back on its feet, Then kneads and punches it down again, Relax and then repeat. She mixes …
My cousin's not a farming lad That's what I've surmised; He couldn't pick tomatoes Or muck out a pig sty. I asked him to go over To the chicken coop To collect the eggs and feed them Five minutes, all it took. He just stared on, frozen. 'Wi…
I will admit this sounds a bit Macbethy though that's unintentional... There's blood on my hands And blood on the walls, Blood seeping in Though there's no blood at all, Bloodstains all over My snowy white clothes, Bloodstains are spread…
If fun then play Was the order of the day And everyone bathed in the sink And nobody worried And nobody hurried Would we be happy, you think? If we pulled down the daisies And summer days hazy Lasted the whole year round, If we'd Hush-a-by…
If any of these dudes give me trouble I swear I'll trouble them back. I can't believe I gave into that dare, I swear I'm gonna murder Jack. This bra keeps digging into my chest And these tights just cut and restrain And how on earth my wife…
Up watching the news on a Sunday Before we head off to church The weatherman pops up on the screen And my tummy begins to lurch; Wall to wall sunshine in England And highs of 24 degrees And if they're lucky Tomorrow it'll be the thirties. …
They're storming Canary Wharf, Stabbing London's financial heart, Tearing down the Stock Exchange; Let the chaos start. No, it's not the riots With blood and flames and fumes As society's elite cower In their plush panic rooms. The cream of…
Can I tell him I know Kung Fu? Can I tell him to watch out? Can I tell him I once watched a man die After I tasered him in the mouth? Can I call him nicknames Like Beefcake, Psycho and Pimp? Can I say I lost my leg in The Troubles And that'…
I never could attain in life, One I could never find. They cleanse me, make me, mould me Flowing over me, Transforming me to what they want, As changeable as the sea. It's cool kiss extinguishes The fire and trouble I feel, Baptising me be…
@LeeLee101 this is what you get when you mess with my squirrels... The night was thick and foggy, The night it seemed serene Until her senses picked up Some rabid squirrel screams. She knew exactly where they were And the villain who had c…
I watched from the old oak near Pixie Town as the Queen's troops stormed in. She called herself the Queen but we all knew she wasn't. Not really. People here are selling everything they have for a drop of liquid in this bone dry hell. Wild…
That arose cos his butt was of gold. Once he thought it not scary But legendary Cos Goldfinger got all the bad girls. He'd just do a moon And pretty soon His lovelife's petals would unfurl. But instead it brought shame To the high school ga…
I've been sorting out my iTunes, All my beats and tunes and things, From Gaga to Aerosmith, To BFS and We The Kings. When all of a sudden I realise Much to my OCD's dismay Some songs from the same albums Had rearranged themselves today! Tho…
Lady Grey did sigh, All the teas were named after guys. 'Stuff that,' she thought 'A new tea shall be bought One I have named after I!' She told her hubby Earl Grey But he exclaimed 'No way! I'll not start a fight Over tea with my wife. M…
Who really hated his wife; He despised her so But she wouldn't go, Said they were married for life. He'd tried every trick in the book But each dastardly effort was mistook, She thought him Lothario, A romantic like Romeo, She didn't give …
Last night I was quite disturbed When Stephen Fry told me A distressing little factoid About the folks in NYC. More folks get bitten by those who hail From Brooklyn, Queens and Central Park Than by nature's scariest predator The big old nas…
We went off to see Spiderman And I loved it a lot; I like myself a superhero And Andrew Garfield's hot. But, like our amazing Spidey When his transformation came, I don't know of my own strength (Much to my ex's disdain. I learnt a valuabl…
I won't have a crack at profundity; Someone always seems to do better than me, Besides when the ocean gets too deep You can't see the bottom you so desperately seek. No, I will just tell you about my little spark, The passionate bulb that b…
So now you want to play the part Of doting boyfriend, protector supreme? Couldn't you have been that guy When I had wanted, when I had dreamed? Couldn't you now be that player Pimp and cheater, making me the fool? Why'd you have to be that …
He throws down the devil On the board as his dice, Doesn't choose black or red Both will suffice. Using clubs, spades and diamonds To win all the hearts And pile them up In his house of cards. Black Jack and White Jack Either side, you can…
I wear your memorial round my neck Glinting, clacking, pearly white; You were so faithful, wonderful and true I could not part with all my might. I could not bear the morbid thought Of your wasting, festering face, Of worms which nested in …
Something old, Something new, Something borrowed, Love that's true. At least that's how The story goes But Nature doth wilt Every rose. Stop the clocks. Time stands still, jilt In the house That money built. Shillings, pennies, Farthings t…
I cycled on a misty morn Down a country lane Thinking over what I'd lost And what I had to gain. The road was long and winding, The path was high and steep, Yet it was often travelled By both boisterous and the meek. When pedalling up a h…
A heart you had given, gold and snow; I wear it and try to play a fool at his game, Pretending my heart is still my own. At the end of the day, when the sun hits the hills, When everything possible's been said and done, At the end of the da…
Why's a cup of lazy tea Christened just as so? In any case with a lazy cup You've got farther to go. Milk each little porcelain cup And put each teabag in, Pour over the boiling water So the infusion begins, Squeeze each pouch one by one Sq…
Sir Thomas and his Lady Watch the silky blooms; Dew-kissed pastel petals And bright floral bursts too. 25,000 roses In this hoi-polloi Raising their beautiful heads To the shouts of joy As little boys and little girls Run through Nature's …
'Do I have life insurance?' The little golden head asks. 'I'm a very valuable person Who can do specific tasks. Beauty over age, That's what I always say. I could go out and get run over Any old dull day. So why don't I have life insurance…
Eyes sunken in grey crêpe skin Begging for mercy from deep within. Beeps and bumps and flashing care; It's only morphine, nobody's there. Just skin and bone, no meat on the table, No slab of flesh for the person who's able. Clawing at life …
We're heading away now, We won't be coming back; We might be round to visit The good old family pack. We know that we will miss you And this earth of grass and clay, Though we really want to There's no way we can stay. It's time to be a-mov…
Cotton wool head full of fluff, Cotton wool head that's enough. Brain space filled with sawdust and string Bits of buttons and different things, Stuffed so full you cannot hear Cotton wool head drawing near. Blow your nose, it doesn't help …
The sea mist rolls in with the tide, Arms round the bay as it tries to hide, Gathering the urchins and crabs and weed Into a grasp they cannot leave. Softly, slowly creeping in Riding off the back of the lapping din As the waves preform the…
I am very troubled When I think of things I do, Of ways that I get round walls, Of people I once knew. I am very worried About the trouble I have caused, The good advice I gave myself And brushed off without pause. As I look myself up and…
What will we do if the words run dry? What will we do if tears won't cry? What will we do with the midnight sky If stars won't come to greet us? What will we do if the dogs won't bark? What will we do with a songless lark? What will we do i…
I left home twenty years ago Just a bride of eighteen, I left the only home I'd known For a new life in pastures green. Twenty miles south by south east, Twenty miles to raise our girls, Twenty miles so they'd be raised Twenty miles away fr…
She wants to lie by the ocean, She wants to lie by the sea, She wants to lie on the sand dunes, I know this because she told me. Last night she thought she'd remind us; She thought we'd forgotten you see, She thought she'd hint at her wishe…
A true Shankill woman is she, Timed her death so perfectly. Such a time, a time to be Home for the Twelfth. Put her Union Jack socks on In the funeral home. Bygone Years of bands and flutes and song And drinking for your health Swimming rou…
When at such occasions, When long-lost cousins come around There always is a protocol When children are abound. They pinch your cheeks and rub your hands Say 'Such a pretty girl.' I'm almost seventeen for goodness sake So don't you say a …
There's a hub-bub in the kitchen Filled with raucous reminiscing And I do feel that I'm missing Good fun going on. But, I sit here in her bedroom Which still's smelling of her perfume Ransacking drawers in daytime's tomb To find memories t…
Black doesn't suit this happy place Black draped where red always reigned Sobriety hangs were laughs did With a great china doll in a box No black doesn't suit this happy place And it's everywhere I look Behind faces Behind polite smiles So…
I'm afraid my darlings After tomorrow's dawned I will be away again For three days coming on. I might still be a-posting But the reading's a no-no Without your words what will I do? I really do not know. Just thought I'd leave a little note…
Collect those tears if you please; After all they're memories, Then stop at once, no need to cry About the fate befallen. Why Sob and wail at the end of a run Instead of remembering all the fun? The smiles and giggles, thrill of the race, …
No use knocking Now the door has been closed, You took your citrus bite As was supposed. You fell asleep For a thousand years Like Sleeping Beauty Only many more tears. Mum said you were warm, She didn't get there in time; At two in the m…
An old one of mine for @CuriousCat 's #OpussRelay !! Last night the Olympic flame Touched down in old Belfast I wonder if all of this hype Will ever actually last? Because we turned up at old Carnlough To see the torch go by, Huddle in te…
If a windowpane is only sand Heated, compressed, combined, If paper is only a tree Gone through the same demise, If fear is just a memory Manifested in the dark, If home is just a little shack For every wandering bark, If woollen socks are…
Have you washed your hands little lady? Have you washed you hands? No? Well then you naughty thing! You'll have to wash them. Stand In front of the bathroom sink, I'll lift you if you need it, Cos if you don't wash your hands I'm afraid you…
Gurny gob, Ugly mug, Sulky brat, Push and shove. Tongue poked out In the Tescos line, Far from an angel, Far from divine. Kicking and screaming Pulling down shelves, No discipline from mother Or father as well. You get what you want, Spoilt…
There's been a perimeter breach At chicken Auschwitz-Berkenau! I really have to wonder What has happened now. Should they be called Danny, Louis and Willie For their latest Great Escape As they tunnel past the chicken wire And wood and nail…
I tried talking to my dog, It didn't go quite well; I looked really rather silly Though I really couldn't tell. I told her of everything going wrong And of everything going right, I spoke to her of day time, I spoke to her of night, Of all…
I cling to you, the hope you give As I take these unknown steps. You promised me you'd stand by me, Didn't promise any less. A vow that's stained and sealed with blood You so willingly gave, Love defying hate and man And hell and earth and …
I've heard somewhere over the rainbow, Way way up high, There's another land so beautiful Holding court in the sky. I heard at the rainbow's end There's a pot of gold to be had. Untold riches To please any lass or lad. I heard a rainbow w…
If I run away my dear It's not because my heart is weak, If I run away my dear Green grass I do not seek, If I run away my dear You've not done anything wrong, If I run away my dear Believe me, my love goes on If I run away my dear The litt…
Another of my new ventures awaiting your approval :) Apologies if the format of it goes a bit squew-whiff but obviously sending Opi be email isn't a skill of mine and the apostrophes tend to go walkabouts. All one can do on a computer …
An old one I'm digging up for #household I look in the mirror. I see no reflection. No skull-head, no sickle, nothing looks back. The man I remember From yesteryear's picture Is lost in translation, needle in stack. I'd dreams like you onc…
Ok folks, here's the whole version of yesterday's Opuss 'A New Venture'. Enjoy :) Milton was always a small town. The kind of place one could drive through and miss in the blink of an eye. The kind of place that had a village clock which…
I hear he wears an oven glove. An oven glove? An oven glove. I hear he wears an oven glove Full of Vaseline. Full of Vaseline I say. Vaseline you say? Vaseline I say. Why's the oven glove filled that way? Well, let me tell a tale. The ma…
I watch you on the screen In your little bubble, Safe and sound, no trouble, In a world calm and serene, There you don't know the hardships Outside your little carriage, Affairs of money, health and marriage, Of chance and poker chips. The …
If you've nothing to hide You have nothing to fake, Nothing to fear, And so giants will quake. Mountains will bow, Valleys rise up To meet your commands, No, nothing's too much. You'll overcome From front, back and sides If you've nothing t…
I wonder could I fit all my worries In a sink. The kind that's big and square and white The likes we have out back To bed the camomile. Worries for society's decline, I'm sure a few euro would fit in there And a gun and some cuffs And a big…
Tie t'port, quiet Wi'out you tire t'riot. Pout to Rio, out your trio, Write poet, write it.
Kneeling, keening softly, pleas In her own Gethsemane Tucked away, hardly seen In streets so tough and cold and mean, A little plot in St. Mary's lap. Laying out her heart's fair map, Tears and prayers that overlap Running from emotion's t…
Sun sets, Moon-dawn, Party banter On and on. Across the room A handsome soul, Once chubby boy Now twice as old. Laughing, chatting, Stars in his eyes, A life of joy Picked from the skies. He'll go on To be so much more Than a farming boy F…
Allotropes of carbon, A thousand different moulds, Each one of us a story. Nine months 'til we're told, Then we learn and we stumble Not only as infants Into a world So new and different. We earn our medals And battle scars, Our webs of wr…
Well gentlewomen and ladyboys ;) it was a tough call. You all did very well and I loved all of the pieces. But there's only one taskmaster. In third place with Next Week it is @naaviie In second place with...well it didn't have a name so …
I'm going to make it all better Wrap it up, to face it together, With candy floss and cotton wool Until your heart is once more full. Tie it up with bits of old string Shoelaces, ribbons, anything. To bring some colour back's the plan To y…
Wake up wake up You sleepy head! The world's awake Your still in bed. Wipe sleepy cobwebs From your eyes, Blow away The lullabies, Shake the stars From our your head. Pack it full Of sunshine in stead. Unwrap the moonbeams That kept you…
Ok lads and ladies I am kickstarting an initiative called *drumroll please*... THE HOUSEHOLD CHALLENGE! It works a wee bit like @eddie12309 's six word challenge. Every day, or week depending on how you folks want to work it (leave a wee …
Well, that's the back of Herman. I'd grown rather attached To that gloopy, cakey guy Though at first we seemed mismatched. We played cards together And while I played the piano He sang along to all the tunes. Germans are great singers, don'…
I'm away with the fairies So don't come looking for me. I'm away with the fairies To drink gingerbread iced tea. I'm away with the fairies And I'm going to have a ball Because when you're with the fairies You can just forget it all. You c…
Who's to say who's royal And who's as common as muck? Who's to say who's loyal And who's a clingy, needy mutt? One says that he's a thief, Another a philanthropic Robin Hood. In one culture he's a chief In another just dust, no good. One t…
We're all in our private traps And none of us break free, We claw and scratch but only at The air and you and me. Some are born into theirs, The bonds around their feet, Others stumble down a road And their little fate they meet. I'm born i…
They always told me guard my heart For that is where my lifeblood starts. I learnt that lesson the hard way round, Learnt that moral with a frown. So I made a promise grave, Not to be their open slave. I go out at the grey dawn And search f…
Out of the mist and steam It rears its fiery head From a clear amber ocean, Not a creature to great with dread, Comes the Oriental dragon, A figurehead of old Ground down, reincarnated, To pure elixir of gold. He swirls, restless in the ves…
'What's wrong with you, gurny gob?' The fair young thing inquired Sitting there beside me, Beautiful, simply attired. Golden hair cascading Down her poker straight back, Big hazel eyes searching With tiny pupils black Like a shinier version…
So I prepared the turnip, Lived to tell the tale, Got the turnipy t-shirt (I bought it in the sale) But one thing I will say Is turnips? Never again. They're the most cumbersome veggie you will find, They cause unbelievable pain. A whole fl…
They conjured up some ponce Who haunted fair Paris, Called himself the Phantom Of the Opera you see. People flock to see him Prance upon the stage; They think it's all just fun and games But it fills me with rage. They're stealing my person…
Rouge smeared thickly over my cheeks, Time for work out on the streets. Stockings rolled out over my legs, Them lads better not misbehave. Find my best knickers under the floorboards, Said they found them recently renovating this hooker hoa…
Lined up, a regiment, row by row Where on a Friday I would go To buy the fish and crabs and socks And picture hooks and clogs and clocks. Where stalls and noise and traders cries Once stood, a Friday lullaby, Lie the ashen, crumpled lot, Vi…
Let's see how you like it, How you like being scared, How you like things going thump in the night, How you like my noise being heard, How you like a clanging at your door, How you like to be harassed and scorned. If that's how you take it,…
At the back of people's goodwill On old Clifton Street We 7000 assemble, We 7000 meet. Some without limbs, Some deaf, some blind Some wasting away, The souls that were left behind. We bring the stench of rotting flesh, We bring the fumes o…
Lean in wee 'uns and listen close, You think that you know about ghosts But do yous know the spirits who mourn Right outside your own back door? Can you really truly say Yous are bored with ghostly tales these days? If you say 'aye' then I'…
Find a penny picky it up Then all day you'll have good luck? Ah, my friends, who weep and howl Luck's not something to be found. Luck's a virtue to be made From bits of wood and bricks and clay And old tablecloths and string and tack, You c…
I'm preparing the dinner For tomorrow eve, My folks are a bit preoccupied And all day I've the house free. So tonight I am getting a briefing On how to prepare veggies, Even though I know how, My mother's a Worrying Betty. She looked me dea…
I guess I better make a start On your poetic request, You always said out of we six At capturing words I was best. It's not that I don't love you I'm just well prepared, That's why I don't cry Or utter a sorrowful word. I'm not being cold O…
No milk again. He checks the fridge for the seventh time Each time asserting its presence Replaying the revelation over and over. We hop over paint tins, oil cloths and jam jars, A hoarder through and through, The pyjamas we bought him one…
Slumber is a-coming As I lay me down to sleep, While shooting stars and planets Whizz by without a peep. I only pray to heaven That my fragile soul You'll keep So I can see another day On this beautiful Earth complete.
Figures flitting through flickering flames will tell Of tribal dances by a portal to Hell, Crumble, crackle, crash and call As the white wood brings you under heated spells. Hubble, bubble, toil and tear, Flames dancing in the cool night ai…
Molten earth swirls before me, A warm rich embrace wraps round my soul. Steam rising, heavy, heady, thick Vanilla, cocoa and bean Dancing around a cold northern kitchen, Swaying in a distant breeze, Calling me to warmer climbs, A messenger…
There are four of us in that photo frame, Four of us smiling out At a world we cannot see, Yet we smile past those doubts. Frozen in that time frame, There we cannot see What tomorrow will bring, What we'll choose to be. One friend cannot s…
Wakey Wakey Rise and shine, To the table Double time, Slippers on, Dressing gown, Stairs two at a time. Going down To our breakfast, Food galore, Pancakes, raspberries, Spreads we adore, Tea, coffee, Orange juice, Never mind a diet Just …
Mind empty, Body numb, Not angry, troubled Dark or glum Just silent, resting Peaceful, there On a bed or on a chair. Home now, cosy Battle won, Ocean sailed, Knot undone. Silent, ebbing Back to the night, Not dying, just fading, Fading from…
Free at last Shackles gone, Glass ceiling broken, Bandages torn, Free at last Burn the books by the flame. My freedom's won I shall proclaim 'Free at last!' With all my might, Free at last This dreary June night.
If you listen closely On moonlit verandas You'll hear us calling For loved ones we miss, We'll send the choppers To bring you to our arms, The ones we adore Please do come, we insist. We're closing in, There's no way you can stop us Comin…
I've been left alone with Herman In my house, abandoned, forgotten , Just me a bubbling cake mix Brewing, angry, plotting. They say I have to feed him But I'm afraid to approach, He's not taken any action, He's a bit of a slowcoach But he'…
Oh Lord you had told me I'm most highly favoured lady, But I'm far from highly favoured When I'm carrying this baby. The people in the street Shout things as I pass Like 'Harlot! Go back to Babylon!' And other names that are much more cra…
Shaking myself, I read on. Each sordid detail of this house's inky past revealed before me... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BANGOR POST RETURN OF A FAMILIAR FACE Doctor Rowland Faxton has returned to Bangor and Van Der Beere House again, this …
300 is the magic number... Hey there I am Me, I've been Me for many years, I do a lot of things You may find weird, I fear. My sister and I play gurglies Where you gurgle a song or tune, The other has to guess it Unless you laugh like a lo…
Sitting down at the table I opened the boxes and began reading the letters, articles and reports... ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BANGOR POST LOCAL DOCTOR RENOVATES TOWN'S OLDEST AND MOST EXPENSIVE HISTORICAL TREASURE Doctor Rowland Faxton and…
'Oh my,' said Mr. Left Thumb, 'This week has been a farce! I've bled until kingdom come Because of some silly arse. Whoever it is I've been attached to By some cruel trick of fate Is a clumsy boob who has no skill, Their body can't co-ordi…
'It looks like a pile of crap now, but in a few months' time this pile of crap will be home sweet home. Hey, what am I talking about? It is home, just not a sweet one yet.' Jonah turned to me, grinning widely, that crooked smile you just ha…
In lieu of @eddie12309 's Improvisation Challenge... There once was a little egg Who sprouted two ickle legs But he fell on his ass Rolling in the grass He felt just like Peg-Leg-Meg. See the egg wasn't quite used To walking and it gave h…
A queer little fellow Showed up on our step today With a little note about him, How he is a baking stray. 'Hello my name is Herman And I'm a sourdough friendship cake. I'm going to eat you out of house and home Until my cake you make. Miss …
#OpussWings It's a long one so please be patient :) 'So, I see you have a degree in the Social Sciences alongside your teaching degree. And you speak fluent French, Spanish and German? My my you're an accomplished young lady.' 'Well, I tr…
Little Princess D Was in her tower, rather blue, She was running short of undergarments And didn't know what to do. She couldn't go out in public, There was a threat posed, The wind could blow up her skirt And leave her quite exposed. She s…
Don't forget too soon The 17th June A new bird has thickened the plot. He's red and regal, Graceful and evil, Come to take your pants, the whole lot. This rogue of a bird Won't utter a word As it brings about the fall of our nation, Poor Op…
'Here comes the aeroplane Open up. Neeeeeoooom. Just one more and then that's enough That's it, there. We're done.' 'Let me have a look at it? Oh, you'll need an amputation! No, I'm only having a laugh A plaster should mend the situation.'…
Today is the day That shall go down in history As The Great Unmasking In Opussia. You see, We had several fellows Who dwelt among us all, Who lived all masked and covered Like a masquerade ball. We didn't mind it They were our friends you s…
This is the third time you've come knocking And I don't want to leave you crushed, But you aren't getting the message So I feel I really must. There's a reason I left you Though you shouted and cried and cussed, But I guess no pain no gain…
20th Jan. 2002 Dear Mother, He's wonderful. Our beautiful baby boy. He's called Carter, after dad. Carter John McKeown. I wish you could see him, he's got the wisdom of an old man in eyes barely two months old. You can tell he'll be one of…
Rainbows fresh from the sea, Poseidon laid on a bed of snow, Glistening regiments row by row Singing songs of salty seadogs, Mermaids and mysteries of the deep. Silvery greetings of fins and tails Glassy eyes saying 'How do you do? Would y…
When I am gone mourn me not my friends Though Persephone should claim me for her own To toil in Hades gloomiest caverns And now down to her at a corpse-drapped throne, Though the death knell chimes in the third doomed hour And my last breat…
I've never seen these kind of bars Looming on my face I saw some outside a school once But that's now a far off place. I'm awful tired and itchy And I feel very sick, Mummy says its measles And I mustn't scratch or pick. She shares this spa…
When I in wonder survey endless skies I cannot help but think of you, my love, When I raise my weary Traveller's eyes To limitless web of heav'n above I see you filling what was once a void, Now timeless beacon to guide my voyage, And all t…
Sorrow does not cloud your eyes It makes them hazy with sweet perfume, Tears do not roll as you cry Rather crystals from those orbs hewn, Your chest does not heave with grief It inhales fury and exhales love, Your lips do not curse Hell's …
I walk this dusty road Hearing the piper's call Drifting with the leaves, I followed all the signposts And even bought a map. But I look upon them now Climbing in the distance, A spiral staircase built With rich deeds and angel wings, Bir…
Save me, my love Fair He-No of the storm, Save me from this fate, Save me from this harm, Save me from his crippled arms, This ancient relic of a king. Take me down to Horseshoe There to be your ethereal queen, Save me from the union Of two…
'I'm not sure I want to do this.' Bodily Delilah said. 'Oh shut up and get on with it wuss!' Said the Delilah in my head. 'But it's really really scary Not sure I'm made for the stage.' 'You are, you're being a drama queen Just flipping a…
Lie down beside me Not with me, Beside me, And perhaps we'll know What it is To be still. Drinking each other in, Making princes of paupers And ladies of strays. Gazing upon rubies and sapphires Opals and spun gold Radiant in the faint m…
She was quietly folding her mistress' Leather mini skirt, She said she'd fallen over last night Slipping in the dirt, But we all now what happens When a flirtatious mountain troll Gets frisky with a Princess Who's been severely told. From …
I made my love no secret, My darling why should I keep it? With each movement of the sun My love was reborn, newly begun. We grew up together My beautiful Bedouin lover, Childhood friends, soulmates Destined to love 'til Heaven's Gate. …
I'll admit this isn't love As is always portrayed, This is more like loyalty The way this game's been played. I loved your brother Haki, But I promised you first To be your lover, friend and muse In life, in saga, in verse. I'll admit I …
My little loving lighthouse Vigilant and true Burns bright, surpassing starshine, Celestial guide to you. You have made me worthy Of Aphrodite's gaze, You are all I think about Through the hot summer days. Now the summer's over And the sto…
Black sails on the horizon Jealous Iseult tells me, Grief swells over like a wave My love, how can it be? My darling I am coming Grasp your life yet still, I'll heal you if it kills me 'gainst You're uncle, my husband's will. Fair maiden…
I look into the mirror, There's cracks along the glass, A world to look into, Staring into a mask. There's a beautiful young girl Trapped behind the pane, Beauty held hostage by a world That's only got itself to blame. A girl that's unattai…
Blessed is this house And all who dwell in it, Blessed are those who enter And those who depart. Blessed are the pens And all who use them, Blessed are those Who pour out their hearts, Blessed are those who make us smile And use their wor…
One thing that makes me smile Sadistically when on my own Is thinking of the photos Of us on your phone. Whenever we were together, When you got said item A glitch made a photo of me Go viral everywhere. Then You didn't really mind Seeing …
I'm not lost I just haven't found My place in this world, I'm not tired, I've just no drive To get out my words, I'm not torn I'm just not Completely in one piece, I'm not trash I'm just not As precious as I could be, I'm not whole, I think…
If I were a daisy Or a buttercup so gay, Children'd hold me under their chin And laugh the day away. They'd pick me for their posies, Pluck my petals in their games, Give me to their mothers Adored, alive, acclaimed. If I were a rose I c…
Aha! I'm a genius! I must have gift , After yesterday's little rant My chickens got the drift. Upon close inspection In their henhouse today Three fresh laid eggs, Coming my way. The Dulcoease must have worked, My Dilazi regime key To scar…
Gather round one and all Another Craziville wedding to recall, That of the esteemed Lord Smelly, the tease And Her Royal Highness Princess Feather (fanfare please). The finest wedding planner in the land Had been called to serve at hand, …
Do you remember how I Held your hand in mine And looked in your eyes, Yours to love. We were one person, Two halves of a heart then You went missing Taken above. But when the sun falls down We're safe and sound We'll never let go, rip time…
Diamonds ping off my windowsill, Storm clouds throw in their pound Raging, howling, pushing, shoving, But I'm here, safe and sound With an old friend, My sentry to all the years Who's ethereal arms float to me And cover up my ears. They w…
A world in shatters All over the floor, Your shouts my screams this place is Not a home no more. Suspicion's lurking In every nook, In every darkened doorway if You care to look, And you know And I know it too, That our lives, our worlds W…
They say when life gives you lemons Make lemonade instead, But I'm no magician I need more ingredients, been misled. Life hasn't given me sugar To sweet up the taste Of death and pain and sorrow And lives gone to waste. Life hasn't give m…
Sitting on a corner Plucking out the blues, Perhaps one day you'll hear me, One day I might get through. Pouring out my heart and soul Singing in the rain, Hoping for a coin or two To make worthwhile the pain. Most days my fingers just go …
Right one of you is slacking And I don't know who it is, So until you start laying again This place'll be hen Auswitz. I tried spiking your food with Dulcoease All to no effect, I don't care which one of you it is I've no problem wringing n…
I can take friends. I can deal with that after some time But it will be done. I can take the hellos I can peddle small talk for a laugh Or a smile Or a compassionate shoulder In which I once dreamed And I could take a goodbye. I could tak…
Love is not blind, Love blinds you, Binds you, a slave to its whims, Fevered, foolish, Seeking to please Committing its sins. Hacking, carving, Bull amongst china, Eager to feed, to sustain The wretched cuckoo In the robin's nest As it suck…
I think it's quite amusing Facebook trying to win me home, Sending me an email That I opened on my phone. They're trying to bring me back To a marriage turbulent, Perhaps their stocks aren't working out And need me to bring the cents? Said …
What good is a funday Without some music to lighten the mood? Here's the Opuss Funday Orchestra (Don't worry they're very good.) @Seamonster conducts, at the helm Over a sea of song beginning, @alesihagayle20 and @sjw Shining on the string…
The epidemic had gone sailing past Leaving a sense of serenity And Wonky Bill didn't no where to go to next, Crazies like spontaneity. Doritos were lying everywhere, Choccie pianos up the wall, Some of Davy Jone's tentacles were missing, Lo…
Well, I wouldn't say inspired but prompted by the drunken shenanigans of my friend... Maybe it's the drink talking But I need company tonight And you're my ten to two girl So you've gotta do it right. No emotions, no strings attached, Tied…
Much fun was had in Wonderland, A good time had occurred And after a weekend of parties The crazies collapsed into bed without a word. But lo! What was the grumble From Delilah's tum? And from Smelly's and John Bon Jovi's too And now Sienna…
Take it back I don't want to share, Take it back It's just not fair. What did I ever do To hurt you? I never tried to make you Feel like a fool, Never sold you love Sold to another on the side, You could sell sand to an Arab If you tried.…
'Whole in one!' shouts Sienna As the hedgehog rolls about. 'I'm a veggie, I care about animals, And for that reason I'm out.' Mrs Aslan murmurs While she licks her clean paws Lounging in the sunlight With a celery stick between her jaws. 'I…
The wedding party rocked And the wedding night was raucous, Roaring from the Aslans' car And the occasional 'Paws off!' Elton had conked out With chocolate smeared up his face Guess he's not a rocket man no more. There's confetti all over …
#@smellyfingers #@naaviie #@sjw thought I'd kick the celebrations off... All hail Mr and Mrs Aslan! Another party to be had! Champagne flowing freely Served by the naiads, A new choccie piano's been acquired And Elton John's rocking out Th…
You're slipping through our fingers, Don't think there's anything we can do. I'm sure it's the end of the line this time, There's no way you can pull through. Maybe if you'd listened To all of our advice You wouldn't be ebbing away At the …
I am within you, I am without. I can make you a genius Or burn you out, I can melt you like plastic In a fiery furnace, I can make you crack Make you ashes, worthless. I rage through your world Eating through my sisters, Don't touch me, I'…
I hold the enigma of this fleeting state Called life in my hands, And just like I it can run through your fingers Unless you follow my commands. You want me then you shun me, You think you can contain My form in jars and jugs But mortals, …
You all call me more forgiving, New life leaping forth each spring, Loving mother who gives birth to flowers, Suckling young and birds who sing. But there is a darker side To the mother you all see, I can be as cruel as my sisters Though …
You can hear me running Tiptoe through the trees Teasing your clothes and hair, Laughing, wings on my heels, Or you can hear me roaring As I showcase all my might, Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned And I'm ready for the fight. Hand in …
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@smellyfingers @sjw @naaviie Wakey Wakey fellow crazies... I wander through the carriages Surveying the aftermath Of a truly mad party The likes the Cuckoo Train's never had. Nic's huddled in the corner Nodded off with the flying mice, T…
This weekend I'm little mummy, My three-year-old cousin is down for two days. I'll be the entertainer And feeder and bather, no pay. To some the reward's pretty frugal, All I get is to see her wee smile And hear her say all her silly wee t…
What is the use of a book, without pictures or conversations?~ Alice in Wonderland Opuss: beautiful words
(front) Why is a raven like a writing desk? (back) Because...it's Opuss
(front) Opuss? (back) Mewow!
(front) Opuss is just like Twitter (back) BAZINGA! It's better than Twitter
Kiss me I'm Opuss
(front) *pic of the Cheshire Cat* "But I don't want to go among mad people," Alice remarked. (back) "Oh you can't help that," said the Cat: "we're all mad here." Opuss *like paw print*
(front) There once was a little kitty Who kept thinking up ditties. She'd nowhere to write 'Til one magic night (back) She came across Opuss, the Writer's City.
Opuss: the land of the free and the home of the witty kitty
(front) And on the Sabbath Day He said... (back) 'Let there be Opuss!'
(front) Dear Wordsworth, D'you remember that drunken night nine months ago? (Back) Well, you have a son. He's called Opuss. Yours, Twitter.
So... What's this here Opuss they're all talking about?
(front) This isn't just posting (back) This is Oposting Opuss: Beautiful words
Opuss: where flapdoodling meets genius What about that @Clairabethy? Hehe
Oh just shut up and Opuss it.
118 992, That's the number if your confused. All my mates use it eagerly enough When revision gets too tough. 'Why did Hitler decide he hated The Jews? Why was Hindenburg so overrated?' 'Whats the method for insoluble salts?' 'Was the fall …
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@smellyfingers , @naaviie and @sjw just giving you an idea of what you'll miss if escape plan four fails... The whistle going 'Toot-toot' Playing out the Macerena, The conductor checking tickets is A kangaroo from south Australia, The drin…
Inspired by the wonderful posts by @smellyfingers , @naaviie and @sjw. I'm catching the cuckoo train Not choo-choo train Cuckoo train. I'm catching the cuckoo train It's high time I was off. I'm going where the trees do hang From clouds t…
Scientists say that we hate Because other people reflect us. We see something in them That's in ourselves and causes us fuss Because that trait that's in our souls Is one which causes us alarm, Something that we dislike And makes us cause e…
Do you believe in ghouls and goblins? Keep your thoughts in your head. Dare you answer While I perch here on the end of your bed? Unseen, asking these questions While you pull your covers up. Covers won't protect you From the ghostly devils…
I've always been friends with Porky, Though no-one else can see His piggy head and boyish arms He's always been there for me. My parents just pretend To set his table place And give him a glass of water And let him my dinner taste. Porky c…
I keep a little bit of nature, A pure shaft of snowy grace, Which sits upon my desk Where it holds pride of place. There's millions of others like it But just one belongs to me, Abandoned by the roadside For me to pick and keep. The symbol …
Come on everyone, clap and cheer. It's that time, Opuss rush hour's here! Everyone's starting to return from school or work Or maybe just waking up on the other side of Earth. Words are bouncing all over the place In this mad poem and prose…
The dog has nicked my knickers! I don't know what to do. I don't see how she thinks my pants Are something she should chew. There's plenty other tastier things That she could pinch, My innocent little pants Aren't something she should lync…
Right! Where have you gone? It's been almost a week! If you don't turn up soon I'm going to call the police. I'm really starting to get the vibe That you're not so keen On covering my wee tootsies. I've changed my ways, they're fresh and cl…
Cleaning the bathroom should be a simple task, oui? Non! Not if you're me, in which case most things seem not be an easy task because something always happens, a common thread in my life. And the lesson learnt from this installment is that…
In the old toybox Lived many little things , An old doll of a sultan With lots of golden rings, A dinosaur, a spinning-top, A bunch of bouncy balls And an old jigsaw Which got no love at all. Pieces had gone missing see, So she was of no us…
Oh no! Can it be? The munchies are back! Sniffing out prey, Ready to attack. Warm toast and nutella Two rounds at least, All to sedate This grumbling beast. Crisps, chocolate's Always a winner. He's still not at bay Even after my dinner. A…
I wonder is our weather Caused by our British frame of mind? And if we were more positive Would we live in warmer climes? Take the US for example, Capital of positivity, Always offering fries with that, Generally much more cheery. In Flor…
'Wo sind die Postkarten? Wo sind sie?' We play a game, Hide and seek Only with life and death In the balance. He cannot find them. He must not find them My job is not done. They flip mattresses, Smash porcelain, Crack my son's smiling face…
Fine put me on the stand, I'll go right on up And tell the whole courtroom How I've had enough. Enough of being marginalised In my own native land, Enough of you white folks Taking the hand, Enough of you westerners Using my home As your…
In my corner I can come to no harm. They can't get me here, There's no cause for alarm, I can get on with my papers In front of the fire And it's hypnotic, fiery Dance admire. Lo! What is that In yonder chair? Mrs Montgomery Combing her hai…
I have had a very unfortunate curse put upon me from a young age. I try to be funny when I'm really not. And that curse has followed me wherever I go, giving birth to some truly absurd situations in my life. The story I am about to tell is …
I'm sorry I'm a little slow off the mark But Mistress! Please don't disembark From the Opuss-mobile, twas such a good ride, Don't leave our sorry selves behind. We love you dearly, please come home, Don't let your words go unheard while our…
My heart has been ripped out And torn in two, I'm beside myself I don't know what to do. The signs all foreshadowed This unfortunate turn, For my lost childhood innocence I know yearn, When I could look at at you And not turn in shame, Ju…
Henry moaned to Simon, his factory-floor colleague 'Oh to work somewhere else! Woe is me! Nineteen years at the same grindstone Only to still have no place to call home. Really, the boss is quite absurd, Failing to heed my woeful words. I …
Light fades, Stars appear, Evening angels Gather here, Here to bundle your Broken soul off As you succumb to sleep Under linen cloth. The windows are opened, The mirrors all draped, So into them Your soul can't escape, So as the stars rise …
Slipping into the crystal depths Of my pearly oyster shell I am transformed into something else A graceful ocean belle. I can feel my tousled hair, Landloving fibres of hay, Magicked into liquid gold As clouds of it mingle with spray. I fee…
In a dark, little corner downtown Seven shady figures gathered round, Each as deadly as the next, Each trying to be the baddest. Gluttony decided to show off best By the spectrum of forms he could manifest. He gleefully gave his take On be…
Oh, to be a dandelion puff With the wind under my sails, To see my way around the world Even if my world's only a woodland vale. To finally be set down In a strange new place And lay down roots, make new friends, Grow at my own pace, Be pi…
Mothers are a brilliant source of encouragement aren't they? Can you tell in this instance I'm being sarcastic? Yes, of course they are a magnificent fount of joy, wisdom, love etc but they also come out with the most absurd things. For e…
Monday cleared his throat so that he could speak 'I'm tired of being seen as the start of the week. Everyone hates me because I bring school And work and various chores to do. Why can't I be you?' He asked Tuesday 'Graceful and never termed…
I feel myself slipping again As I claw at the dirt That lines the hungry, bottomless pit Full of quicksand of black and hurt. I don't want to feel their slimy hands Their suffocating, grainy embrace, I know once they have me there I will ne…
What to write about? What to write? There's no inspiration Within my sight. People taking down bunting, People leaving the room, People clearing up food No-one cared to consume, People playing cards, People on their phones, As the party di…
Funny how the government Have tried to capture me On a little piece of card All stamped and bluish-green. It's tells me where I came from, Tells me my name But it doesn't tell me who I am Surely that's the aim of the game? It doesn't tell…
Sometimes it's fine, just fine, If the only thing you did today Was open your eyes, get out of bed And breathe, just breathe away. We can't be superheroes every day We can't always be there for the mess, If you don't pick up after someone e…
I know some folks don't like her But I really like the Queen, I guess I'm sentimental I like all things regal, see, It's the fairytale idea I suppose Of pretty princesses and crowns And a handsome prince to pick you up And whisk you off whe…
Why don't you like me? What have I done wrong? Perhaps I should put This message in a song? Write it from the heart But keep my cards to my chest, So each person who hears it Can take a different guess. Ask the question subtly As I go from …
Dear Mary, I know you don't want to hear from me After what I've done, And I can only tell you every day is hard Since your husband's gone. If I could reverse it, Twist everything right back, I wouldn't have joined up at all I'd have staye…
Last night the Olympic flame Touched down in old Belfast I wonder if all of this hype Will ever actually last? Because we turned up at old Carnlough To see the torch go by, Huddle in ten blankets Like a homeless guy (I was actually mistak…
Funny how we don't want things Until they're gone, We think we can do without a little rag Until it's thrown away. Not that you're a rag, How rude of me. But you've always been there, In the background To pick me up After scraped knees, Br…
I have always wondered If it was ever true That you could fit into a bucket Everything you want to do. But everyone's been successful So I guess I'll have a go At trying one of these aul bucket lists Let's see then. So.... I'd like to go t…
Every morning your love is announced By the sunbeams caressing my cheek, And every evening the stars Serve as your faithful vigil, And I sing of these blessings With a newborn heart each day. You have brought me joy Which nothing else will…
The night is filled with starlight, The night is filled with moonbeams, The night is filled with dreams, Whether good or bad, But the night is filled with souls Pouring out their sorrows, So that a tomorrow Can be had. It's the only safe …
I guess when things get cloudy We forget. We forget the sky's still there Past the murk If only we care to remember it. We forget the sun still shines Behind her dressing screen. We forget that when it clears The warmth falls on our faces …
Today I found a quarter I don't know how it came I can't spend quarters, Just a quarter to my name. No-one here will take it They prefer their pounds And it wouldn't fetch much in exchange, No benefit to be found. But just as I was moaning …
I'm just a young girl Short and stout, Here's my heart Don't wear it out. If I feel it break you'll hear me shout So tip it up, Pour my love out. I'm going to trust you With this charge, Something that I Have found hard. But I'll try to …
Enter through the gates of Hell Sustenance to select, Choose the right one on pain of death. Try in vain to direct The wonky trolley, stubborn thing, Only wants to turn right On this mission for the Holy Shop To find the true Tesco's light.…
A doll within a doll, A layer inside a layer, Person in a person, Here beside there, Line you up like soldiers As you march along my floor, Then pop you back in one by one Don't want six of you no more. A head lying over there The other h…
The little string of ocean Lies coiled upon your desk, The delicate clasp undone As it fell from your neck Forming swirls and loops As if a signature, The new one you have used For thirty odd years. They were your something new, Today my s…
She lifts a wipe to wash away The face she'd worn for the day, The plaster that smoothed over her cracks, The kohl that lines her eyes in black, The blush that picked out her contours, The stain that made her lips the centre Of her face, un…
People don't like spiders, They run away afraid Or grab a hefty book And send them to their graves. We think they're brutal, Creepy, shifty, weird, I'm pretty sure the old guy down the road Keeps one in his beard. But little do we know, As…
We all go out for the evening But nothing is the same, You and her are all loved up And he's on the phone again. I just laugh along With all your funny jokes, Say the popcorn box's my boy now, How I flit round other blokes, How the jelly …
I look around our little bus, My Mecca over the years But all of you slipped through my grasp As I tried to hold just one near. Mr M, the red-head Hilarious, so dry Now no longer looks my way Shame, you were always a nice guy. Then there's…
Demons haunt me in the dark My own demons I have birthed, Pricking me with pins so sharp With every negativity on earth. If I'd been more womanly Maybe then perhaps he'd stay, If I were more beautiful Things would be a different way. You …
In your room singing and dancing (badly) fully belting and giving it stacks. Parents out for a walk. Phone rings. It's your dad asking you to open the front door for them because you didn't hear the doorbell. Even worse, they could hear you…
I saw again you for the first time today, I spoke to someone as you looked my way. You were talking to your friends, Laughing, smiling once again A smile you used to give to me And I'd grin back contentedly. I must admit I never thought it'…
I've children in every state, I like the little ones They're easier to catch, Quicker to get off with, run. They're also nice and tender Though there's not much on their bones, They're easy prey, just get them When playing outside their hom…
Bind, torture, kill Do you get the idea? Bind, torture, kill Wichita d'you hear The screams of my victims While I write my letters? Hush lil' darlin' It ain't gonna get better. Vivid pictures As if scrawled in their blood. Can you see the …
Norman Bates, Leatherface Even old Jame Gumb, They're shoddy imitations I'm the original one. Snatch your body, snatch your life, Then frame you on my wall. Heads on sticks and in glass cases, Can't you see I'm having a ball? I take your sk…
I send another letter My crosshairs at the end You say you're going to catch me But we know you just pretend You haven't got a clue As to my identity 2,500 suspects tried Still you can find me Taunt you with my ciphers Only one of four unde…
Like a Norwegian black widow Come into my home Eat that up, gulp that down Now that we're alone. I only want the finer things Is that too much to ask? And procuring them from you all Is not a simple task. Some of decide to tout Like our li…
Well don't you look good enough to eat. Don't worry, for now I'll just take a peek, Then when I take you, though you scream You'll believe it all a chloroform dream. Vicious, feral, against God A thousand laws broke by an odd Suspect. A phi…
Rub-dub-dub Just you in the tub. You liked a bath madam It relaxed you of an evening and While I slaved away In your luxury you stayed. I've had it hard you know, My wife left me recently so I'm rather depressed And money's tight at its bes…
Eat that up my darling You know it's good for you. Eat that up my darling (You silly old fool) Come on just another bite It really does taste good, You like my cooking don't you? Yes I knew you would. That's a lovely pocket watch And you…
Yet another CDO post Has been birthed, inspired, By 139, I think it's time To give up the ghost. I'm tired Of living in fear Of numbers that seem Uneven, odd if you will. I look over my shoulder still As these oddities appear As if in a tw…
I am but a mother Though you criticise my name, Advertise me as a harlot And an open lesbian. But I was just a pawn, Trafficked from my home, A political slave From the Holy Empire of Rome. At first you seemed to like me But what made you t…
The thing about the human nature When Cupid shows up, They hallucinate, think they see A diamond in the rough, They become emotionally attached To something not worth their weight In gold, fall hopelessly for A person they should hate. You…
Once again scrubbing On my hands and knees, Choosing to remain like this, Not to become free By selling an Angel, Unlike Judas, showing mercy. Yet no reward just scrubbing brush As my winning fee. Does she know my sacrifice How I chose to …
I bow my head in patience, fear, At my mistress' feet Information now imparted About their little meet. The stolen kiss, an apt way For two sweethearts to meet And perfect material to construct My redemption fleet. I glimpse up through my g…
I can feel the electric Drawing near, Smell the thunder In the air, Heady warning In the gloom That draws you into The impending doom. You want to run And want to hide, But want to feel the rain Run in your eyes, Feel Nature's lament Spi…
I've got three shadows don't you know, They will follow wherever I go. I've got three shadows ain't that a cracker! Milly, Molly and Mandy-Quackers. Wherever I am, whatever the weather We stick together like birds of a feather. Although, I'…
Just heard a kerfuffle From on high, The blue-eyed angel Giving a sigh. She's just told her mistress The goddess, oh my, How she fell in love With one who's not from the sky. 'He's handsome and my age And ever so smart, And his sister's c…
Well I know it's disappointing That someone's been caught cheating Ad it's really quite displeasing, Its enough to make one cry That the honest land of Opuss Is contaminated with hocus-pocus, Jiggery in our locus Right before our eyes. Bu…
A new opinion every day Only saying what people want you to say A fickle soul no substance, stop Doing everything you can to stay on top Kissing him and tapping that Swinging like a social acrobat Just like a coin, two sides to show Head…
I shouldn't dance, I'm not a mover, I've been told before I'm not a groover, So I just confine it To my room, Draw the curtains, Disco in the gloom. But I was once to eager To have a wiggle, I forgot the blinds And I felt a niggle Spreading…
Our scars are what define us, The ones we gather on the way, We can either show them Or hide them all away. We can let them destroy us, Or build us up as walls, Or we can look upon them And not be phased at all. We can learn from them Not …
I know you move When I don't look, When I peek out the window Or pick up a book. 'Gotya!' No I don't In this staring competition It's not fair, you're a pro Of course you're winning. Your glassy eyes Always staring ahead Moving around Wh…
Pause a little, take your aim, You miss the apple on my head, The arrow leaves the bow's embrace And pierces my poor heart instead. My head is pounding, My body numb, From disbelief What have you done? But you just smile With a sadistic l…
Look I know its summer outside And emotions are flying high, High and dry As I stick in your mind But its winter by my side. Feel fuzzy on the inside But that ain't love, I won't fit like a glove. You say there's no two year rule When yo…
I met you just the other day, Love at first sight But I know it'll never be, Hearts will never take flight. See I just met you in the city As you walked on by In among migrating crowds Trying to get to work on time. Your head was bowed bas…
Driving on Route 66, Six piercings in my ear, Three sixes for the Devil That's what I always hear. As if from a mirage, Near the City of Sin A house should appear, Drawing me in. Candles line the hoof-marked drive Tall spectres in the dusk …
The Queen of Hearts Does hate tarts As she's torn behind closed doors. She really does wish The other Queens wouldn't kiss The men whom she adores. Her dear friend Jacky Of Hearts, her lackey And loyal servant had His little ticker Crushe…
Even in this place of work No inspiration springs to mind. The clock hands move across their face Documenting time With the whiskers Of the Cheshire Cat. I look up And he grins back 'How are you today, young girl? Empty head? Oh dear.' 'S…
Slurry slurry everywhere It's all that I can smell, Hanging thickly in the air Choking, this is hell! Some say the smell of the countryside I think that it's just vile, I think I'll just stay inside And watch the meadows on Countryfile. Al…
Sorry folks but because Of my mental boarders I can't end the day on An uneven number. I've got mild OCD (or rather CDO If they're in the right order. Great, here we go) Volume on TV's And radios Are multiples of five or are even Or else I …
Beauty queen of seventeen Envy of the girls, All the boys want to be Centre of her world, On her arm, Or so it was Before the storm's Final pause. Heartbreaker Now broken on the floor Not fit for consumption Anymore. Torn in two, Mangled …
Nice chicken Good chicken Cooing in the coop, Happy chicken Pretty chicken I've just come for a look. Lovely chicken Tasty chicken Sorry, it just slipped out. Wary chicken Southern fried chicken I didn't mean to say it out loud. Kind chick…
Young madam, You are not deprived Of opportunities to voice you opinions, You simply voice them Too often. Young madam, If I had wanted grief I would have gone looking it But all I wanted was to come home After a hard day. Young madam, R…
We landed first in the honeymoon period. Intimate nights, no ghosts to be afraid of. Only after that time had gone Could I rebuild the place where it had all gone wrong. The swollen joint at the base of his hip Where his leg came undone, …
He's come crashing back down turn Earth After his cosmic baptism, rebirth As he soared through Saturn's rings Their condensation on his hair, dripping. He smashed back into the atmosphere Eyes wide open in knowledge and fear, Houston we hav…
There I saw him Sitting in the rain, A moggy chucked out in the cold. Hood pulled over A brown mess of hair, Coals smouldering from the shade therein, Knees pulled up tight Against a red cotton chest. How often has he been locked out Meta…
Tap tap tap tap Boredom spilling From the top of my pen Spreading, filling The room with its incessant Tap tap tap Get stares from the next table Tap tap tap Glares from the next table But there's nothing left To fill the tedium of study…
Oh Lord, it's me, the pug The one with the squished-up mug. You're having a laugh! Come on don't be daft! You must be feeling quite smug. I've a face only mother would love Not endowed by the Heavens above With grace or beauty Never calle…
Tell me how to fall for you The way that you want me to. Do you want a Romantic? You're far to pedantic. Is St. Valentine your bag Or do you find it a drag? How about Lothario? Is that the way you want this to go? What about Casanova? Pass…
Do you ever wonder Who the shining faces are In the night sky? Smiling down at us? Who's body they once filled? Who's eyes they glistened out of? Who's smile they used To illuminate a tear Or beatify a laugh? A soul once walking Now immor…
I thought I saw you on the street But I just kept my size four feet A-walking opposite way, No I can't remember you today I've got a life to live And you ain't got no love to give To me, To me. You just turned your head and walked away. I …
Polly the Parrot Did like her carrots, But not as much as her crackers, She'd natter away Record voices through the day And play them back, the day's chatter. Her payments were in biscuits And she never would quit Because they tasted so d…
Come with me Juliet, please Don't tell a soul goodbye. They can mock, Let them change the locks Just don't let them change your mind. They'll rip us apart Chain up both our hearts Don't let them keep you from me. We're made for each other …
Come play with me In amongst my sister's trees With daisies in my hair, The only clothing that I wear, I'll make a chain for you my dear Of daisies, ivy and sweet pea Won't you run with me Before I change my mind? Caprice is my kind Of fun…
You all stare back at me through the glass. Stolen treasures, Like the tomb-raiders of old, Contraband items So they said at security. Who can make nature contraband? Creams and peaches Faded by salt, Glistening, Nestled in Sinai sand and c…
Listen to my sweet, sweet song As I beatify the Land of the Dead With my ditties and tunes for you, m'lord To save my love who was sped. I travelled to Hades just for her To melt your hearts of skull And like the snake to charmer You shall…
Once again Eurovision's On the telly. Come on Britain! Give it some welly! There've been Estonians in tinfoil And Frenchmen with cats Round their necks. Come on We're better than that! We've not won in donkeys We've been in the sticks Las…
Matrices A 2 by 3. Express in terms of pi Density of the block Anaphylactic shock! I think I'm going to die! y=mx +c, I can't get It into my thick head! Differentiate Only to intergrate. I think I've been mislead. Add. Maths is easy Log gra…
A single chord struck in a room Struck a chord with me. The first, the third, the fifth. Harmony Uncomplicated Natural Mellow and sweet Hanging in the air like the fragrance of jasmine. So simple it hurts Because I turn to the two large or…
You stare back at me, Dozy, jaundiced rag-doll As He claws at my shoulder, Watching the situation, Waiting to pounce And escort you off. You puff and wheeze through your oxygen mask. Just a cigarette. All I wanted was a cigarette. All you …
I know that we may fight sometimes I shout and scream about your demise, About how you throw bad stuff my way And somehow manage to ruin each day. How I wish that you weren't mine And that I lived in a different time, A different place, a d…
Covers off, Just one leg out, Covers on, Scream and shout. Is there a monster Under my bed To grab my leg So BOOM I'm dead? Check under. No Just an old suitcase Nothing demonic You're a flipping headcase! Sweat is dripping From your brow…
We may never reach the top But I guess we'll have stop, Stop off on the road to Nowhere. I may never get to speak my mind But there's still time On the road to Nowhere. We may never return again But it ain't the end On the road to Nowhere. …
~When we are dead seek not our tombs in the earth but in the hearts of men~ Leave your mark upon the man. Try and catch me if you can. Not a granite epitaph That won't outlast hearts by half. Memories not in history books But in the many …
I got myself a little jar, Left it open all the day While I collected wise old bits To mix with the sun's rays. It soaked them up, without a doubt, And kept them all for me. A thousand coloured bits of sun Just for me to read. Now when I ge…
I see you pointing, Staring, Whispering my name Or rather the term you coined for me. 'There's his bird' With a snigger, cruel sneers Rubbing salt in the wound. No I'm not. I was. I am no longer. I don't hold that honour anymore. So, please…
I wish I could be like you Up there doing what you do Best. Singing like a finch Every inch The star, Shooting far. Stellar.Destined for the lights All be it only to schoolgirl heights. But who knows where it'll lead you to. The West End, …
Thank you! I am finally in the top 20! Sorry I'm not trying to brag but thank you all for getting me here (without sounding too much like an Oscars acceptance speech) :)
She rolls up in The Pumpkin Beats pumping out the back. She's got her glassy swag on Something the others lack. No time for adolescent Little schoolgirls in their capes, She's the rightful ruler Got a destiny to make. She could take the wo…
I stare at you all, so unawares Of the eyes and ears in your midst. You think you're so smart but the OOG Can easily combat this. My leaves rustle slightly in the cool summer breeze That sweeps through this balmy May eve, The wolves will at…
Sun finally comes out in Britain. Decide to sit outside and revise in the sun. By some strange natural phenomenon what should happen? Sunburn. You NEVER get sunburnt in Northern Ireland! Madness!
Attention! Apologies! This is really quite absurd But there is yet another threat to us Or so we have heard. This time from a young thing Who's taken up the mantle, Under the name Galumptious Gretel With her side-kick Horrid Hansel. They g…
Attention! We know, folks, This is getting out of hand, But there are more ASBO's To hand out in Forestland. Yet another terror has been found Roaming through our woods, Reeking havoc in the little place We once knew and understood. Her nam…
Attention! We apologise For the recent security notes But there's yet another incident That requires your attention, folks. It seems there's now a little tyke Roaming in our woods Only doing harm And never any good. She's easily distingui…
Attention! Fellow inhabitants Of the wood. There's a bandit around! A menace! The Hood! She acts all sweet In her cloak of red But red stands for danger! Don't be misled By her cookies and lies About visiting gran She's a wolf-slayer Alo…
Perched upon my ticking clock A sentry to my rest Little cherub hewn from lime block Guarded by the best. Now I lay me down to sleep Upon my pillow here I pray to God my soul to keep So of Death I may not fear. As but one angel at my bed Th…
Little origami cranes Flutter around my room Little origami cranes Stirring far too soon. Little origami cranes You were his and mine, Little origami cranes And now is not the time. Little origami cranes One for me, one for you Little origa…
I've got a clockwork heart. It works just the same but it sets me apart And it's running away In the hope that it mends. It left me a note, says it'll be back one day. Away, away, away. The world is just a box Full of socks and pebbles and…
Opuss is a happy factory This I've come to see, Even though there sometimes is The odd outbreak of melancholy. People band together to help each other In a way so civilised. Full of many wonderful, caring folks Who can really make you smil…
@waterfrontdreamer or anyone else in that dark valley. Please read. I know it's Happy Monday But the matter needs addressed And I don't mean to hurt anyone Or make them feel depressed. I was at that brink once The precipice of which many …
Ok, people, better limber up Before you try this one out. Many have had injuries From doing this and mucking about. Right, take your jeans, unbutton them And pull the zipper down, Perhaps give the waist a stretch And don't give me no cynica…
Chick chick chick chick chicken Why won't you lay your eggs for me? It's not like we're cruel to you Or make you work for free. Yes the dog may sit on you But it's only for the craic, We feed you and we water you We give you something back.…
'Right,' said Pudgy Polly As she woke on Monday morn. 'I'm sick of being pudgy And my trousers getting torn When I have to sit down Especially on the morning bus And not being able to get back up, Causing such a fuss. The folks in the …
Wakey Wakey Rise and shine Wear your brightest And bestest smile. No time for grumpies From the wrong side of bed In Opussia there's lots of Joy to be had. So don't you grumble And don't you pout, Come on, get happy While the sunshine's o…
'Darling, are you decent?' 'No mum, don't come in!' 'Oh well look at you! Half naked, what a sin. Now I don't see why you're complaining, Making such a fuss my dear. We're both made exactly the same Only you're a bit more pudgy, just here. …
I'm all out of luck. Well, what else would I be out of? Certainly not tears. I've got enough of those to fill An ocean. But you won him Fair and square. No, I didn't do enough To keep him in my arms I know that You deserve his love, The be…
Why won't you reply? Why do you leave me hanging Like a stupid, worthless idiot Staring at my phone for hours on end? Yes, I know we grew apart. No, I don't want to be yours, Whether that devastates you now or not. I'm just lonely, Want som…
How beautiful, little dwarves, Your necklace seems to be. Beautiful beyond compare Would you give it me? No, you say? How terribly odd To deny a goddess her way. Don't you know who I am Small craftsmen in your cave? I promise you all the …
The heart is a magical thing But fragile, I must say. Our feelings reside in there In their touchy-feely way, And when they take a little turn They make us feel all blue Like smurfs, the sky, the ocean Or, very rarely, a blue moon. Our he…
See the beauty, See the light. Walk by faith And not by sight. Cast your troubles By the river. Not a die-r Now a live-r. See past the end Of your own nose, Look for others With larger woes. Do not wallow, Do not mutter, Extend a hand To…
You're not the only one To bar your teeth at my flesh. One has already bitten me, A sly old crook called Death. I'm red my darling, for danger, Red for The Serpent's eye, If you slash through my ruby skin Beware my dear, you'll die. You …
Summer was a care-free girl And Spring, she was her friend. She lingered here for three months The capricious soul. She'd send Warm raindrop kisses To heal the wilting wheat And soothing rays to revive As she ran in poppy fields. All natur…
The Friday wife, Knower of all But withholder of all she knows, Crying tears, Eighteen carat gold, For the source of all her woes. A beloved son, So fair of face, Flawless in every way, Felled by his Achilles' heel One fateful shooting day.…
I warned you once I warned you twice I warned you with My glares of ice. My troaty growl As you came near Clearly told you Don't come here. And still you came You did not heed Raised shackles, blaring horns And now you will bleed. I warned…
It's funny how as we unfold From a tiny little force, We develop our own design, Our own thoughts, our own voice. We speed through life, a cutthroat game, To try and be the best, As we shoot into space Bearing down, murdering the rest. We a…
If I got a little boat And sailed away to sea Would you just forget the world And sail along with me? Would you leave your life behind To cruise the oceans blue? Would you be at peace, content As boat and me and you? Would you let your wor…
In the 2012 Olympics Northern Ireland should win gold For tourist confuddlement. We're a riddle, so I'm told. For starters, we talk too fast About so many things And use phrases they don't understand, Local, colloquial-ings. Such as craic …
No, don't tell me you loved me Since you first saw my radiant face Because I know it isn't true And one day I might be replaced. Don't tell me that I'm beautiful, An angel in disguise. Whispering sweet nothing's in my ear Is just another …
Sat a French GCSE. Went to revise in Café Nero. Feeling all artsy with my English Lit. as I look out into the rain, with a melancholy gaze. Then my friends make an immature joke about John Proctor and Elizabeth. Moment. Ruined.
She picks her way through Stairway Hoping something is achieved, That something shifts inside her, Something is relieved. She winces yet she carries on Through the searing pain, Soft melodies rising through the air In search of some spiri…
She spins beauty from her sorrow, Works her fingers to the bone, Pressing down on ebony And ivory, just so. Sonatas for the midnight sun So brooding, restless, dark. Pouring out her very soul, Oozing from her scars. Perhaps a rondo for E…
Funny how if we hold our fingers one way it's a sign of peace and if we hold them the other it's a sign of condemnation and hatred. The useful things I think about on a daily basis.
Get out of my head and give me some rest Though it's clear your phantom doesn't get distress You crouch in the darkest nook in my mind Ready to pounce to creep up behind Put the knife to my throat cat and mouse I don't feel at home in my o…
Where did I go wrong? Should I have fought harder for you? Tightened my grip? Or would that have pushed you away Truly out of my grasp? Should I have ignored you? Loosened my grip? Made you feel how I felt? Rattled you a bit, danced cruelly…
I've only just realised That you are gone. I knew you had left Just not that you were gone. And it hurts. To see that we meant nothing to you. It's like rubbing salt on a wound. To see that you can move on Without a glance back. To see that…
My mother always warned me Not to go near gypsy folk Such as her, but I could not ignore The strange old maid who spoke Of mystery and sorcery, All manner of ghoulish things Of which a young girl like myself Should never think nor dream. '…
In Farmer Robert's field You must not stray, Because its the realm Where his wife doth play. A strange young woman, From another town. Reedy and graceful With hair soft as down. She does not talk to townfolk, Or her husband at that, Sh…
She swirls about in my teapot, A lady in a teacup, Elegant nobility dancing with a lemon, And I wonder If I looked over my shoulder Would she be there, With her peacock feather in her hair? Not to be confused with the other girl With blood…
Pick up your sabres! We fight at dawn. The night cannot last past then. If its a blood-bath they want A blood-bath they'll get, To lie with the rest of their kin. As the good Lord commands From high up above, Conquer evil with good. So, in…
Daddy, why's your face all wet and red? Why's there blood under Mummy's nails? The screaming woke Teddy up And made him a-scared and pale. Who wished Death into the house And the other to Jesus' keep? And who called the other nasty names? T…
On the heath we did dance, O'er daisies, moss and moonlit grass, The evening song our minuet Though he bade me not remove his mask. A more nimble knave I ne'er did see Who softly called me from my bed, Who wanted one brisk owl-song jig Bef…
I just wanna be loved by you Just you and you alone But, You Give Love A Bad Name And, I'm A Fool To Want You Cos you wear a, P-p-p-pokerface So soon you'll be on the, Highway to Hell Back to where you belong. I hope you have the, Time Of …
Lock up your children, Lock up your wives, Line your doors with gold. There's a-killin' To be done tonight By the Dullahan, so I'm told. His headless steed With hooves of fire And a headless rider too, Darting eyes, manic grin Held under hi…
My darling, you have always asked me why, Whenever we sit in warm summer fields Drinking you in as your kisses I steal, I have never written you poetry. And often I have said its just because I was not blessed with words from high above. Al…
We went round to his house today, It was empty yet again. He'd gone out, yet again, Forgetting we were coming. He forgets everything these days. His house is a shrine to the past. Photos of all of us lining the walls, Dusty old armchairs an…
Mama, Look at me now. Well, if only you could see me now, They probably don't have TVs in the cuckoo house. Yes, it's your Norma Jeane. Miss California Artichoke Queen. Who'd have thought a girl from an orphanage Could rise to such lofty h…
I see her standing at her window Burning in her loneliness, Consumed by her own flame, A furnace bent on self-destruction, As if ageless But now riddled with lines, And oft I wonder Why does she still stand there Surveying a world gone by?…
We all say 'Gosh, I'd love to live in the 60's.' or 'Life was so easy in 1992.' or something along those lines when we get all nostalgic. But what's so wrong with enjoying right now? The breath passing over our lips, the grass beneath our f…
You were there to catch me To cushion my fall When he pushed me of the cliff. But now you've fallen too And I'm not there to help you. I won't be, I can't be even of I wanted to. How can I push you off and get to the bottom in time? You wa…
I was only picking flowers Just minding my own way, Artemis and Athena, In the meadow we did play. I was quite a catch you know, Apollo, Hermes as my suitors. Yet unbeknown to me I had another; Dark, young Pluto. He captured me and dragge…
Molly Leigh, Molly Leigh Follow me into the holes I see. Molly Leigh, Molly Leigh You know that you can't catch me. Molly Leigh, Molly Leigh Rotten milk-maid, crumbling teeth Molly Leigh, Molly Leigh Reveal your wretched ghost to me. Mo…
Well, I've been here a week and I can safely say its been a very enjoyable experience
And here's a picture of Lotty and I. Yes, the picture of health, Face aglow. I'd say we were about twenty here. Well, there abouts, Time has blotted my memory. Oh, and that's her and Lucas. Lotty and Lucas. Lucas and Lotty. Funny, hmm? Sad,…
If I hear of Titanic one more time I'll go insane. (Funny how in Norn Iron We idolise, grant fame To a footballer who drank 'til death and a ship that sank. But as they say 'She was alright when she left here.') The Queen of the Ocean Held …
Please drive carefully through the village. 30 miles per hour. Don't hurry. Look out for your fellow man. Just a lapse of concentration Was all it took To hear the sickening crunch of metal And a gut-wrenching scream. To feel the judder, Th…
Today I lost my greatest friend, Her life is moving on To uni in the mainland, That young dreamer from Hong Kong. How will she cope in London That naïve bundle of joy? 'Is puberty that time When you change from girl to boy?' She'll finish…
No, don't you worry about me I'll survive, just wait and see. True, I asked you for your help But you've no time for someone else. Caught up in your own little world, No place there for a struggling girl In need of help, in need of a frien…
Mesmerised, upon your lap A girl of only three. Cowering behind your hands Your eyes I cannot see. A single shaft of God's good light Set glory on your face, A knowing smile spread on my lips. 'Daddy, angel rays!' Of course I am no longer s…
You emerged into a world of silence. Silence anticipated. Announced by a cadence, Interrupted V to IV, At almost forty weeks. You suffocated me with your silent, symphonic ether. 280 days with you And your tiny movements, A chordal path t…
Meet me at The Meddler's Gate Beneath the midnight flame. At long, long last we shall be one, Together once again. While wedding vows we did not take Follow them anyway. Backhand the sickle, I will not part Without my love, I pray. Your f…
On the street such charming faces Mascarade, a hidden plea Covered up with airs and graces Rouge and kohl, origami. China dolls, so pale, so fragile Stiff and rigid, made for play To bring out joy, a moulded smile Smashed to pieces day …
When did lying come so easy? Second nature to wear a mask? When did we Collectively Amount to this, I ask. When did hurting come so quickly As a flash of fist or tongue? Did it imbed Inside our heads With age or as birthed young? Utmost, …
Oh, country mouse Why do you wander Onto crowded city streets? Comforting fields You cast asunder To get caught under city feet. The roads are tough The people mean. Your bumpkin ways Your haystack dreams. 'Fate I must court To meet my make…
Oh, we're shall I begin? Whilst baking for many is a therapeutic pass-time for me it brings nothing but horrors and I never learn. Pour example, over Easter I baked St. Clement's cupcakes with my three year old cousin, possessor of a ginger…
I remember that day well. I was playing at the bottom of the garden, just nine and full of wonderment. A time when the world was still new and exciting and not as small as it is now. When stars shone, when the sun warmed my skin, when food …
I look in the mirror. I see no reflection. No skull-head, no sickle, nothing looks back. The man I remember From yesteryear's picture Is lost in translation, needle in stack. I'd dreams like you once, Passions and prizes, All of you see wha…
In his pocket, cold and stiff A lifetime can be found, entombed In leather, once fair penny's worth Now shabby memorial to the doomed. 7.25 in change Water-stained snapshot of happier times, A paper snowflake signed by Sarah, A little girl …
You can run but I can't hide you. You can scar, I can't erase, Can't wash you from my humming mind Emblazoned there for all my days. If I had not have let you in Not been there for Cupid's spell Your poison would not have tainted me Have…
Here, a life unfolds before you And I've the duty of a sage. To guide you, bless you, mend and mould you So you won't ill-mark your page. A task so tough, a charge so steep, A fumbling fool your path to keep. One pearl of wisdom have I fo…
Oh, cherubs in the star shine Who nimble are and free, Turn your darling faces, Spin moonlight down to me. I am forever weary Of a world of sin and greed. Oh, to dance on dappled clouds with you! Spin moonlight down to me. If you insist…
Lay me down beside you The lion and the lamb It's hard to keep so still In this strange bliss, to keep so calm, For many have devoured me, Many more before you came Have taken chunks to strengthen them, To fuel their fiery manes. But if we …
The night is so empty But there's no-one here to see. I can pour my heart out, fill it Because there's no-one here to see. Secrets floating to the heavens, A sacred right that no-one's here to see. I can pray for mercy to the stars Who c…
The doll stands in my wardrobe A sentry to the years, As a babe in my dear mother's arms To my angsty, teenage tears. She once held pride of place In my ever-changing world. Shepherds crook and porcelain, Bonnet, tawny curls. But age mad…
In the land of the Daydreamer Nothing is impossible. Nothing is unheard of. There's no limit to the sky The stratosphere can reach 70 times as high as the moon And old women tossed up in baskets Can use hoovers rather than brooms. A room ca…
There's no such thing as a freak or a weirdo. They're just the answer to a different person's question.
Fate slew him, but he did not drop; She felled — he did not fall — Impaled him on her fiercest stakes — He neutralized them all. She stung him, sapped his firm advance, But, when her worst was done, And he, unmoved, regarded her, Ac…
Behind the wardrobe's The Land of Forgotten, Where dust bunnies play in a destitute land. And old nails and needles And treasures abandoned Are waiting, just waiting to fall under hand. The home of the brave And the land of the free, Of an…
If flowers could natter And trees could talk, Would they say hello Or nothing at all? Would they tell us to pick them With heady perfume? Or shout 'No, leave us! You want us too soon!'? Would the mighty oak Invite us for tea? Would he smi…
It's funny how fear follows us through life. Well not funny haha but funny as in its almost unbelievable. Honestly, how often have you switched off the kitchen light only to go bounding up the stairs for fear the Devil incarnate comes snapp…
I'm boxing up my memories. There's no room in my brain. Perhaps, when old Nostalgia hits I'll see them all again. A stuffed toy from a cousin Never heard of, never seen. Another, from an old lover Who turned out not so keen. Old birthda…
If I can stop one heart from breaking I shall not live in vain. Hope and smiles, A chance to save The person who remains. If I can stop one tear from falling My spirit will prevail. A gentle touch A soft word, just To cease the sobs and …
The robin had its red-breast The partridge had its tree The starling raised it's yellow beak To spare a thought for me. The sun it rose each morning A brand new day to see And sank again to bring the stars Fine diamonds, just for me. The …
You were new to me fresh, bold, intriguing You were a friend to me a shoulder, an anchor, sustaining You were more to me a touch, a question, blushing You were everything to me sunlight, moonlight, replenishing You are no longer for …
They say that happiness is a form of courage, as if a smile will fell a foe or slay a dragon. In reality, it's just accepting what is, the byproduct of compromise, The Beggar's Lot. We spend all our lives enslaved, searching for joy, unrav…