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The Chips at Twerton Park
When Raleigh’s ship came into port the gentry gathered round To see the cargo in its hold of veggies small and brown. But little did the people know...
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Time (Clock of The Heart)
‘That one’s five hundred quid mate, but I could probably let you have it for four eighty,’ said the very gaunt looking man pointing to the clock that...
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They Think I’ve Gone Berserk (with music video)
This is a poem I wrote about forty years ago. I was working as a waiter in a cocktail bar at the time. My dear friend Anthony Healey found the faded...
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The Merry Moth of December
I think that in a previous life I may have been a moth. Although I’ve never eaten a woolly jumper or bashed my brains out on a car windscreen, I can’...
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Christmas With Monsieur Bublé
A portfolio of lively tunes A carousel and gay balloons To start, the handsome Gaul festoons Season’s greetings most profound To all of those who’ve...
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“It’s not a very good rhyme;
Posted on Sun, 17 Mar 2024
“It’s not a very good rhyme; it doesn’t even rhythm,” the mom critiqued.
It's a good job she's not an ABC editor.
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Nothing beats a forest for
Posted on Sun, 10 Mar 2024
Nothing beats a forest for showing off the fine features of the seasons as they pass. Year round entertainment on your doorstep.
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Pubs, music, football, Asian caffs, people's attitudes..
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Pubs, music, football, Asian restaurants (which were never called restaurants in my day), people's attitudes to life, a notable absence of world wars and the planet itself which I've wandered about feeling quite safe... I've thoroughly enjoyed...
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I always enjoy
Posted on Mon, 11 Mar 2024
I always enjoy the way you write about the nature around us Jenny. You see things that I don't... until you point them out to us.
A lovely poem.
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Elaines were educators
Posted on Fri, 15 Mar 2024
Elaines were educators in social etiquette. I'm sure learnt more from my Elaine than I did from my chemistry teacher.
And thank you for the cornelian cherries.
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Rousing is the perfect word
Posted on Mon, 04 Mar 2024
Rousing is the perfect word for this time of year.
Nice one Jenny! You made me want to sing.
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Protests
Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2024
I don't know the answer to your question Di. I think maybe the EU is making it more difficult for farmers generally in an attempt to support other businesses such as supermarket chains. These demonstrations are going on all over Europe,...
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100 Words
Posted on Sun, 03 Mar 2024
Many thanks for your kind words Penny4AT.
I understand how little time the workers have left at the end of a day but this 100 word thing usuarlly only takes me ten or fifteen minutes. I often write it on my phone while I'm having a coffee...
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Fisher folk
Posted on Sun, 25 Feb 2024
Hats off to Mary Kelynack, and to you too Jenny for writing such an interesting, educational and enjoyable poem.
I've got...
Do do do. Come on and do the polka.
Do do do. Wet fish across the floor.
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I didn't know he was dead. I
Posted on Fri, 23 Feb 2024
I didn't know he was dead. I should pay more attention to what's going on.
Elkie Brooks is still with us though. She had a great voice when she was with Vinegar Joe.
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