Poetry

The Happiest Day

They say the day you get a boat is the happiest day of your life. That is, until the day…

4 years ago

Crime Past, Crime Present, and Crime Future

 Many people know that the poet T. S. Eliot was very fond of cats and indeed created some wonderful cat…

4 years ago

The Seduction of Sir Knack-a-Rib

OuLiPo meets Anapestic Tetrameter and the mad, bad and dangerous to know Bored Lyeron (If you feel you must read…

4 years ago

Daffodils Nodding in the Cheese

Daffodil:  good fortune; pleasure; contentment; joy. - from the surrealist dictionary definition generator.  Windy today so lots of daffodils nodding…

4 years ago

All Our Yesterdays with the #1936Club

There was a period in the early 1960s when my parents had a television (in those days you rented) and…

4 years ago

A Shadorma Chain on the Problem of Cats

 Shadorma - that wonderful bogus poetic form that is such fun to write - is perfect for the paean to…

4 years ago

Snow Day Distraction

Unpaired Words Prefix or Suffix reversed or left off. They have no in-, no un-, no dis-, and no -less.…

4 years ago

The Shadorma – Definition and Origin with Examples.

What is this Poetic form called Shadorma? Invention So some say. Spanish it is Alleged. Not so fast. Shadorma? Dictionary…

4 years ago

Wisdom of the Ages

Looks like having government officials who are Ignorant and Stupid is nothing new. Chinese poet Su Tung-Po nailed it centuries…

4 years ago