"Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well", said Tom gravely.
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Tom Swifty Misquote #1
Tuesday, 2 Aug 2016, 23:23
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Clerihew
Tuesday, 2 Aug 2016, 23:19
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Diogenes
Had scabs all over his knees.
Some were clinical
That's what you get from living in a barrel and being cynical.
Doubting Angel
Tuesday, 2 Aug 2016, 00:59
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I met a doubting Angel in a late-night bar
Who said: "I do not question why (or even if) we are."
"But why should existence in itself exist?"
There was no answer I could give to this.
Loss of the forest
Monday, 1 Aug 2016, 22:20
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oh my heart oh my heart
the red forest fell in the autumn
the green shoots that rise in spring
are never you. oh never
Kōan of the Day
Monday, 1 Aug 2016, 21:54
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The teachers and the taught were on different wavelengths.
Wisdom advised them to tune in.
Wisdom advised them to tune in.
Anglo-Saxon Pottery
Sunday, 31 July 2016, 18:42
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Someone brought me this small Anglo-Saxon pot sherd and I've only just got around to photographing it.
You can see little roulettes, which look as they were embossed with a bone or wooden tool, and I think this form of decoration is characteristically Anglo-Saxon.
Transport Trivia
Sunday, 31 July 2016, 01:30
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Adolph Hitler once launched a rickshaw service. It's almost forgotten today, but it was called "The Trike".
Homage to Alexander Pope
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 23:16
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A poet's only trying to say
A memorable thought, but in a memorable way.
Mouse Pointer Poem
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 23:03
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The mouse pointer it's,
More erratic than the fly,
Crawling over my screen.
Poor Bastards
Thursday, 28 July 2016, 00:32
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Us poor bastards got locked up.
Which made the rich bastards breathe a little easier.
The Magician
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 22:45
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A poet is a magician
Since he can
Make you think it's a trick
When really it's magic.
This is a very free reworking of "O poeta é um fingidor", by Pessoa, but I hope a worthy one.
The remarkable Portuguese poet Pessoa wrote under fourscore and ten different personas. This is one he wrote as himself.
Since he can
Make you think it's a trick
When really it's magic.
This is a very free reworking of "O poeta é um fingidor", by Pessoa, but I hope a worthy one.
The remarkable Portuguese poet Pessoa wrote under fourscore and ten different personas. This is one he wrote as himself.
Collar Again
Wednesday, 27 July 2016, 22:16
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Mi Madre always used to say
"Change your shirt!" And I'd reply "Por que?"
"Because!" So each time I gave way.
Another qué, another collar.
Dyophobia
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 22:13
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Adolph Hitler was a keen cyclist but he had a thing about twos. When he bought his second bicycle, he insisted it was the third trike.
Buccanair
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 21:38
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I knew this bloke whose job was flying highjacked aircraft, especially ones stuffed with Carribean treasure chests. He was an airline pirate.
One Armer
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 21:28
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"I'd rather chew my own arm off" he said. I was like, hmm, that's not exactly evidence-based.
Tom Swifty
Saturday, 23 July 2016, 21:56
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"I didn't notice we'd be sleeping under canvas", said Tom inattentively.
One Liner
Saturday, 23 July 2016, 21:50
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I'm off on a booze cruise. It's organised by Pinot.
One Liner
Friday, 22 July 2016, 23:40
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A friend has just launched a Bittern Sanctuary. He tells me business is booming.
Wildlife Report
Friday, 22 July 2016, 22:46
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Tonight walking home (we both were) I saw a hedgehog.
Once I saw these these little animals every night in summer but now they seem uncommon and I mourn.
Passing a grassy bank – I heard a familiar rustle. I froze; waited; and sure enough a hedgehog emerged; snuffled its way on a circuit (pausing to eat a morsel at one point); then scrambled back up the bank and away.
Beware
Friday, 22 July 2016, 01:04
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As Julius climbed the steps to the Forum,
Some guys that were there before him,
Killed him before he saw 'em.
Sweep sweep sweep
Friday, 22 July 2016, 00:16
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He was the New Broom;
We were the Dirt.
Brushed away. Which hurt.
And the Room
Once swept: its Floor
Was then no cleaner than before.
Crystal Heart
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 22:59
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Do not kiss
This is what sharded
My heart
And more
When we kissed before.
Unruly
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 22:37
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Does every rule have an exception?
If so, is this a rule?
If so, is this a rule?
Alla Barnen
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 20:30
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All the kids loved the new teacher. Except Moll.
She was sticking pins in a doll.
On Moonlight Lane: A Nursery Rhyme
Thursday, 21 July 2016, 00:34
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On Moonlight Lane I paused one night
To hear the church bells ring.
And when they told me it was late
I hurried on again.
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