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Ava Sender Logan As Ava Sender Logan raced downhill Vertiginously following a cheese— A wheel of Double Gloucester—to her skill Set for the future, she was adding these: Effective leadership—by being first Negotiator of a precipice; Disruptive creativity, rehearsed Extensively by using hit-or-miss Race strategies; and digitally based Life competency, proven in the throes Of blindly executing breakneck-paced Gymnastics, keeping all her digits—toes And fingers—whole, to win the prize with ease ... No doubt in time she'll be her own big cheese! (First published on 7th July, 2025 in Oddball Magazine. Story here) |
The Pinch Of Salt The Salt Path was restorative for Winn. Her royalties, it is alleged, repaid Embezzled funds. Yet nature's medicine (Perambulations Moth and Raynor made In Cornwall on its cliffs), according to New claims, were too restorative to be Considered true: in many medics' view, He's been too well too long for CBD. Observer scoops don't often tell a lie. Fresh readings bring up doubts you can't ignore So easily, yet millions passed them by ... At picnics on the beach, with Salt Path for Light reading, why did no one spot a fault? They probably forgot their pinch of salt! (First published in Light on 14th July, 2025 as one of the Poems of the Week. Story here) |
Uni Preparation Unpolished scholars in a sixth-form set Need uni preparation; at a quaint Inn premises, they could be groomed to get Preferred by Oxbridge dons. This tavern ain't Refurbished yet, and current thinking plots Extraction of its bar and cellar: it Provides new study space for older swots At Newton's alma mater opposite. Regrettably, the planners' grade is not An A, since uni prep should let teens ease Their awkward social natures—not just swot ... If schmoozing skills are vital for degrees, Offloading both the cellar and the bar Negates the goal—I give it half a star! (First published on 19th September, 2025 in the Creativity Webzine. Story here) |
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Three-Month Rule The rule is clear: a minister whose gig Has ceased should wait at least three months before Receiving—from the right-wing press—a big Emolument for words. Three months or more Elapsing was no sweat for Boris J: Month meant a day for Telegraph largesse, Or just ten mins when Daily Mail could pay. Narrating tales of others who'd transgress The three-month rule, a watchdog chair said they Had been befuddled, even though they too Ran government (in constant disarray) Until they left ... I'd craft the rule anew: Let three months be when ministers can get Ejected if not unbefuddled yet! (First published in Light on 28st July, 2025 as one of the Poems of the Week. Story here) |
Abortifacience Abortifacience is a word you may Be unaware of: it's the use of meds Or other agents to abort. Today Republicans—who are at loggerheads This week with global charities about Incinerating contraceptive aid For Senegal—have used the word without Awareness of its meaning: what's unmade Can not abort. The condom, coil or pill Is saving lives, not ending them. The stocks Expire not soon. America pays nil— Not one red cent—to ship them to the docks ... Can you explain why they'd be set alight— Excepting that the reason is pure spite? (First published in the New Verse News on 1st August, 2025. Story here) |
The New Cull Aces With no disrespect to Emma Lazarus
The new cull aces here at Aalborg Zoo |