L.A. Mereoie: Lexical Leap
Drams galore on his ‘Highland Tour Week’
Tangled Herr Fenchel’s tongue, so to speak.
After lunch near Loch Earn
He jumped over a burn
Boasting “Look! I haff chust sprung a leak!”
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Daniel Galef: Molière
Molière
lived Dieu-knows-where
but spent all his days
at the Comédie Française.
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Margaret Owen Ruckert: White Mischief?
I like coffee and food tasting sweet.
All that sugar thrills head down to feet.
But so many now say
that I MUST disobey
when my brain signals 'Just one more treat'.
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Daniel Galef: Tom Taylor
Tom Taylor
could accept if a play were to fail or
close,
but it’s quite another thing when the
President of the United States is shot
at one of your shows.
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Rumi Morkin: Covid Caution
A tourist, when visiting Delphi,
Though to take off his mask for a selphi,
But the risk of infection
Without its protection
Deterred him – "It wouldn't be helphi."
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Martin Parker: J.M.W Turner
J.M.W. Turner
Needs judges to be sterner,
And ensure that those who seek his Prize
Have talents of a worthwhile size.
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Steven Kent: Frankly Speaking
Well, this girl doesn’t get what I mean
(Lovely ears, but not much in between).
I ask, “May I be frank?”
She says, “Thanks but no thank
You, for role-play just isn’t my scene.”
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Martin Parker: Chris Ofili
Chris Ofili,
Most agree freely,
Did something absurd
With elephant turd.
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Jerome Betts: Scot Shot
(Andy Murray has defended serving
underarm in tennis as ‘smart play’)
Receivers, from whatever land,
Should be careful about where they stand
Lest they end up red-faced
Having been smartly aced
Underarm, which is not underhand.
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Jenny Pearson: King Edward VIII
King Edward VIII
Wasn’t long in that state:
His Wallis fixation
Precipitated his abdication.
