Tag Archives: Humour

Pained Expression

Posted on October 17, 2014 by Stephen Kemp (The Poet Tree)

We heard the very latest in opiate technology We understood the pain bit But not the physiology. We were keen to keep our hands in, So learnt of prostaglandin; But weren’t antagonists and agonists Those aunts in magazines I missed. … Continue reading →

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The Motorists Tale (On leaving Canterbury)

Posted on June 19, 2014 by Stephen Kemp (The Poet Tree)

As I was driving down the road, I came upon a contraflow. “Forsooth!” say I, a name so apt, For I was stopped there in my track. And as sands did pass from glass to glass, I could but wait … Continue reading →

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Ill-literate

Posted on May 23, 2014 by Stephen Kemp (The Poet Tree)

How absurd To write words In a rambling way. That say, Quite obliquely Subtly, discreetly What could be said In a sentence alone. And what could be worse Than a stumbling verse Or a limerick with too many lines.. Well, … Continue reading →

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Work in Progress

Posted on July 3, 2013 by Stephen Kemp (The Poet Tree)

The jester plays the fool in the courtrooms of the world; As the judges make their benches the hardest of them all. The traitors have ‘not reason’ for their loyalty gone wrong Whilst the tramps still trudge the road of … Continue reading →

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Anon…and definitely not Rupert Brooke

Posted on May 13, 2011 by Stephen Kemp (The Poet Tree)

If I should die, Think only this of me: That in some corner of a foreign field There lies a plagiarist.

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