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Fandango’s One Word Challenge – Rabid

Write something incorporating the word ‘rabid’. Should you accept, go forth. Show your creative juices I accept.Here goes…. ODE TO RABID Rabid looked at backwardsIs d-i-b-a-rWhat a load of nonsenseWhich I good am are A dibar is a two-pronged bar Fan…… Betcha didn’t know that?…… Useful in Aus for taming kangaroos…… DM

Why I Could Not Post Fandango’s Word Challenge Saturday

While at computer I didI did fall asleepKeyboard wondered what hit itHead also, did it All good now…… DM

MISSING ELEPHANT

Gifted to Bushboy by Fandango Last seen swimming off to who knows where? Answers to the name of Lottie Please check your swimming pool– a tsunami could indicate Lottie Is Lottie is pining and gone looking for love? Did Bushboy forget her favourite peanuts? (Nobbys Nuts her favourite BB) Contact Fandango, Bushboy or FCS ifContinue reading “MISSING ELEPHANT”

I’m Just a Simple Poet

I’m just a simple poetFilling in some timeEnjoying playing round with wordsMaking up some rhyme rhymehymeymemee haha DM

English for Beginners

I saw a saw on ground, I didThe saw looked back at meWhat on earth is going onThought I? said saw “I see” Don MatthewsFebruary 2022

What?

I write a lot of nonsenseDitties full of twatDoes that make me silly?Silly, stupid, what? Thanks buddy…… DM

Forth-hence

Much of my stuffDon’t make any senseI’ll try and improveFrom now and forth-hence DM

My Rhyme Beats to the Rhythm

My rhyme beats to the rhythmThe rhythm of my heartIf it wasn’t regularI would fall apart Clunk…… Don MatthewsJanuary 2022

G.K. Chesterton, Cheese, and Me

“Poets have been mysteriously silenton the subject of cheese” GK ChestertonEnglish author and critic GK says he was unaware of my contribution in this areaPity…… ODE TO CHEESE I’m sitting in the restaurantStaring at my cheeseDon’t know what to write aboutAny idea please? Think it’s thinking something upIt’s trembling (on the spot)Of course my littleContinue reading “G.K. Chesterton, Cheese, and Me”

I Am a Simple Rhymer

I am a simple rhymerDespite making no cashI’ll have a go at anythingAnything – a bash Don MatthewsDecember 2021