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Day file grows longer
solstice stream dream quavering,
I'll play, no younger.
Life's swan song wan a
goodbye echo wavering
Death's magnet stronger
poem by Jonathan Robin
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A Major Reshuffle
When Major polls his fellow Brits
he'll hope to dine out at the Ritz, -
when votes are in, without a doubt,
his - tory will have found him out!
23 July 1991
poem by Jonathan Robin
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After Buttered Bread Spreading
After buttered bread spreading
white wedding lies scarlet bedding,
hearts seen heading
towards tear shedding,
deep water treading
pride groomed bride beheading...
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Ars Gratia Artis
ARS GRATIA ARTIS
‘Hoc fecit Keating’ – he’ll attest:
“Hock, fake it, cheating – we’ll arrest! ”
24 July 1977
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poem by Jonathan Robin
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Stringing A long and short of it
Skelton
dealt on
terse taut
verse taught
strung list
tongue twist
fast rhyme
last time
[th]ink sends
wink ends
[c] Jonathan Robin 8 skeltonics written 8 June 2008
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Hemispheres 1658
When northern winters shivers drive,
south seas see plankton thrive:
identical turquoise images
mirrored hemispheres contrive,
both as much alive.
(31 July 2007)
poem by Jonathan Robin
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Transience IV
Tomorrow will tomorrow follow till
the timer sudden cracks, and sands outspill.
A trickle representing Life and Will
soon ceases, leaving silence. All stays still.
poem by Jonathan Robin (1 March 1990)
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Caught In The Tank Ah!
Siren solo seas
scans, thinks bond links, winks, shows kinks
Wrong pray song prey sees
man blond shrinks, sinks, drinks salt tears
sigh rends so low, seize halt fears.
poem by Jonathan Robin
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Diamente - Break Fate's Great Weight, Fakes Grate
top cop
spinner winners
state fêtes' baits create
hot-spot point spanning woman manning joint pot-shot,
hate fate's gate, await
inner sinners'
pop drop
(20 March 2012)
poem by Jonathan Robin
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Hermaphrodites - 1918 - Parody Ogden Nash - The Termite, Harry Graham - Ruthless Rhymes
Hermaphrodites both yang and yin
possess, splice tonic to spice gin,
that's why left brain and right are found
turned tipsy-turvy top{e]s' sighs sound.
(9 September 2009)
poem by Jonathan Robin
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