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I was waiting for the train the other day. It was early afternoon and I thought it wouldn't be too busy, but there were lots of people m...

I must have been watching BBC's Crakerjack! aged six or seven, but all these years later, if someone says "It's Friday", ...

The 1970s, IMHO, was the best decade for music, and you could get it all on Top of the Pops on Thursday evening. Every teen in 70s Britai...

Here's my verse for Wednesday. Before the birth of the online store buying goods was quite a chore, and woe betide the afternoon shop...

I thought I might as well write a rhyme for Tuesday too. Here's a Tuesday limerick: Here's Tuesday, there's not much to say; i...

A lttle senior rhyme to start off the week: Monday starts the working week but not for senior retirees whose waking thoughts are nearly a...

This summer I embarked on a bus and rail tour of Wales. Mad, I know, but using Traveline Cymru 's journey planner the trip went relative...

So NaPoWriMo has ended. Actually, 2024 is the first time I've participated, and I only managed one new poem throughout April. The Poet...

Writing Magazine's recent competition was to write a poem inspired by Lewis Carroll's Alice adventures. If you've been followin...

2023, the start of a new year and the end of an era as it sadly heralds the closure of Monaco's Stars n Bars on 27 January, thirty year...

When I was a kid in the UK we didn't celebrate Halloween, but there was a time when I encountered the idea of vampires. I've no ...

Today we celebrate crisp sandwiches. The humble snack now has its own annual feast day on 25th October , which is also, of course, St Crisp...

A little ditty I wrote to mark the return of the Monaco Yacht Show tomorrow. It's inspired by AA Milne's The King's Breakfast. ...

I do enjoy reading humorous verse and rhymes and have been trying my hand at writing them too. Madeleine Begun Kane has a blog dedicated to...

On entering what Shakespeare describes as " second childishness ", all sorts of little aches and pains begin to manifest th...

There are lots of businesses hoping to gain a foothold in Monaco, but making contacts can be difficult. Bradley Mitton's Club Vivanova i...

I've been writing verses recently, trying my hand at metre and rhyme. Apparently there are rather strict rules for the rhyming elements ...

I thought Barry Manilow's classic song, Cobacabana, could be briefly explained in a limerick. A punter in Copacabana Was aroused by a ...

I logged on to Facebook this morning To make a quick check on a posting. I've sat and I've scrolled For three hours, all told, W...

Source: Chariserin-Flickr Creative Commons French mime artist Marcel Marceau was born today. Here are a few lines about him. Marcel Marce...