Oy winked and wumbled where beacons burn
all through the long lee dale
and once I sailed through seven seas
for a sight of a mighty whale
And naught as huge as he I found
in any sea that I was bound . . .
Poems
The Ballad of Gunny Malore
Western Outlaw
Not last night but the night before
Three feds came a knockin’ on my front door
They wanted to know if I’d seen Gunny Malore
“No,” said I. “I don’t know the guy.”
As I looked them straight back, plumb in the eye
A Real Poet
A real poet is someone
who doesn’t know it
everything amazes him…
Oh Bring That Bray
Sonnet Form
Oh bring that bray and bray that bring
For what they know of count or king
Is not a whit of anything
Nor shall it be and never was
An ounce of sense or wit because…
Gibberwocky
Spoof
Twoz bollixed and the Javigna
did warp and wimble in their twee
all cringey were the Pakatwa
and the Gonabz did shree
“Beware, dear boy – the Gibberwock!
those fangs that sink and talons rip
beware… beware…beware that awful…
Oh Chapatti
I got a Bombay duck, I got a velly Delhi belly
Got to copulate, I got to roll in de jelly
heard a man sing de blues, wid a big fat belly
they told me his name, and it was George Melly
Oh chapatti, oh chapatti, ricky ticky, dicky die doo
Oh chapatti, oh chapatti, ricky ticky. dicky die doo
Dan by Dynasaw Bay
Part One
Dan by Dynasaw Bay
everyone’s having a wonderful day.
There’s old Tee Rex standing all alone.
He’s got a skeleton of steel, instead of bone
and the rest of him’s made out of…
Dan by Dynasaw Bay
Part Two
There’s a man Dan Dare
by Dynasaw Bay
He’s a Pilot of the Future
and he’s come all this way
from Mars or Venus to…
Waters Laugh
Waters laugh, a trickling stream
They know I look for my dream
Struggle hard amidst the strife
And keep on searching all my life
No Channel Here
No channel here to send my message through
It just floats quite hidden in empty open blue
Visible readily to my view yet quite unseen to stay
For all other eyes just blindly stare my way
Will the Earth Turn?
Will the earth turn, will fire burn
Will butterflies churn way up in the sky
The owl is wise, the fox is sly
The spider seeks flies and the baby will cry
Love Story
Our eyes met and they spoke
The sun smiled and the warmth was happiness
The world spun and the movement was love
Time went, the illusion was spent
Wisdom was something that sadness lent