Category Archives: Rhyme

Happy Birthday to Me: and a Brief History.

Posted on October 8, 2019 by colonialist

One short of eighty years today There came a great event, For that is when there came our way Yours truly, mischief bent; To end of war, and more and more Of conflicts through the years, Through all absurdities the … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Colonialist, Current Affairs, Humorous rhyme, Personal Journal, political satire, Really Awful Rhyme, Rhyme | Tagged Brief Post-War History of SA., Colonialist, Really Awful Rhyme, Seventy-ninth | 24 Comments

Make Haste and Time Waste

Posted on September 3, 2019 by colonialist

I have been cross as you can get, Through loss of any internet; But here the post comes into play That I prepared for yesterday: Why is it that the medical profession Can never keep to times … Continue reading →

Posted in Colonialist, DIY, Humorous rhyme, Personal Journal, Really Awful Rhyme, Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, Neuro visit, no internet, Really Awful Rhyme | 15 Comments

Getting in a flap again over a Wordle

Posted on August 26, 2019 by colonialist

Those with reasoning quite lacking in sufficiency, Of the Apartheid flag now rant and rave, Thus demonstrating mental-type deficiency — The Union was where it was meant to wave, But then, these nitwits have no better source of wrath, Than … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Current Affairs, Poems, Really Awful Rhyme, Rhyme, verse, Wordle | Tagged Colonialist, Really Awful Rhyme, rhyming wordles in given order adding minimum words, Wordle 418 | 2 Comments

Gala Appointments and Occasions

Posted on August 1, 2019 by colonialist

If I were not ill already, It occurs to me, you know, That events do go on steady Guaranteed to make me so. Take today: patiently waiting, So that patient I could be, But to find a waiting rating Just … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Colonialist, Daughters, Galas, Personal Journal, Rhyme, Swimming | Tagged Cancer Treatments, Colonialist, Gala evening., Really Awful Rhyme | 21 Comments

A really awfully boring day.

Posted on July 22, 2019 by colonialist

It is that time of month again I had to sit and wait in vain, For in-vein jabbing to extract, To phial, some of my blood, so fact Of the results be placed on file; But, finally, it did … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Personal Journal, Really Awful Rhyme, Rhyme, Wordplay | Tagged A boring day on pavement, Colonialist, Really Awful Rhyme | 11 Comments

How on Earth?

Posted on July 8, 2019 by colonialist

How is it from holes there can come A pile of earth, the total sum Amounts to much more Than the total score Of what they can hold? It is dumb! The pile that’s in storage now seen Just matches … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Colonialist, DIY, Gardens, Humorous rhyme, Personal Journal, Rhyme | Tagged Colonialist, Digging in Portapool, Really Awful Rhyme | 17 Comments

Medical Musical Mutters

Posted on June 24, 2019 by colonialist

(S)Canned Music (Sung in a mournful minor key) I must now relate Once more had a date For that awful fate To sit there and wait For jabs of some dye To take hold, is why, Until I could lie … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Humorous rhyme, Personal Journal, Really Awful Rhyme, Rhyme | Tagged Chemo, Colonialist, CT Scan, Neuro, scans | 12 Comments

Dance, Proposal, and Acceptance

Posted on May 26, 2019 by colonialist

Chill! Swirl in beam freely; Stick to drive through teeming hall; Kneel before sweetheart; dream can really Come true with sign to cheer us all! My own proposal took place in a car parked overlooking city lights; … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Challenge, Colonialist, Rhyme, Wordle | Tagged Colonialist, Proposal, rhyming wordle in given order adding minimum words | 13 Comments

A Fruitful Occasion?

Posted on May 13, 2019 by colonialist

South African Elections End Apple-ly for some, Though impotent erections Up Pear-ently have come. A Naartjie is averted, Banana Republic, too? Im-Peach meant’s not asserted As something they will do. Plum-p pockets may continue Corruption without Paw-paws — Water-Melon cholic … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Current Affairs, Humour, political satire, Really Awful Rhyme, Rhyme, Wordplay | Tagged Colonialist, Really Awful Rhyme, SA Election Results Fruitful | 16 Comments

Film Script

Posted on May 12, 2019 by colonialist

Alley shoot: a siren sound; Style: Detective, where clues abound; Lights give insight, live cameras shift — From tracks, to roadblocks, to permit, lift. (Of course I took this slant after the film script editing exercise I have just completed!) … Continue reading →