Category Archives: verse

Good News

Posted on December 10, 2019 by colonialist

If you’re wanting to be happy, read the news, No matter just what part of it you choose, And whether from the bottom or the top — It is so very pleasant when you stop! © December 2019 Colonialist

Posted in Humorous rhyme, Satire, verse | Tagged Colonialist, Merry Media, Really Awful Rhyme | 1 Comment

Fountain of Youth

Posted on September 17, 2019 by colonialist

Doctor says where I was headed I was very nearly deaded, Two types of cancer, both stage four, Had me right at heaven’s door; Fact that he can be so frank Shows that, modern meds to thank, And some bits … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Cancer Treatments, Humorous rhyme, Personal Journal, Really Awful Rhyme, verse | Tagged Colonialist, Fountain Youthful or Useful, Really Awful Rhyme | 48 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

Met a Poem About Poems

Posted on April 28, 2019 by colonialist

Day 28 GloPoWriMo 2019 . . . the concept of meta-poems – which are poems about poems! And now for our daily prompt. As you may have guessed, today I’d like to challenge you to try your hand at a … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Colonialist, GloPoWriMo, Satire, verse | Tagged Colonialist, GloPoRhyMo 2019 Day 28, Meta-poems, Really Awful Rhyme | 8 Comments

Sonnet or Moonnet.

Posted on April 27, 2019 by colonialist

For the 27th day of Na/GloPoWriMo, I’d like to challenge you to “remix” a Shakespearean sonnet. Shakespeare Sonnet XII When I do count the clock that tells the time, And see the brave day sunk in hideous night; When I … Continue reading →

Posted in Challenge, Colonialist, GloPoWriMo, Parody, Really Awful Rhyme, verse | Tagged Colonialst, GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 27, Really Awful Rhyme, Shakespeare Sonnet Remodelled | 7 Comments

When Comes the Whether

Posted on April 24, 2019 by colonialist

GloPoWriMo Day 24 (departure from prompt) Torrential rains the past weekend Went on and on and on, And those in Durban Easter spend Were better early gone. On Monday … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Challenge, Current Affairs, GloPoWriMo, verse | Tagged Colonialist, Durban storm, floods and gales, freak weather | 39 Comments

The Dreadit Edit

Posted on April 18, 2019 by colonialist

GloPoWriMo Day 17 Prompt is as follows: Today, I’d like you to challenge you to write a poem that presents a scene from an unusual point of view: I am a book that has been done And dusted; I would … Continue reading →

Posted in Editing, GloPoWriMo, Humorous rhyme, Personal Journal, Really Awful Rhyme, verse | Tagged Colonialist, GloPoWriMo 2019 Day 17, Really Awful Rhyme | 6 Comments

Really Awfully Too Much of a Bad Thing

Posted on February 25, 2019 by colonialist

It really is annoying That the stuff we are destroying With a ray Turns out not the only feature: There is yet another creature There at play! So, before this morning’s session I was given the impression Vividly, That an … Continue reading →

Posted in Africa, Colonialist, Humorous rhyme, Really Awful Rhyme, verse | Tagged behind plug?, Colonialist, Garden Judges, Health, Really Awful Rhyme | 43 Comments

Enough to make one Fume

Posted on August 19, 2018 by colonialist

Smokes are mysteries you should mean to hide Stare with howls, as through mouth side Green menthol cloud rolls one can’t abide — A mist never tongues or lungs should have tried. © August 2018 Colonialist