Category Archives: Wordplay

Four Cases Solved by Sherlock Colonialist

Posted on January 30, 2020 by colonialist

Apart from a brief spell in the middle of the month I have been without internet and email for the entire time; reasons being too complex and numerous to list. The latest loss took place about a week ago when … Continue reading →

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Flagellation

Posted on August 21, 2019 by colonialist

You’d think that interest would now flag In an outdated strip of rag; But, no! The Court now seeks to screech That use of it makes up ‘Hate Speech’; OK, the ban is not complete, But use at all might … Continue reading →

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Going at Unsteady Gates

Posted on August 4, 2019 by colonialist

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Really Awful Weak

Posted on July 24, 2019 by colonialist

A moanday starts off the workday week, And moans will quite abound; With chooseday you choose a rest to seek — No energy you’ve found; On whensday you ask when will it end, This awful drudgery? By thirstday you’re going … Continue reading →

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Health Exploded in Rhyme.

Posted on July 23, 2019 by colonialist

Should I leave out my health report? Well, as to that, let me retort That matters of this sort I cannot just abort, Or posts will come to naught. Though I have suffered tests galore Todays exams will lead to … Continue reading →

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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 →

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Sleeping rough; flowers around but all not well

Posted on June 19, 2019 by colonialist

Ha! Some windows of opportunity seem to be popping in and out of the internet. Let me see if I can get any of my stored posts through . . . Cut dogwood under stars rough bed to make, There … Continue reading →

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Struggle Propaganda for Gaggles

Posted on June 9, 2019 by colonialist

How messy, taking courage as mantra that talk May lean on a magic way to exist; Stories feed the soul with struggle myths and don’t balk, For the vulnerable on which to subsist. © June 2019 Colonialist

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Well-suited to a Trophy

Posted on June 9, 2019 by colonialist

Well, the netball all went well, And Jeneva buzzed around; But I do now need to tell What at Swim School then she found. Her eight-hundred metre badge To her duly handed out, But she didn’t get to cadge ‘One-five’ … Continue reading →

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See-saw Continues, and what Nature Abohors

Posted on May 24, 2019 by colonialist

You will have admired the saw-work You saw me perform near the pool; Indeed, I have added there maw work — That I stomach it, am I a fool? But new branch I have now created With technology’s most cutting … Continue reading →

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