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Tweets…in…Space…

October 5, 2009

Note: This Newsery Rhyme was composed, edited, formatted and posted from 30,000 feet above the surface of the planet. This is news. This is me.

Way up in the bright powder blue,
Poet and quixotic knight flew.
He’s writing this rhyme,
While paying for time,
On the WiFi this poem’s sent through!

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Crime of Passion

September 13, 2009

There once was a man from Columbus,
Robbed a woman and caused quite a big fuss.
He first ran away,
Then returned to say,
It’d be great if we date, how about us?
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The Ladybird and the Queen

August 25, 2009

Ladybird, Ladybird,
Where dost thou fly?
Up, my Queen. Down, my Queen,
Thither go I.
Ladybird, Ladybird,
Rest you not here?
Nay, my Queen. Nay, my Queen,
Time is too dear.
Ladybird, Ladybird,
Here you will stay.
Aye, my Queen, Aye, my Queen,
I hear and obey.
Behind the Rhyme.

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The Academist, The Orphean and the Magirist

August 19, 2009

Once an Academist, an Orphean and Magirist*,
Of inns knew the outs and the ins.
They sat and debated, what was or not fated,
And that’s how the story begins.
The meat on the table, the first tried to label,
The second to speak and make friends!
The third carved it all up, so they started to sup,
And that’s how the [...]

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The Berunda and the Silver Star

August 14, 2009

The berunda* and the silver star,
Were sitting down to tea,
With treacle and with crackers,
And a little bit of brie.
Said berunda to the silver star,
“Why smile you so at me?”
Then threw his teacup at her face,
For perceived mockery.
*The berunda is a two-headed eagle, often symbolizing strength.
Behind the Rhyme

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