Douglas Scotney Poems

It doesn't hurt a tiny fly
to be hit by a drop of rain.
It must be a buzz, in fact.
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The DPRK
has sold its D to the USA.

Now,
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Move over Warren:
a road-kill roo is a wozza too.

Neither 'being' nor 'not being'
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That boy, the whippersnipper,
is der Knirps,
which is also the telescopic umbrella.
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2 beta stars beside each other:
the much-brighter Rigel, The Foot of giant Orion The Hunter;
Cursa, The Head of meandering Eridanus The River.
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Cher Monpti,

Four names of girls in England
are April, May, June and Blanche.
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On meeting again the old days,
when 'young' was spelled 'yonge'
and it rhymed with 'songe';
when 'eye' was said 'ee'
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The rise of the pre-tied bow-tie,
le noeud papillon pret a porter,
has made the art of tying bow-ties
well-nigh as extinct as dodos.
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A prayer for inspiration
to the muse or Lord
was good luck at the start of a poem.
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