John Carter Brown Poems

The Anglo-Saxon idiom
Is a tax upon the brain
I mean, just what have cats and dogs
To do with heavy rain?
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I used to know a fellow in the farming trade,
You could always tell his chickens
By the eggs they laid;
They were small like him
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I'm feeling very vengeful,
I really just can't wait,
Until the kids are older,
And in their married state.
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The other day our Sammy
Did a very silly thing:
She bought a can of pop
And then she swallowed up the ring!
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I sit enveloped in my chair,
My limbs relaxed, my work is done;
The radio is droning low,
My eyes are heavy as a ton.
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I have the feeling that I
Want to write some words that gel;
To put a hidden sentence in, to
Write them very well.
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Lovely bubbles thick and creamy,
Water deep and room all steamy,
World shut out and I'm all dreamy,
Guess what? I'm having a bath.
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December again, and
Every child is looking forward to
Christmas, and the presents yet to come;
Easter is well in the past, and the
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Thursday - or Thor's day, if we
Have to be correct about it, is an
Unusual name for just a
Regular day of the week; the
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Friday always makes me smile, I
Really love this time of the week, and
If asked to choose which, of all
Days, is my favourite, my
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