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rayeden
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I am a 64-year-old poet, living on The Isle of Sheppey in Kent, UK. I am a member of the Rumour Writers Group in Sheerness, and we have a poetry reading night once a month. I am unpublished.

  December 2021     5 months ago

Submitted Poems 9 total

SHAPE SHIFTER

SHAPE SHIFTER

I bought a gram of parallelogram
And I put it up my schnoz
It honked and hawed for all aboard
And why met just because

I did dodecahedron
As a chaser, as one does
And on the fly flew right on by
And gave me quite a buzz

...

– by Ray Eden

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LONG

LONG

Long outstayed his welcome
The clock could not keep up
As tired tried with bloodshot eyes
To act like long was a surprise

And yawning feigned attraction
As long had missed his bus
Old never mind was being kind
Like this was all some...

– by Ray Eden

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AN ELOQUENT ELEPHANT

AN ELOQUENT ELEPHANT


An elephant with eloquence
Is not much more than common sense
He chooses words with great aplomb
And never puts a word in wrong

He will regale you with his tales
Of treachery and trunkery
Of how and why and when and...

– by Ray Eden

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DOGLETY

DOGLETY


My dogs are all so doglety
They're scruffy to the max
They love to snaffle bits and bobs
Between their doggy snacks

They've got a thing for Rabbit's poo
And dead birds on the path
They're saucy, naughty, even haughty
But they...

– by Ray Eden

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WONDER DUST

WONDER DUST

Wonder dust gets under stuff
When there might seem no way
It's lying there beneath your chairs
No matter what the day

There's Monday dust and Wednesday dust
And Sunday dust as well
It doesn't beat around the bush
It lies...

– by Ray Eden

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