Monthly Archives: September 2013

Perfect Love Song

Posted on September 26, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant believe you’d come back to him Even if he wrote the perfect love song But he tries to create one anyway In the hope you do just to prove him wrong He tries to express things in romantic words … Continue reading →

Posted in Poetry | Tagged floats his boat, love song, melody, pachelbel, poetry, rhymes, rivers of pain, robert burns, roy orbison, shakespeare, symphony | 11 Comments

Doors – Friday Fictioneers

Posted on September 25, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephant is easily confused by doors He finds it difficult to handle keys bolts and locks The question is posed What marvel can be enclosed He can’t guess so he lifts up his trunk and just knocks He is once … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, Friday Fictioneer | Tagged 100 words, as one door opens, debilitating illness, entrance, flash fiction, incompetent wreck, locks and bolts, painful exit, parasol pine, rough bark, short story | 28 Comments

AnElephant Bags a Baguette

Posted on September 24, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant describe a Boulangerie* Though you know he is jolly well going to try But your bums can unclench He won’t do it in French He doesn’t even know the word for a pie A baker’s shop here is a … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, france, humour | Tagged baguette, bakers shop, boulangerie, cornucopia, croissant, fairy's kiss, France, house of pain, pastry, poetry, rhymes, tarte aux pommes | 3 Comments

The Swamp – Alastair’s Photo Fiction

Posted on September 23, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant always be prompt here Yesterday he goes to the beach So this is the best he can manage For Alastair’s Challenge And this is the end of his speech This is a weekly invitation to write a short piece … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, Other Fiction | Tagged challenge, dangerous, dragon, flash fiction, photo fiction, savage beasts, short story, silence, swamp, treacherous | 9 Comments

The Path – Ligo Haibun Challenge

Posted on September 21, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant tell which path to take He sometimes lacks common sense So with scarcely a sigh He takes the one less travelled by And that makes all the difference The Haibun Ligo Challenge is a weekly event hosted by the … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, haibun | Tagged danger, disaster, haibun, haiku, Līgo Haībun Challenge, robert frost, solid rock, temptation, the road less travelled, The Road Not Taken, treacherous, weekly challenge | 11 Comments

Elephants Over Easy

Posted on September 20, 2013 by AnElephantCant

Chef by Phil Burns AnElephantCant be let loose in a kitchen He’s like a bull in a China Shop He can’t stand the heat The egg has him beat His haute cuisine is a culinary flop He struggles with … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour | Tagged baked alaska, bull in a china shop, casserole, frogs legs, haute cuisine, marmite, moules marinieres, pasta, peanut butter, poetry, rhyme, skillet, spatula | 8 Comments

The Phone-Billed Platypus

Posted on September 19, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant be sure about anything Regarding this most bizarre of all nature’s creatures Odder than a golf-mad giraffe Or a heffelump who is daft He discusses the famously incomprehensible duck-billed platypus He knows that the plural is obviously platypuseresses And … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour | Tagged australia, dodo, duck-billed, giraffe, golf-mad, heffelump, kangaroo, koala, kookaburra, platypus, poetry, puff the magic dragon, rhyme, tasmanian devil, unicorn | 13 Comments

Memories – Friday Fictioneers

Posted on September 18, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant always be cheerful So this week he decides to give everyone a laugh He appreciates your visit So his thanks are explicit He hopes his wee tale is not a huge social gaffe Great excitement in the Elephant House … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, Friday Fictioneer | Tagged 100 words, bicycle trip, country roads, flash fiction, lovely day, memories, narrow roads, second hand shop, short story, traffic, wedding dress | 53 Comments

AnElephant is Walking on the Moon

Posted on September 17, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant fly to the moon Although it is the greatest adventure he can find He remembers Neil and Buzz Who cause all the fuss When they make that giant leap for Mankind But it is somewhere around 40 years now … Continue reading →

Posted in Daft Rhymes, humour | Tagged buzz aldrin, dark side of the moon, fly me to the moon, giant leap for mankind, harvest moon, lunar, man in the moon, moon, moon river, moonlight sonata, neil armstrong, neil young, one small step for man, pink floyd, poetry, rhyme | 8 Comments

Paradise – Ligo Haibun Challenge

Posted on September 16, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant ever stop dreaming He can’t keep the smile from his eyes For what it is worth He knows here on earth Is where we can find Paradise The Ligo Haibun Challenge is a weekly event hosted by the wonderful … Continue reading →