Monthly Archives: December 2016

in my dream

Posted on December 31, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poem read aloud: In My Dream in my dream I walk with the sun warm on my back along a deserted soft pebble beach where the Mediterranean caresses the small stones to the music of … Continue reading →

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AnElephant and a Sanity Clause

Posted on December 24, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear AnElephant read his own rhyme: AnElephantCant stay calm when it’s Xmas If anything he acts even dafter As the seasonal bells jingle He feels his tactile trunk tingle And his ears flap with joy at the … Continue reading →

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stalemate

Posted on December 17, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear this 90-second poem read aloud: the roads in town are all dug up the noise is black as fate the traffic at a standstill now my life has reached a stalemate in the country lanes the … Continue reading →

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school’s out forever

Posted on December 10, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poem read aloud: what do you see when you look through the glass asks the patiently urgent schoolmaster trees and the sky and the clouds floating by but one boy has a different answer birds … Continue reading →

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boats in pyjamas

Posted on December 3, 2016 by AnElephantCant

Click here to listen to the 1-minute poem read aloud: boats in pyjamas prepared for winter sleep useless as promises we knew we couldn’t keep masts in pink petals dancing in twilit sky natural and lovely to my unconsoled eye … Continue reading →

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