Tag Archives: laughter

questions

Posted on February 22, 2020 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: questions I wonder if you think of me in the morning as you head to work gazing at the fleeting fields does my face come to your mind in the evening … Continue reading →

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Half a Laugh is Better Than No Bread

Posted on December 2, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant always stop himself forlornly fretting This wearisome worry takes all the sun out of sunny What happens if the girl The one who rocks his whole world Abruptly decides he is no longer fantastically funny She always says he … Continue reading →

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Between the Raindrops

Posted on August 4, 2013 by AnElephantCant

Her Face by Phil Burns The saddest thing that you can do Is to wait for her to go Knowing she won’t say goodbye She has not yet said hello You know that she will disappear Without a backward glance … Continue reading →

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And Says Goodbye to the Circus

Posted on June 11, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant claim to be organised The only thing he can manage is laughter He tells you one simple fact He is not yet packed His home is a total disaster His daughter describes him as random In an almost affectionate … Continue reading →

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Lord of the Wrinkles

Posted on December 4, 2012 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant help but consider Why we get hairier as we get older Where once he was svelte He is now growing a pelt He looks a lot like a large furry boulder Now of course he has always been quite … Continue reading →

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