Tag Archives: peanuts

AnElephant Unglues a little Giant

Posted on April 24, 2015 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant create rhymes like he used to He knows how wibbly wobbly this one looks He expects to get flak But he has to go back To the long ago time when he writes Children’s Books AnElephant remembers those good … Continue reading →

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Haibun Thinking about Haibun Thinking

Posted on May 6, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant deny it His poor old mammoth heart is sinking Al isn’t here is he He is much too busy So he has sadly but hopefully only temporarily given up Haibun Thinking AnElephant decides to continue his one-pachyderm assault on … Continue reading →

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AnElephant Loves Peanuts and Peanuts

Posted on February 17, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant grow any taller Even if he wears hugs high heels or stupefying stilts Or does a high wire act He tells you a fact He is never a real giant like Charles Schultz This man writes a comic strip … Continue reading →

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Olive Olive Oh!

Posted on January 27, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant say what he prefers most He loves each thing that grows and all things that live But he plans to be brave And confess that his new fave Is no longer peanuts but the magical Mediterranean olive Now it … Continue reading →

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Tortoises Porpoises and AnElephant

Posted on November 26, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant always be patient With the sort of creatures that make deafeningly loud noises Trumpet and roar and cause a riot When he prefers peace and quiet And this is why he absolutely loves the silence of tortoises* They don’t … Continue reading →

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Tip of the Gratuitous Iceberg

Posted on January 4, 2013 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant calculate 15% Which is the guideline for a waiter’s gratuity But he looks on the bright sight Never errs on the tight side Realises he has material for a brilliant new ditty In Scotland we rarely tip bar staff … Continue reading →

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Razzmatazz at Alcatraz

Posted on December 11, 2012 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant contain his excitement He packs his wooden leg and spare dentures He is flying away For a month and a day On a mammoth trans-Atlantic adventure He is going to San Francisco He is sure to wear flowers in … Continue reading →

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Pancakes on the Roof

Posted on November 8, 2012 by AnElephantCant

Roses are Red Violets are Refrigeration Aliens don’t wear hats! AnElephantCant tell you how lucky he is With the more talented much fairer sex He isn’t good looking He is hopeless at cooking And he is clueless at reading sub-text … Continue reading →

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AnElephant In Love – Food for Thought

Posted on August 6, 2012 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant forget his first true love This young lady tied his trunk in wee knots She made his heart sing She had everything Plus an inexhaustible supply of fresh peanuts She was as generous as she was lovely It seemed … Continue reading →

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A Breakfast Serial

Posted on July 29, 2012 by AnElephantCant

  Well. Well, well. Well, well, well. (as the human pyramid said when asked where oil comes from) You lot have really done it now. You will all be familiar with the expression ‘An Elephant in the Room’. And you … Continue reading →

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