Tag Archives: rhymes

a poem

Posted on June 8, 2019 by AnElephantCant

Click here to hear the poet read his words: a poem once upon a poem I fell in love with you and in a breathless moment my heart was filled with rhymes of morning sun sweet days of fun soft … Continue reading →

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R.I.P. Starman

Posted on January 12, 2016 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant stop loving Mr Bowie Although his name is too difficult to rhyme His music is amazing If perhaps slightly crazy Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes but I can’t trace time AnElephant is down in darkest Yorkshire On a strange night in a mining … Continue reading →

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AnElephant and a Sanity Clause

Posted on December 25, 2015 by AnElephantCant

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 laughter He hopes this Xmas will be a white … Continue reading →

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St Andra’s Fault

Posted on November 30, 2015 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant tell you too much About St Andrew who is Scotland’s Patron Saint According to tittle tattle He won us a battle So we seem to have no cause for complaint Now Andy is quite a busy chappie He is … Continue reading →

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Lucky Armour – Sunday Photo Fiction

Posted on April 19, 2015 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant tell you how delighted he is He just has a mammoth happy attack He says cheerio And thank you to Joe But he is dead chuffed that his ol’ pal Al is back This is a weekly invitation to … Continue reading →

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Did July When You Said You Loved Me?

Posted on July 14, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant always be original Both his readers think that is hardly worth a mention He may be a bit of a dunce But of all thirteen or so months The seventh is his favourite he wants no misapprehension July is … Continue reading →

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AnElephant is Blowin’ in the Wind

Posted on June 16, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant say he always misses Bonnie Scotland There are some aspects of his homeland he is happier without Like the hail and the sleet And the snow-frozen feet And that brisk wind that blows his trembling trunk inside out In … Continue reading →

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Magical Mystery Doer

Posted on June 12, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant claim he’s a poet Some of his rhymes are a mixture of cataclysmic catastrophe and terrible tragedy But nevertheless He wriggles out of this mess And comes more or less straight to his point almost magically Because today he … Continue reading →

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AnElephant is Distressed at Eye Test Request

Posted on May 30, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant even spell aquarium The fancy tank thing that some folk keep a wee fishy in But that is a red herring Has absolutely no bearing On this post he only says it for a rhyme for optician Because AnElephant … Continue reading →

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AnElephant Wrassles with Facile Sandcastles

Posted on May 23, 2014 by AnElephantCant

AnElephantCant stay away from la plage He reclines in the sunshine with no worries or hassles What gives him great pleasure As he ponders at leisure Is watching little kiddies building mighty sandcastles They begin with a structure like a … Continue reading →

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