Fouad the Suave Zouave – a poem
A poem in six verses that originally appeared on Twitter. Apologies to van Gogh for borrowing and butchering his zouave portrait.
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The Wordsmiths will Articulate Today
There’s a hubbub in the town
and the story’s going round
that the wordsmiths will articulate today.
Prodigious
The creatures of the world debated which of them had most right to the title Prodigious.
The Squamous Dermisaurus
Comic poem featuring imaginary dinosaurs written in response to “Epidermis” as Word of the Day on the Artwiculate word-game. Illustration made in Photoshop.
This Mirrored Chamber
tep into this mirrored chamber, see your image promulgate, Looking deep you’ll see a spark: your yester-self – but wait! There too’s your Armageddon ember. I composed this poem in response to three challenges: the Artwiculate word of the day on 5th October 2011 was Promulgate. The word of the day on Loqwacious was Yester. … More…
Crass Punk Samurai
Digital illustration made up of a samurai, a punk mohawk, the logo of the anarcho-punk group Crass and the colours of the Jpanese flag.
Capt. Gulliver’s Voyage to Borborygmus
Chapter headings from a previously unpublished story of the adventures of Gulliver’s Voyage to Borborygmus by Jonathan Swift. Or possibly not.
It’s hard
Humorous nonsense poem playing with various senses of “sod” and other words and phrases in which “sod” is an element.
He Wishes for a Sinecure
Poem playing with the word sinecure meaning: A position that requires no work but still gives an ample payment.