poopling soup recipes #186

frown lines verse 6

there was a tribe of beast who did cry 
when wolves fell on them from the dawn sky 
they burnt the wise beast's scrolls
claimed the beasts had no souls
then killed the grey and enslaved their fry 

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authors notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

poopling soup recipes #210

there was a goblin that stole cube time 
the gnomes told the cops it was a mime 
lawyers said it's an act 
judges said it's a fact 
that the goblin was trapped in his crime 

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author's notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

poopling soup recipes #126

there was an old werewolf who hunted 
with teeth that had become blunted 
when he caught a hot slug 
it was a deadly bug 
time had morphed the hunter to hunted 

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authors notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

poopling soup recipes #185

frown lines verse 5

there was a lost child brought up by beast 
where the old land's sun sets in the  east 
at night she'd climb a tree 
searching the star filled sea 
fearful the wolves would come for their feast 

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authors notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

tanka by a wanka 13 russell brand

that ol' russell brand 
has got a toxic rebrand 
will his gig posters 
turn into wanted posters 
while he prays in the wasteland

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 authors notes-while the author does not know if brand is guilty or not and allow his gut is leaning towards the first, the author knows that humans LIE and this poem is about the lynch mobs reaction to the accusations.

poopling soup recipes #120

there was a poet who was almost sad 
when rum tickled his toes he was glad
he dipped his toes in coke
his hair went up in smoke
then the poet was laid out in plaid 

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authors notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

poopling soup recipes #177

lost track 3

there was a raindog crossing a dam 
been built by a beaver hologram
on the bridge stood a foe 
a vulture with a bow
the raindog swallowed his last damn dram 

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author's notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

raindog meaning -refers to a habit dogs have of getting lost when heavy rains wash away the dog's markers they have left to guide them home.

author's notes- tom waits in his brilliant song"raindogs" used the word as a metaphor for  human beings who are lost, in pain with no sense of direction and who don't have a social or physical place to belong. 
as in all my lymberbrick poems and quite a lot of my other poems my characters are metaphors. I love Tom Waits' use of the raindog metaphor so it pops up in my own poems now and then. 

poopling soup recipes #184

frown lines verse 4

there was a bride who escaped to sea
on a boat carved from a bodhi tree 
from its hull a child grew 
her limbs covered in dew
the bride in her child's cradle set free

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authors notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

poopling soup recipes #134

there was a demon who sung a song  
to chase a dragon out of a bong 
they argued in old tongues 
till the smoke burst their lungs 
now in grave silence they play Mahjong

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author's notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick

poopling soup recipes #125

there was an old judge who wished to kill 
a sorcerer with a golden grill 
the gavel broke the staff
snapped the beast right in half 
now the old judge wears the golden grill 

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author's notes- not a Limerick it's a lymberbrick