Weekly Limerick Challenge: Week 3 “Believe”

Here's my contribution to the lovely MindandLifeMatters weekly limerick challenge, on the theme "believe".  With a picture of the Charles Darwin statue at the Natural History Museum in London. The story of Adam and Eve Was one Darwin just could not believe. His theory of evolution Caused moral pollution But it granted the snake a …

Weekly limerick challenge 2: Bliss

I was so pleased to be judged the winner of last week's limerick challenge, having never won anything before in my life!  A very big thank you to Rashmi of MindandLifeMatters.  I will be framing my Amazon gift certificate as my very first writer's pay cheque!  So here is my first attempt at an entry for …

Haters gonna hate

Get a job, you lazy scrounger, you shouldn't have had kids if you can't afford them.  Hard working tax payers like me shouldn't have to fund your lifestyle coining it in on benefits.  Get on your bike and look for work. Your kids don't need you at home every day, no matter how young they are, …

Mum’s night off

Time off from parenting: the one thing I think I want, and then when I have it, turns out the little blighters leave a hole so big that you just can't fill it. For two nights, 11YO is away on a school residential.  Walking, cycling, quad biking and general team building at a scout camp …

Limerick Poetry Challenge: Fall

When a fellow blogger alerted me to MindandLifeMatters' new weekly Limerick Poetry Challenge, I immediately wanted to try it - particularly as this week's prompt is "Fall" (or autumn in British-English).  This combines two of my strongest memories of high school English classes - firstly the fun we had making up our own limericks, and …

Birthday girl

Little girl like a thunderstorm All rage and impatience and fists And 'why aren't you listening to me?' always on your lips Today I gave you sandwiches shaped like gingerbread men, a pirate ship for a cake, pass the parcel and sweets and balloons and cousins and school friends all mixed up. Today we listened to …