Jojoba Mansell Poems

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21.
Van Stealing Swordfish (A Poem For Children)

Beware of a van stealing swordfish,
warned the worried police chief.
But nobody believed a word he said,
a swordfish was a thief?
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22.
The Flying Tiger (A Poem For Children)

I met a flying tiger,
with flaming, orange wings.
It hunts the flying deer,
and other aerial things.
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23.
A Dragonfly Sandwich (A Poem For Children)

I woke at dawn,
mischief in mind.
Some dragonflies,
I had to find.
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24.
Suffer Not In Silence, Speak Out

Suffer not in silence,
the words of fools,
their spiteful tongues.
You are loved,
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25.
Terminus

Why does the light seem brightest,
just before it fades and dies?
Why do the waves rage highest,
at the breaking of the tides?
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26.
Summer (Haiku)

Swallows on the wing-
the heat haze hovers ghostly,
the dog lays panting.
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27.
Compared To You

Fairground rides and joyful laughter,
toffee apples and chocolate sweet.
These are things that pale in comparison,
to our love, whene'er we meet.
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28.
Piscator's Vigil

Stone still, amidst the reeds, boots dressed in stinking mud,
breath fogging in the iron cold air.
Unmoving he sits, a vigil, a game of chess, hunting,
his foe unseen, changing the rules at a whim.
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29.
Footballing Donkey (A Poem For Children)

He plays football for the Rovers,
he has control and he has class.
He is dynamite at shooting,
he can play the perfect pass.
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30.
Time (A Poem Written Against The Clock!)

Seconds streaming by,
lost, all time in vain.
Disappearing instantly,
like tears in the rain.
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