kate williams

Suddenly it's bean time!
Yes, we've got beans:
Fresh beans, green beans,
Long, wiggly lean beans,
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Three for two!
Four for three!
Ten per cent extra!
One extra free!
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Tiny gift-wrap bow
Lifting
Drifting
Lifting
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A rhinoceros
Fits neatly in a haiku
But a hippopot...
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Pound
Pound
Pound
Pound
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What’s in a phone call?

A wavelength shared,
Two minds linked,
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Free gift, free gift.
When would you have to pay?
Or when would a present not be free,
to put it a different way.
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Can I hear the sea
Rushing, or the trees hushing?
Or waves in the trees?
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I’m hurtling through spring countryside,
Mirror crammed with van,
Nose at tail.
“FAST! ” I see it shout.
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There once was a swimmer called John
Who swam with no swimming trunks on.
They were on to begin - until he dived in -
A bad start to his triathlon.
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Looking through the lily pond,
Through light and shade and tone.
Looking deep, past flower and frond:
Looking for my phone.
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The Wind

The wind went
Tugging at our trousers,
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We're warned about global warming -
Warned of it every day.

We're warned about global warming -
Warned it's coming our way.
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Fishes
Tiny, shiny
Flashing, dashing, diving
Glimpses of ocean mystery
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Music's a current,
Rock-rolling through from below,
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Golden autumn trees,
Like old, treasure-laden ships,
Roll and rise and roll.
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Dragon's dancing flame,
Dark-defying dare-devil,
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'Turn right at the junction - RIGHT, I say! '
(Can't you see, I've chosen a different way?)

'Humph! ... Re-calculating! ' says she.
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