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Paddles Ardern’s Epitaph

23 Tuesday Jul 2019

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Sad Stories

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Australian poet, Cat Epitaphs, Jacinda Ardern New Zealand Prime Minister, Paddles Ardern, Paddles Ardern run over by car, poem, poetry

{๐˜Š๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜‘๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข ๐˜ˆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ถ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ-๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜—๐˜ข๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด,
(๐˜œ๐˜ฏ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ถ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜บ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ณ)
๐˜ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ.}

๐๐š๐๐๐ฅ๐ž๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐๐ž๐ซ๐งโ€™๐ฌ ๐„๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฉ๐ก

No longer will Paddles in puddles
Be paddling. No more Paddlesโ€™ cuddles,
For Paddles, in heavenly puddles
Now paddles, and cherubs he cuddles.

โ€” D.N. Oโ€™Brien

To a Dead Parrot

10 Sunday Jun 2018

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Sad Stories, Sonnet

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Australian poet, Dead parrots, English sonnet, poem, poetry, Shakespearean sonnet, sonnet

You lie there at the bottom of your cage –
A pretty corpse dressed ready for the grave;
My singer โ€“ every day Iโ€™d pay your wage
With seed, some fruit, in many ways your slave,
Was I. And for your pay youโ€™d sit and sing
Upon your perch, a tune that I had taught
You. Proudly youโ€™d display with outstretched wing
Your pretty colours. I recall, I caught
You in the spring after a thunder-storm,
When by the wind your aviary was wrecked.
You were, back then, a young bird fine in form,
Bright yellow, green and blue – my hand you pecked.
Itโ€™s funny โ€“ yesterday you seemed quite well;
Best bury you before you start to smell.

A Current Affair

10 Thursday Aug 2017

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Sad Stories

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Australian poet, Duck and monkey electrocuted, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry

โ€œItโ€™s shocking!โ€ the poor monkey cried.
The duck rushed to save him – he tried
To rescue his friend,
But how would it end? –
Both monkey and duck are now fried.

Best friends monkey and duck electrocuted

Black Spot

29 Wednesday Mar 2017

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Sad Stories, Satire

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Australian poet, Australian traditional poetry, Congo River, Darkest Africa, limerick, Limerick poem, Limerick poetry, poem, poetry, The Congo, The Dark Continent

By the river of death bleach their bones,
As by each bend and reach the wind moans:
โ€œOโ€™er the dead men I blow
But nobody will know.โ€
(In the Congo there are few cell phones)

Whites die in Congo

Heavy Lifting

07 Thursday May 2015

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Sad Stories

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limerick, poem, poetry, satire

Iโ€™m noticing lots of weight gains,
And so I am using my brains:
Their hunger theyโ€™re sating;
Theyโ€™ll need elevating;
Iโ€™m putting my money in cranes.

Woman-dubbed-Britain-s-fattest-teenager-lifted-home-crane

Fundamental Fix

01 Wednesday Apr 2015

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Sad Stories, Satire

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limerick, poem, poetry

The poor guy was born with no date.
A nasty uncomfortable fate.
So he needs to find
Whatโ€™s missing behind;
Iโ€™m sure she would fit – so use Kate.

man-born-with-no-anus-reports-katie-hopkins-to-police-for-disrespecting-his-bottom

Burning Desire

09 Monday Mar 2015

Posted by Dennis N. O'Brien in Sad Stories

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limerick, poem, poetry

He said:โ€Iโ€™m a man, not a mouse!
I wish to take you for my spouse!โ€
โ€œOh yes please!โ€ said she.
Elated, then he
Proceeded to burn down the house.

Man-proposes-girlfriend-accidentally-burns-house-cooking-celebratory-breakfast

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