Five syllables
Seven syllables
Five syllables
There are some other rules too, but I'm ignoring them. :-)
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Reclaim its real name
It is International
Working Women's Day
Let’s celebrate with
Words of wit and wisdom from
Inspiring women
"Freedom is always
The freedom of dissenters"
Rosa Luxemburg
"I had crossed the line
I was free but a stranger"
Harriet Tubman
Not all suffragettes
Followed the same politics
Even the Pankhursts
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Storm wrecks Tower Bridge
Repaired with love and care and
Lots of Lego bricks
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This is what happens
When I spend my bus journey
Composing haiku
You don't often see
A bull in a china shop
Ordering spring rolls
Eavesdrop on buses
Poetry manuals suggest
But no-one's talking
Hands-free mobile plus:
You can now get away with
Talking to yourself
If The Jam had sung
'In the City of London'
A thousand things crashed
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Passenger info:
Your trains are delayed due to
Privatisation
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Best headline ever:
'Circumcision ambulance
Found after tip-off'
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Essential reading
Communist Manifesto
A work of great class
Arguments Yard by
Attila the Stockbroker
A life of ranting
The Establishment
A leftwards look into the
Overton Window
Ashcroft's Call Me Dave
Sold 'cause its protagonist
Knobbed a dead pig's face
Dying to be Slim
A full-fat fantasy by
Abby Beverley
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Great word "tmesis"
Insertion of a swear word
Fan-fucking-tastic
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Live your dreams they said
Naked on the bus it seems
Is not what they meant
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Bird sings at midnight
Climate change, light pollution
Or just a daft cock?
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When remembering
Closed London Underground lines
Look back in Ongar
pic: Ongar station
