The Hare said that “Come Winter, this cold and lonely time, it is a useful thing indeed to remind ourselves of the eternal Certainties:”
- Time scratches at our backs.
- The health of a hedgehog can be determined by the wriggliness of his nose. He has a soft underside.
- We are running out of pages in our diaries.
- No-one is permitted to read them, and no-one wants to, unless you tell them it is not permitted.
- The butterfly roars in its cage, like a lion.
- As the hammer is taken to the manikin in the (emptied) fishtank, a birthday candle distorts grotesquely as it’s waxen body melts.
- It is fashioned into the likeness of a popular cartoon character…
- What to be done with these inconsequential wonders?
- Mother, when will you understand that my every word is not a demand, and that I am capable of starting my own conversation…
- Charlie Chaplain and Einstein were, once and always, the same person.
- To wake up every morning, with a gift under one’s tree.
- Apples, Apples, Strawberries.
- The stork makes the cherry the most narrative of fruits.
- The poet who equates eroticism with fruit metaphors, is a sad and lonely man. Here, have a peach.
- The Gate is opened by the Monk who does not close it. He kindly leads three blind mice up the path.

Photo by Nader Davoodi. source

December 21, 2007 at 4:48 am |
I like this a lot. It’s smart, weird and funny. It is on the borderline of the surreal like a twisted mirror. Very much to my taste.
December 21, 2007 at 3:13 pm |
thanks, gingatao!
December 21, 2007 at 9:52 pm |
‘The poet who equates eroticism with fruit metaphors, is a sad and lonely man. Here, have a peach.’
haha! I have a long history of using fruit as a pseudonym. My favourite was the apple, which asked people not to stare at my pips. But then, I am not a poet (most of the time).
I loved this and had to read each one twice… fabulous.
December 22, 2007 at 6:07 pm |
Narnie, I believe you have proved there is still a place for the fruit in romantic verse. no, there is. i’m sure. The Hare thinks otherwise.
Thanks. glad you liked it.
January 1, 2008 at 1:55 am |
“We are running out of pages of our diaries.” oooh, I like that one. I can’t stop reading your blog!
January 8, 2008 at 8:32 pm |
this photo is brilliant. i may have to thief it…i hope peter doesn’t mind. let me know if he does!
January 8, 2008 at 9:41 pm |
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