Three more poems

 For some inexplicable reason I have been inspired to write some poems on all sorts of topics which I will post over the next few weeks Today's batch are three more poems about animals 

1) Urban Foxes 

2) Little Mousey

3) Boris the Spider 

Here is the first one/ Unlike seagulls which are a menace it is nice to see foxes in the urban areas so here is my tribute to them 

Urban Foxes

Escaping to the Towns,

             Running from the nasty hounds

                                                And the men in red,

Who just want you dead.

                                            Coming out, just at night,

So that you don’t get a fright.

Let us hope you have found,

A place that’s safe and sound

And a cute picture 

The second one is about mice, unfortunately round about the start of Autumn or Spring the little critters seem to want to come out of their hiding holes and I usually see one or two of them during this time of year. Unfortunately I am not allowed to have a cat in my house so I just have to do my best to catch them. I usually lay open traps and then let them free but I dare say they come back again. Anyway here we are (with apologies to Rabbie Burns :) 

                                       Little Mousey

                                            Help I saw a mouse,

                                            Running about the house.

                                            Now you see me, Now you don't 

                                            Try to catch me, but you won’t

                                           Under the floors, through the doors

                                           Up the wall and in the hall.

  Think I need a cat.

                                          But one that’s not too fat. J

and here is a not so cute picture 

Finally here is a satirical one about spiders and our useless Prime Minister Boris Johnson who basically helped deceive the people into voting for Brexit. Just so he could be come leader of the Conservative party and prime minister. The full effects have been masked by COVID but we are already seeing shortages in the shops and it can only get worse as time moves on. I have written a whole series of poems about Fake nationalism both English and Scottish and will publish them in due course. I believe quite strongly that both the SNP and the Tories are destroying this country by appealing to a false sense of patriotism to disguise the unfairness of society and to deflect peoples attention from what is truly wrong with our society. Dr Johnson said that patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel and even though he was a High Tory for once I agree with him. 

                                             Boris the Spider

                                What a tangled web you weave,

                                Hoping for the Flies to deceive.

                                Hanging there by a thread,

                                Wishing they were all dead.

 

                                Your nickname is Boris,

                                Do you have a friend called Doris?

                                But something far more sinister,

                                You’re the same as our prime minister.

And here is one of the best pictures of 2019 

 Of course the fact that Boris Johnson illegally prorogued parliament, didn't stop people voting for him or the opposition parties falling into his trap of calling for an early election. It is arguable had they resisted we would have had another European Referendum and could possibly still be part of the EEC. As it is we will just have to make it on our own, and unlike the two world wars there will be no one to help us out. 

Anyway hope you enjoy these poems. The next sequence will be ones which celebrate the David Attenborough 'Life Series'. Then after that I will publish ones on maths and science including and I believe this is unique one on Bessel Functions 😃😃. I am about 2/3 the way through finishing the second of the Cambridge 1st year maths papers and hope to get it out early in September. 

Regards Chris