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National Poetry Day Oct 07

Nick has been encouraging poetry on blogs today. Spurred on by hearing John Hegley at the Edinburgh Fringe, I have written something especially. This is inspired by the pain at the end of the ring finger on my right hand. It’s called

The pain at the end of the ring finger on my right hand

My finger is hurting
It started post-election
Maybe too much knocking up
Has caused the infection
Now I’ve got a precription

The doctor says I
Shouldn’t bite my nails
And the treatment entails
Taking one pill in
Six hour blocks of
Flucloxacillin

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    No geek is an island » Blog Archive » National Poetry Day (2) (via Pingback)

    […] Once again, it’s National Poetry Day. Seems only a year since the last one. Back then, I wrote a poem about a finger infection. This year, the illness theme continues. […]

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    No geek is an island » It’s that rhyme again (via Pingback)

    […] I’ll be endeavouring to join in by posting a poem on my blog, as I did in 2004 and 2005. If you’re a blogger, feel free to join in. Tags: national+poetry+day […]

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    National Poetry Day (4): Free Burma | No geek is an island (via Pingback)

    […] is National Poetry Day, for which the theme is Dreams. You can read my previous NPD posts for 2004, 2005 and […]

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    No geek is an island » Blog Archive » National Poetry Day 6: My lovely phone (via Pingback)

    […] the reminder. Long time readers will know that each year I post an “original” poem (see 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and […]

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