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Authors Note: Have you ever lent someone your book, only to discover that they have moved your book mark? This happened to me, so I wrote a short poem by way of a stern rebuke… A Rebuke to the Borrower of Books What!? Thou art hath displaced mine markerFrom its rightful place betwixt pages seen…
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The Comoedus (Second Capitulum) “Go on, smile! Feel the sides of your mouth begin to stretch and just let your face crack wide open!” These words were addressed to the audience by a stocky, suggestively smiling individual who made up one half of the newly formed comedy act: The Knight and Day Show! These opening…
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(This poem can be considered a sequel to my earlier work: An Appeal To Ye Olde Employer) Note Of Dedication: To thou, whose beard doth traileth low and doth greatly render thee akin to the wild beasts of the earth and the most ancient horrors of folklore; and who, through the grosseth surge of hairy…
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Hugo’s Ego: The Second Hugo Werther. A man of large learning. And a man curiously given over to his vanities and conceit, these negative qualities so oddly filtered through his eccentric nature, as to render his actions and life most worthy of account on these pages… Let us, then, peruse the life of this strange…
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The vast gulf of difference that lies between the objective and the subjective is likeable to the difference between a moment in time and infinity- the objective viewpoint is one that has been judged by the standards of everything, whereas the subjective is the viewpoint of one meagre entity who partakes of the great everything…
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Teacher is so boring My boredom is a pain… I picked my nose so hard My finger drove me insane… Teacher is so boring… But that’s not my only pain: I thought it ’twas a bogey- But in fact it ’twas my brain… (©️ Daniel Macintyre 09/09/2025 protectmywork.com)
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Beef strips aren’t good for the hips- but they’re good for the soul of a dog! They go so fast, they’re not made to last- they’re as good to the mouth as a snog! If I was a pup I’d eat them all up- and probably beg for more! But as I’m a man I’ll…