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  1. Yael on ‘Ogre Food’: A Poem by Steve CooperMay 13, 2025

    What a wonderfully eloquent and fun-to-read poem this is. I can totally relate to the sentiments expressed therein and I…

  2. Mike Bryant on National Limerick Day: Post Your Limerick HereMay 13, 2025

    I wish I had written it, Jeff!

  3. Julian D. Woodruff on ‘Ogre Food’: A Poem by Steve CooperMay 13, 2025

    Very clever and funny; as kid-like, too, I'm guessing, as you want it to be (pace Prof.Salemi).

  4. Jeff Eardley on National Limerick Day: Post Your Limerick HereMay 13, 2025

    Love this Mike, well done.

  5. Joseph S. Salemi on National Limerick Day: Post Your Limerick HereMay 13, 2025

    We need more ribald stuff. This place has a tendency to become pietistic and middle-class without it.

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