Courting Trouble

Posted on May 11, 2014 by twitmericks
A dating show entrant in Turkey/
Admitted his past was quite murky -/
He’d taken the lives/
Of two former wives/
(As chat-up lines go, that was quirky).
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-27349394
 
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Wurst is Best

Posted on May 11, 2014 by twitmericks

Conchita, a queen with a beard/

Performed as a continent cheered/

The Austrian Wurst/

Was voted in first/

(Exactly what Vladimir feared).

///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27358560

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Bunga Bunga to Bingo Bingo

Posted on May 9, 2014 by twitmericks

A former PM from Milan/

Avoided a spell in the can,/

The elderly perv/

Electing to serve/

By chatting up somebody’s gran.

///http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/05/09/uk-italy-berlusconi-idUKKBN0DP0M720140509

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Bank Error

Posted on May 8, 2014 by twitmericks

A giant among UK banks/

Is sharply reducing its ranks/

Employees of Barclay/

Will now be told starkly/

To leave risky trades to the Yanks.

///http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/08/barclays-restructuring-idUSL6N0NU1LJ20140508

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Ying Out of Luck

Posted on May 7, 2014 by twitmericks
The acting PM in Bangkok/
Was up on a charge in the dock/
Removed from her post/
Now Yingluck is toast/
The judge put her head on the block.
///http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/07/thai-court-orders-yingluck-shinawatra-resign
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Packer Whacker

Posted on May 6, 2014 by twitmericks

The media mogul James Packer/
A billionaire Bondi bushwhacker/
Swapped blows like a loon/
With fellow tycoon/
Dave Gyngell, his pal turned attacker.

///http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/billionaire-fight-club-heavyweight-australian-businessmen-james-packer-and-david-gyngell-square-up-9324492.html

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Nero to Zero

Posted on May 6, 2014 by twitmericks

A coffee chain called Caffe Nero/

Paid company taxes of zero./

But Big Steve the poet/

Let everyone know it – /

A new social media hero.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-27156985

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Nero to Zero

Posted on May 6, 2014 by twitmericks

A coffee chain called Caffe Nero/

Paid company taxes of zero./

But Big Steve the poet/

Let everyone know it – /

A new social media hero.///

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-27291283

 

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Man With two Cocks Arrested

Posted on May 5, 2014 by twitmericks
A feather-clad artist in France/ 
Was fined for performing a dance/
Intended to shock/
In which a live cock/
Was tied to the end of his lance.///
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A Spinning Man*

Posted on May 5, 2014 by twitmericks
A writer from Wales, Dylan Thomas/
Burst onto the page with wild promise,/
A turner of phrase/
In poems and plays,/
At just 39 taken from us.
///http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-west-wales-27257613
 
*The title is taken from Dylan Thomas’s poem Prologue, and is the title of the chapter on him in Closing Times, by Dan Davin. http://www.faber.co.uk/catalog/closing-times/9780571268986
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