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    The Urban Falconer
    The Urban Falconer
    The Urban Falconer
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    The Urban Falconer

    By Roy Thomson

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    During lockdown people got up to all kinds of odd antics. This octogenarian from Edinburgh found himself irresistibly drawn into writing humorous verses. This diversion developed rapidly into what could only be described as a kind of ‘rhymer’s eurhythmics’. Humorous poems of all shapes and sizes appeared almost daily. They leapfrogged in topic from Midgies to Boris Johnston, an urban falconer to a gender PC, a ripe Brie to the House of Lords, a gamester to ancient schoolmasters. The outcome of all this is The Urban Falconer, a collection of humorous poems full of wackiness and charm, written in a distinctive narrative voice and from a singular perspective. They are amusing, appealing and even thought provoking. A wonderful relief from feelings of present day glumness for readers of all kinds - even those who ‘never read poetry’.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTroubador Publishing Ltd
    Release dateSep 14, 2022
    ISBN9781803133614
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      The Urban Falconer - Roy Thomson

      Contents

      Acknowledgements

      INCIDENTS

      Cheesewise

      Odd Jobbing

      Art For Her Sake

      Parsing Of The Ways

      P..Leisure

      Wish You Were Here

      Algorithmic Dancing

      Acting Maxim

      A Matter of Taste

      Singles Minded

      Musical Theatre

      ODD BODS

      Quit Grousing

      Bower Power

      A Snore You Can’t Ignore

      The Sad Prince

      The Wrong Tenor

      Exhibitionism

      Reality Check

      The Diffident Traveller

      Bill

      Mad Hatters

      Musical Elements

      Hobbyist

      CREATURES

      The Urban Falconer

      Catty Asides

      Education for All

      Vermin

      Indelicat

      Pigeon – With Apologies

      Unfit for Duty

      The Rings of a Dove

      A Prickly Conundrum

      The Poultry Keeper’s Cry

      Yap Dog

      Sea Shanty

      ASIDES

      The August Chamber

      Parenting

      Today’s Agender

      Misandry?

      Avoirdupois

      What Is This Life

      Indoor Type

      Monetary Advice

      Viva España

      Conturbat Me

      What’s In a Name?

      Dubito

      MORE ODD BODS

      What’s-Her-Name…?

      Dr Good-For-You

      Neighbourly Advice

      Octogenarian

      P.M....?

      Seeing’s Believing

      The Teeth of a Storm

      Dear Jane

      Not Abreast of these Times

      A Batchelor’s Garden Peas

      Gertie

      The Song is Not Ended

      Flagrancy

      Blunt Dresser

      Tex

      LIT BITS

      Sad Sonneteer

      Learning by Rote

      Poetic Injustice?

      P C Prosody

      The Scholar

      White Spirit

      Bookishness

      Nepoetism?

      Oxfam-ous

      Poetic Indifference

      Poetaster

      Balladhunger

      Come All You Celebs

      Whan that Aprille

      Sticks and Stones

      SCOTS CORNER

      Postcard Scot

      Jaunty Jimmy

      McLeod

      Three Schoolmasters of Old

      Nomenclatorture

      A Little Learning

      Midgies

      Yestreen

      Nox et Diem

      A View from Morningside, Edinburgh

      Wee Freeze

      Forecast for Scotland

      Elie

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