Headline from popular underwater tabloid

Bottlenose Dolphin
Couples with False Killer Whale
To create Wolphin

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Impressions can be deceiving

Jimmy Cagney looms,
Tommy gun in hand, saying
“You doity rat!” – not!

It’s a fact that James Cagney never ever said “You dirty rat”. It’s the impressionists of Cagney who picked it up over the years. A bit like “Beam me up, Scotty”, which was never uttered by Captain Kirk.

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Dichotomy

Nuclear Power:
Atom smashing generates
Massive energy.

Nuclear Attack:
Atom smashing generates
Mass casualties.

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Child’s Eyes

Filled with devilment,
Lying in wait for the chance
To make you a fool.

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Ronaldo – a conflict

He delights the crowd, flicking and swerving, darting and weaving. He scores goals for fun, changes games, wins championships. He tops the polls, wins the awards, receives the adulation. He earns big bucks, commands a huge transfer fee, is the envy of every club in Europe. He is a footballing genius.

He dives and feigns injury, cries and moans, disrespects the ref. He shows his club disloyalty, yet expects the fans to love him. He bares his chest to say “look at me – see how beautiful I am”, prances and poses. He lacks humility, lacks grace. I hope he never plays for Liverpool. He is a footballing fool.

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A Healthy Start

What’s a good breakfast?
Porridge oats fill your belly
and have low GI.

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Strand

Submerged by the tides;
The product of quartz and shells
Shaped by the currents.

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Palin’s Message

Who’s lookin’ out for
Six-Pack Joe and Hockey Mom?
We are, doggone it!

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Rain drops

Precipitation:
A kaleidoscopic prism
That’s just H2O.

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Hedge

Separating fields,
A home to birds and rodents,
An eco-system.

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