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Pea and Honey Recipes
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I Eat My Peas With Honey
And tales of derring-do.
Four lines, they can be rhyming
(That's Glow Worms to me and you).
Ending line is as usual.
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Raak
They were fine, until they died.
rab
If something seems a bit awry
Rosie
Just go back to bed
Software
It'll be alright in the morning
Raak
Or if not, I'll be dead.
Bismarck
I found this Roman candle
rab
Burning very bright
Simons Mith
But when it gave a sudden
phut
Software
I dropped the thing in fright
Rosie
I wish I had the aptitude
rab
To fix a leaking tap
Software
But my handiness with spanners
Rosie
Is, alas, just crap
I have taken the liberty of putting this one out of its misery.
Software
I wish I had a castle
Raak
With a moat both wide and deep
Simons Mith
I'd stock it up with crocodiles
Rosie
Don't stand too close - they leap.
KagomeShuko
If I controlled the weather
Software
I'd have the sun shine every day;
Simons Mith
And moonshine every evening till
Rosie
My liver wouldn't play.
Software
I think I'll leave the country
Raak
For a better one by far
penelope
One that welcomes foreigners
CdM
I'm thinking... Myanmar?
Rosie
If I had a catapult
KagomeShuko
I'd gather all the rocks
Simons Mith
I'd launch them with a gleeful
twang
Software
While standing in my socks
Simons Mith
I think I'll buy a mangonel
Rosie
They're cheap these days, I'm told
Raak
I'd mount it on a carousel
Superman
And paint the whole thing gold.
Rosie
When I become emperor
Mwa ha ha
Software
Things will change, you'll see
Pablo
I'll begin to live
ex tempora
[Rosie] Good enough?
Superman
To reach immortality.
Rosie
(Pablo)
Witty but misspelt. (
tempore
) Sorree!
Software
I wish I were a porn star
risque mode
Rosie
Impressively equipped
Raak
My everything quite monsta
Bismarck
Though certain bits are snipped.
penelope
I wish I were a traffic jam
Raak
Layered gooseberry, orange, and plum
Rosie
Tasty, sticky immobility
Superman
Hmmmnunumnummmuhrrmnum.
KagomeShuko
If I had an elephant
Rosie
I'd place him in a room
Raak
I'd take care not to mention it
Software
In case it bringeth doom
Simons Mith
A honey badger in the loft
KagomeShuko
Says he doesn't care
[oblig]
Superman
About the ever-rising floods
Software
Because he isn't there
KagomeShuko
Koalas ask for drinks from bikers
Simons Mith
I think we're all stumped. The rhythm's not right. How about...
When the Drop Bear needs a drink
Bismarck
It asks the nearest biker
Superman
Who answers thus in dulcet tone:
Software
Sorry, there's none.
mercy killing
Rosie
I wish I were a virus
oblig.
Software
To medicine immune
Raak
I'd make your atoms into mine
penelope
And your DNA subsume.
Simons Mith
I cough and sneeze and splutter
Raak
And spray my bugs on you
Radox The Green
Which makes you think, "What utter
penelope
plain ignorance.' It's true.
Rosie
I contemplate the garden
Software
I do it from my chair
Simons Mith
I look at all the rampant weeds
CdM
And frankly, I don't care
Radox The Green
I've just been down to Waitrose
Software
Where the shelves are bare
penelope
But lemongrass and bamboo shoots
CdM
Are non-essential fare
Simons Mith
I just couldn't live without kale
Simons Mith
Sorry, the 'without' puts it into limerick metre. I'll have another go.
Simons Mith
I've got to have my kale leaves
Raak
Ground into bright green soup
Bismarck
Then seasoned lightly, not too much,
Software
Sounds disgusting gloop
Simons Mith
There Was a Cat
I'd like to claim I'd illustrated it myself but that won't fool anyone.
Bismarck
Priceless. But it's not signed "By Simons Mith, aged 7 1/4"?
Simons Mith
Nah, my handwriting's not that neat
now
. It does belatedly occur to me that to protect against future 404s I should have put the poem in as alt text.
Y tanllinellwr
Rosie
I wish I were a drawing
Software
Sketched out with a 6B
Raak
My fine sfumato showing
penelope
My outline, fuzzily.
Simons Mith
[pen] Lovely ending.
Doffs hat and bows.
A muse that's soft and furry
Rosie
But lightning fast of paw
CdM
Always ends up blurry
Raak
Crunched by a feline's jaw.
Radox The Green
I wish I were a Spring day
Rosie
However unpredictable
KagomeShuko
In the sunshine, I would play.
Raak
Till rain uncontradictable.
CdM
I wish I were a foggy morn
Rosie
Silent, cold and still
Raak
Dead bodies strewn o'er meadow's dawn
KagomeShuko
It's just the birds that kill.
Software
I test my eyes by driving
Bismarck
In thickest fog at night;
Simons Mith
I haven't had a pile-up yet
Raak
Hop in! Do you think I might?
Bismarck
I thought I saw a pterosaur
Rosie
A-flapping up to me
Tune:
Diadem
Software
But it's just a seagull
KagomeShuko
As you can plainly see.
oblig.
Simons Mith
I've spotted spots before my eyes
Rosie
Like aerated turds they're floaters
Software
Am I looking at a leopard?
Simons Mith
Or a group of stoner voters?
Rosie
I wish I were a meteor
penelope
A-streaking down from space
Raak
I'd spread fire over all the Earth
Superman
And wipe t'smile off your face.
penelope
I wish a were a fountan pen
Rosie
My nickname being "Her Nibs"
Software
I'd leave blobs of ink o'er the place
Raak
To show that I'd first dibs.
CdM
I wish I were a fountain, pen
Rosie
Spraying like a dirty tom
KagomeShuko
I'd dirty all your clothing, then
Software
Put my cap back on
Rosie
I'm glad I'm not a rabbit
Software
'Cos I'd hate my floppy ears
penelope
To dangle in the gravy
KagomeShuko
and be brown for years
Simons Mith
My soup has got a hare in
Software
Call the waiter, please!
Rosie
It squawks like Orla Guerin
KagomeShuko
And has a bunch of fleas!
Software
I wish I were a gremlin
Rosie
Just like Maxwell's Demon
Raak
I'd lurk within the Kremlin
KagomeShuko
And party with lost seamen.
CdM
I wish I were a demon
penelope
At Dominoes or Bridge
Software
Then I'd have a reason
Rosie
To expect privilege
KagomeShuko
If all my dreams and wishes
Software
Were to come true on this day
nfras
I think I'd wish for something
Raak
That would make me feel gay.
nfras
Oh, to be in England
KagomeShuko
Where the sun shines on the Thames
Simons Mith
The pedalos go stately by
I was by the Thames yesterday, with a good friend. It was a perfect afternoon. And you can now hire pedalos in Kingston.
Software
While thunderstorms portend
English summer - two hot days ....
KagomeShuko
If I were a poltergeist
penelope
I'd hang around the stairs
Software
Manipulating all the paintings
Radox The Green
To take you unawares.
Simons Mith
If you should meet a banshee
Raak
Upon a misty night
KagomeShuko
You are prob'ly Irish
Software
And very likely tight
Simons Mith
The Pouring of the Liquids
Raak
On this Momentous Day
I have NO idea what this is about.
Rosie
Unites the whole of Dollis Hill
CdM
On this Momentous Day
Not sure if this is finished yet.
KagomeShuko
CdM - On this Momentous Day
Not sure if this is finished yet.
On the first railway
.
Raak
O'er the silvery Tay.
More McGonagall than limerick, I think.
Software
I ply in my old dingy
Software
Bit of a cock-up there:
try again:
Software - I wish I could sail my dingy
Bismarck
Old schooner better than now;
penelope
My rigging looks like knitting
[Softers - did you mean
dinghy?
We're running with 'dingy' now anyway!]
Rosie
A dustbin makes up the prow
Going with the flow
KagomeShuko
I wish I could see unicorns
Software
Then Brexit may be real
penelope
My bum would not look big in this
Rosie
It is though - just feel.
Sorry, pen
penelope
When planning expeditions
*sigh* Not much of that going on right now
Raak
There's nothing left to chance
Software
My pack includes the kitchen sink
nfras
To wash my hands in France
Rosie
I am the
Surrey puma
penelope
A folklore cat or fable
[p, R, S, n - handwashing one is very pleasing]
KagomeShuko
I roam the streets of Londontown
Raak
And prey as I am able.
Software
I never was a boy scout
Simons Mith
The practice makes me boggle
Raak
I never learned to tie a knot
Rosie
Or how to fix my woggle
oblig.
penelope
I was a
use
less Brownie
Software
For each badge I failed
nfras
Not one was sewn upon my sash
KagomeShuko
Instead, they all were nailed
.
Giertrud
please hospital no more Jevity!}
penelope
[hi Giertrud - good to see you & assuming you're startig a lim here...(and googling 'jevity')]
I'm failing to eat it with levity!
penelope
oh poop. I made a line for a lim and it should have been a Glow. Maybe someone has the skillz to rescue it.
Simons Mith
Some Bailey's instead
(Nah, it shows promise; let's stick with it)
[Giertrud] we've been thinking of you]
Bismarck
And I'm out if this bed
If, in any way, the people who branded Jevity were thinking of "long" Jevity, then they need to be duffed up in the corner there
Software
And ending my stay with brevity
penelope
OK, after that sonsensual and experiential digression into limerickhood, now back to glow-worms
When boredom comes a-calling
Raak
I beat it from my door
Software
Just by going down the pub
KagomeShuko
And drinking pints and more
Rosie
I wish I were a monstrous weed
shaddap at the back.
Simons Mith
That constantly was spreading
penelope
Through broadcast of its monstrous seed
Software
And foliage a-shedding
KagomeShuko
I want to go to Londontown
CdM
And wear my Londonshoes
Simons Mith
I'd saunter round the Londonstreets
Raak
And read the Londonnews.
CdM
And then I'd sing the Londonblues
Hidden text
I like that last one enough to try another verse. Which will probably end up ruining it, of course.
penelope
Of life in Londontown
Pablo
The streets, the sights, the Londonlights
Superman
Which are the Londoncrown.
Simons Mith
But I'm stuck here in Merseyside
CdM
(Lord have mercy on my soul)
penelope
I'm grooving at the Cavern Club
Software
Before I get my dole
KagomeShuko
CdM
I'd say the second glowworm worked, too.
I think I'll go to Anfield
Rosie
Should be nice and quiet
Superman
I'll either hand out toffees
Hidden text
top of the league...
Software
But that's Everton, don't try it!
KagomeShuko
My mind has gone to mushy bits
Simons Mith
(Potatoes but not peas)
Now I'm getting hungry too
penelope
To find a rhyme for 'mushy' it's
Software
Difficult to please
KagomeShuko
When I am straddle-ing the fence
Raak
The barbed wire can be painful
Rosie
And, what's more, there's no defence
penelope
This stance is never gainful.
Software
What will be of Halloween?
CdM
In 2021?
Raak
Will we be extinct by then?
KagomeShuko
Or have lots of fun?
Rosie
I have a brand-new T-shirt
Radox The Green
With holes slashed here and there
KagomeShuko
It's the brand new style
Bismarck
And they call it "evening wear".
Chalky
Whilst visiting old stamping grounds
Rosie
They all said "Who is this?"
Bismarck
"He's never paid for any rounds"
Software
"He always takes the piss"
Software
What I want for Christmas
Rosie
Cannot be bought online
Simons Mith
The cost of postage on its own
Chalky
My PayPal would decline
Chalky
The reindeer is a puzzling beast
Raak
With such a red, red, nose
Bismarck
And its nocturnal flights may be
Software
With Santa, I suppose
Simons Mith
A monkey with a blue, blue arse
Raak
Has one thing on its mind
KagomeShuko
Lifting lions to the sky
Chalky
Is not it, you will find
Simons Mith
I think this form may have potential.
A tapir with a long, long nose
Rosie
Sniffs the mountain air
Superman
While Delphic oracles propose
KagomeShuko
He smells a grizzly bear.
Chalky
The narwhal with its long long tooth
Software
Does the dentist fear
Raak
For if it should be taken out
Knobbly
Its narwhal friends may jeer
not great, but play seemed to have stalled
Rosie
The rhino with its mighty horn
Shuddup at the back
Software
Stands out among the crowd
penelope
And those that would the rhino scorn
Simons Mith
– Viagra does them proud
KagomeShuko
We haven't seen a bird all year
Rosie
Nor wildcat, pig or mole
Raak
The ’pocalypse is surely here
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