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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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penelope
While livestock ran alas amok
Raak
That night 'twas hell to pay.
Simons Mith
The Duke of York was very grand
Rosie
Ten
grand in his charge
Raak
He marched them to the summit, and
Software
Down then, by and large
KagomeShuko
A dragon went into his cave
Raak
To lay on piles of gold
Rosie
All that glister, what a rave
(Softers) Brilliantly prosaic
Chalky
But soon its bum turned cold
KagomeShuko
An egg is such a curious thing
Rosie
Bash it and it cracks
Software
But keep it warm for many days
Raak
And you might see it hatch.
Chalky
The owl said to the pussy cat
KagomeShuko
Why is your tail so long?
Bismarck
This pick-up line was met with a
Software
Sling your hook - begone!
KagomeShuko
A man who came from Timbuktu
Raak
Arrived in Samarkand
penelope
And asked to use the nearest loo
Chalky
When things got out of hand
Rosie
I wish I were a painter
(Chalky) Disgraceful
Software
Then your house I'd decorate
Raak
I'd paint it all in tangerine
penelope
And display it at the Tate.
KagomeShuko
I've got a huge desire
Software
For a gender change
Chalky
In order to inspire
penelope
A greater thespian range.
Rosie
Now look what you've done
Last one v good
esp
pen.
Ardderchog. Pum seren
etc etc
KagomeShuko
There's no jelly in the jar
Software
You've eaten all my homemade jam
Raak
And left the fridge ajar.
CdM
You ate the peanut butter
Superman
With sardines spread on toast
Rosie
You're just a greedy nutter
penelope
And you've failed as a host.
Rosie
It's June, and light abounds
Sorry, Dujon
KagomeShuko
Tbe fireflies have come.
Raak
Hark! What are those sounds!
Software
The firefly's burning bum
Chalky
The sedge has withered from the lake
Raak
And no bird comes to make his song
Raak
And no bird comes to sing
Hidden text
better fits the glow-worm metre
CdM
That beauteous woman was a fake!
Radox The Green
(Knight's daze is misleading.)
penelope
With bluer skies and lengthening days
Rosie
It's time to set the heath ablaze
Raak
A roaring fire is just the thing
Chalky
To make the roasting pigeons sing
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AABB silliness
Chalky
I long to be a glow worm
penelope
A glow worm's never bored
Simons Mith
A butt that shines is all they need
Rosie
To get themselves adored.
Chalky
I yearn to be a clerihew
Raak
But cannot break the mould
KagomeShuko
Boris Johnson is my name.
penelope
Same old, same old, same old.
Software
Soon it'll be midsummer
Raak
The pollen count sky-high
Rosie
'Cos allergy's a bummer
(KagS) So it's you, is it
Chalky
I often question why
CdM
I wish I were an epic
Radox The Green
But I never learned to ep
Software
So I'll stay among the shadows
Chalky
And do so step-by-step
KagomeShuko
I wish I had a genie
Chalky
In a lamp of molten brass
penelope
With a gently glowing yellow light
pls pls pls...
Raak
That shines out of his arse.
What you had in mind, pen?
penelope
[Raak] Yes, and thank you - but it wasn't just me. You could see the other contributors were all building up to it...
I wish that it were pay day
It is actually, but that just means I can afford the poetic license to imagine that it's not
Software
Then for a while I will feel flush
Raak
I'll have a splendid gay day
Rosie
And top up my fund labelled "slush".
penelope
The ration is one verse per week
Software
Or that's what it would seem
Chalky
Such stinginess deserves a tweak
CdM
If we aspire to meme
KagomeShuko
Rationing poems ought to be a crime
Kim
As woeful scansion is
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