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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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Chalky
So won't mourn me when I go
Software
Now I'm really famous
Simons Mith
My TikTok's taken off
Rosie
I'm known worldwide as Seamus
Chalky
The new Rachmaninoff
Raak
Oh! To be in Trebizond
Chalky
In 1461
Simons Mith
I'd say I was Agent Bond
Looks like Q's latest gadget is a bit temperamental...
Software
Hello, everyone!
Radox The Green
I need a Covid passport
Raak
To see my Chinese gran
Chalky
The funeral's in Wuhan
Bismarck
Where bats freely disport.
[Chalky] Patience, patience
Rosie
And now I've lost my glasses
CdM
I'm drinking from the bottle
Chalky
Much like the swigging masses
KagomeShuko
I can barely waddle.
penelope
Today is not so boring
Chalky
My camel's come for tea
Rosie
Good job I've been storing
Raak
Its favorite raspberr
ee
.
Chalky
Whilst brushing up my repartee
Rosie
Of devastating wit
Radox The Green
I found that I was shouted down
penelope
By one entitled tit.
Software
Just because I'm sexy
Raak
Don't take my “no” as “yes”
Chalky
My signals are complex, see?
penelope
My beard, moustache, and dress.
Rosie
Don't just stand there smirking
Chalky
We need some answers fast
penelope
This strategy's not working
CdM
We’re living in the past
tbc
Chalky
We must address the elephant
Simons Mith
And use this GPS
Software
Or nothing will get better
nights
And we'll still be in this mess.
penelope
Delivering an elephant
Tuj
The midwife's sternest test?
Rosie
Stand well clear - they're heavy
Software
Well, now! Who'd've guessed?
nights
Autumn nights are drawing in
Chalky
To tinge the skies with gold
Software
And Mr Frosty's fingers
Rosie
Will have you in their hold.
CdM
Summertime is coming
nights
At least in parts more austral
Rosie
But up here it's dark at four
Chalky
When shadows haunt the claustral
Software
Christmas time is looming
Raak
There
will
be fun for all
Rosie
Boris has commanded it
penelope
At the Covid-19 ball
Mercy killing. Onwards.
Raak
Beware the claws of Omnicron!
Hidden text
sic
Software
Which Borish vows to fight
Rosie
But any vow that Boris makes
Chalky
Is just a pile of shite
Rosie
I wish I were a teabag
(Chalky) Couldn't've put it better meself.
Software
Floating in a mug
Chalky
Waiting to be pulled out
Radox The Green
And go dripping on the rug.
penelope
I wish I were a teaspoon
Rosie
For I'm a nat'ral stirrer
Software
I'd swish about inside your mug
Quality Control
mugs off
Chalky
Whilst rebooting some Glow Worms
Rosie
For amusiement I need
Sorry, I'm a bit pissed. It's the brandy, y'know. Dreadful stuff.
Software
To get some improved scansion
Raak
Indeed!
Raak
To again reboot this glow-worm
nights
I write a witty line
Chalky
A quick fix for the short term
- [invoking ABAB]
penelope
The closing punch is mine!
Software
The glow-worm's running smoother
nights
and I, for one, am glad
Rosie
We've found our feet and who the
penelope
hell could claim that that's all bad?
Rosie
I wish I were a plectrum
trad.
Software
A little plucking thing
penelope
And play a tuneful spectrum
dodged that one by the skin of our glow-worm teeth
Chalky
Of stuff you'd like to sing
Raak
O to be in finland
Chalky
Now that winter's here
Rosie
The coasts's not bad but inland
Software
It's f**king freezing there
They run out of the sauna and roll in the snow, I hear.
nights
When thoughts turn to the winter
[Software] Don't knock it 'til you've tried it - bracing!
Simons Mith
I snuggle up in bed
Software
Waiting for the springtime
[nights] I've been in Finnish saunas but not the snow bit.
Chalky
Like splinters in my head
[S'ware] no rhyme? ABAB not compulsory but way more fun.
Chalky
I wish I had a wrecking ball
Raak
I'd ride it into you
Rosie
'Cos I'm a bit aggressive
Software
And it's a smashing thing to do
[Chalky] variety is the spice of life, or so thay do say :)
nights
I'm all dressed up and fancy
Raak
But I've nowhere to go
Chalky
I'm told that necromancy
Bismarck
Is popular below.
Rosie
I wish I were a hacksaw
Chalky
With strong serrated blade
Software
I'd cut right through the bullshit
Chalky
That's how Glow Worms get made
-
slo-mo in here
penelope
I wish I were a magpie's nest
Raak
That's full of stolen treasure
nights
I'd pick over the hidden treats
Software
To do so gives me pleasure
nights
I wish I weren't inclined to think
Raak
When late at night in bed
Rosie
That I'm not going to sleep a wink
CdM
For fear I'll wake up dead
Software
As I was walking out I found
Raak
A silver coin upon the ground
AABB declared
Rosie
I'm rich, I thought, until I saw
penelope
Someone who clearly needed it more.
Raak
Quite neat, I think, although a touch of the shoehorn is needed in one place.
Hidden text
Someone who needed it much more.
penelope
As I was walking out I heard
Chalky
A mournful plaintive cry
Rosie
Next-door's cat had caught a bird
Software
And ate it by and by
Chalky
I wish I had a mocking bird
Raak
To mock you all day long
Rosie
Because you are a shocking turd
penelope
And more than often, wrong.
Chalky
:^D
penelope
There's something very pleasing about collectively written gentle rhyming insults.
I wish I had a leaky boat
Software
To row on my canal
Rosie
Shall I add a cheeky note
Raak
Or one that's just banal?
I once noticed that a very unremarkable picture of mine on Flickr was getting a lot of clicks. Then I realised that the caption included the word "canal", but I'd left off the first letter.
Simons Mith
I want my privets widely viewed
Software
For my topiary is fine
Chalky
Some might say they're mildly rude
Raak
Like privates, by design.
penelope
You know how badly these things go
Software
When scansion is awry
Chalky
As weaker poets' failings show
Pablo
No matter how they try
Rosie
I'm glad I'm not a tuning fork
Raak
With but a single note
Software
For I have a complex waveform
Chalky
And a terrible sore throat
Chalky
I wish I had more sex appeal
Rosie
But wallflower, that is me
Software
I hang about in corners
Raak
And I'd rather watch TV.
Software
I wish I were on holiday
Rosie
In some exotic place
penelope
Dreaming I was far away
Raak
From all the human race.
penelope
I think I've had enough of work
Ain't that the truth
Chalky
It takes up too much time
Rosie
It dulls the soul but pays the bills
Radox The Green
Oh, buddy, spare a dime?
Chalky
[RTG] Nice
CdM
They say that work, and lack of play,
Rosie
Will make you rather boring
Chalky
But I have always found a way
Raak
To live it up while choring.
Software
Well, that's the Jubilee done
Rosie
These flags are now redundant
penelope
Until the next coronashun
Chalky
When once more they'll be abundant
Chalky
I wish I had a magic wand
Software
Such havoc I would wreak
Rosie
As master of the demi-monde
penelope
I'm half-price all this week.
Moving swiftly on...
Rosie
I'm glad I'm not a hosepipe
Software
Because I'd soon be banned
penelope
From pissing in the garden
Chalky
In a manner underhand
Radox The Green
I wish I were in Essex
Rosie
'Cos I'm a dreadful chav
nights
I'd down ten pints of Stella
Raak
Then puke up in the lav.
oblig.
Radox The Green
Great stereotyping there, is there more?
I wish I were in Bristol
Software
In my Vauxhall Astral car
Rosie
Scoffing some bananals
Chalky
Down 'arbourside Oo Ar
Rosie
Ah wush ah were in Glasgy
Raak
Tae swag doon Sauchiehall
Software
And Gie m'sel a swally
Bismarck
Is't me ye're lookin' at, Jimmy?
traditional
Radox The Green
Hmmm...
I wish I were Mancunian
Chalky
Let's 'ave it. Proper sound
Software
But you all think I'm in Corrie
Rosie
'Cos Boddingtons you've downed.
Software
I'm glad I'm not a scouser
Rosie
With inimitable speech
Chalky
It's way more posh in Southport
Bismarck
And great on Formby beach.
Hooray!
Y tanllinellwr
Rosie
If I sound like a Brummie
Chalky
As Noddy Holder does
Software
You'd imagine I was scummy
CdM
As Noddy Holder was
Hidden text
It most certainly _duz_ rhyme
Rosie
It's my turn for Prime Minister
Raak
I'll soon have this mess fixed
penelope
I won't do owt that's sinister
oblig.
Chalky
'Though feelings may be mixed
Radox The Green
I've got loads of fireworks
Rosie
They don' arf make a racket
Raak
We'll blow up all those dire berks
Software
Tho' they cost a packet
Software
I glad I'm not in Qatar
Rosie
But I'll watch it on the box
Chalky
Where punditry and chat are
Bismarck
Making unimportance into shocks.
Chalky
The 12-day countdown starts today
Software
so let's go down the pub
Bismarck
A
nd sing a jolly roundelay
Raak
Then get some beer and grub.
Bismarck
We want some figgy pudding
Rosie
But Tesco is sold out
Software
So I'll make do with some parkin
Chalky
And a jug of curried trout.
Radox The Green
Surprising what Tesco stocks nowadays!
Forgot that auld acquaintance
Raak
And never brought to mind
Chalky
Eschew that cup of kindness
penelope
That's not the way, you'll find.
Chalky
Twelfth Night is upon us
Raak
Whichever night that is
Hidden text
I've never been quite sure how to count it.
Chalky
We marked the date with honours
At our local's Annual Quiz
Radox The Green
Burns Night us upon us
Rosie
I'll get the bandages
Chalky
Let haggis take the honours
Software
I don't care what he sez
Rosie
The trouble with marmalade
Chalky
Lies deep within my psyche
Software
It's a pithy problem
penelope
Trauma for breakfast - oh crikey.
CdM
I wish I'd heard the news that
Rosie
The sun's going supernova
Software
Best get on a Vogon ship
Bismarck
To wait safely till it's over.
KagomeShuko
I'd like to thank the one-eyed toad
Rosie
Who plays for Tottenham Hotspur
Bismarck
She's often seen at White Hart Lane
Software
Hoping for a transfer
Rosie
Outside it's wet and windy
KagomeShuko
Inside, it's quite warmer
Software
Really, I can't wait for spring
Bismarck
Oh! Is that the first Keir Starmer?
Mercy killing
Chalky
Let's try and get this back on track
Software
Just like a railway train
Simons Mith
So you go lift it from the back
Chalky
The train will take the strain
Chalky
I wish I was an artichoke
Rosie
Classier than a cabbage
Software
I'd look down on asparagus
Raak
And all the other baggage.
Rosie
Now if I were a penguin
Chalky
An emperor I'd be!
Raak
I'd lord it over all my realm
Software
In this bloody freezing sea
Bismarck
I'm going to dine al fresco
Raak
In Skegness's bracing air
Chalky
My ready meal's from Tesco
KagomeShuko
I'll eat it with amazing flair
Software
I'm going to take a holiday
Rosie
South Georgia here we come
penelope
Among the sheep and penguins
Radox The Green
I'm bound to feel at home.
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penelope
I want to take a few days off
Rosie
Just to spite my boss
Software
I'll pretend I've got a nasty cough
Raak
If he sacks me—that's his loss!
nights
It's finally the end of term
Software
See you in September
KagomeShuko
I now have time to wiggle and squirm
Rosie
Which I'll do, as a Morniverse member.
Chalky
I wish I had a crystal ball
Rosie
Just like Mystic Meg's
Radox The Green
I'd swing it hard against the wall
penelope
And smash it just like eggs
oblig.
Raak
I wish I were a solar flare
Software
Bursting into space
Rosie
Making havoc with the upper air
Chalky
Whilst leaving not a trace
KagomeShuko
I wish I had a giant cake
Rosie
To satisfy my greed
Chalky
But oh my friends, make no mistake
Raak
A wish is not a need.
penelope
To start my little Hallmark rhyme
[KS, R, C, R] That last one - too perfect! Cake all round!
Chalky
I'm scribing with a pen
KagomeShuko
Though I'd rather be a mime
Software
It's nice just now and then
Chalky
Seasons come and seasons go
Raak
But love is aye forever
Rosie
I only wish that that were so
Software
For some divorce will sever
Bismarck
I think that ev'ryone complains
Simons Mith
About the town of Bracknell
Chalky
And all because that rower, James
Chalky
Did change his name to Cracknell
Rosie
When I join the House of Lords
Chalky
And give my maiden speech
Raak
I'll summon all my
Zords
Bismarck
To take Black Rod to the beach.
Software
I wish I lived upon the moon
Radox The Green
To see earth rise each morn
Raak
Just once each twenty-seven days
Chalky
From dusk right through to dawn
CdM
I wish I lived in outer space
Bismarck
Far from the madding crowd
Chalky
With
Bathsheba Everdene
Software
Or with Girls Aloud
Rosie
I'm glad I'm not a doctor
Software
'Cos I'd be underpaid
Raak
Not like a college proctor
Chalky
Where fortunes can be made
blamelewis
I wish I had an antelope
Rosie
For they are very tasty
Software
When butchered fit for Masterchef
Raak
To make a Kenyan pasty.
blamelewis
I wish I hadn't started this
Rosie
It leads I know not where
(Raak) That's not what they call them in Cornwall
Chalky
So please be mindful when I kiss
Raak
You don’t know what’s “down there”.
Software
I wish that were Santa
Radox The Green
For then I would see
Rosie
When you last had your chimney swept
Chalky
And who's atop your tree
Raak
I wish I had a Christmas tree
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