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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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goldfinch
But sharply dressed and full of zest
CdM
In brandy, 80 proof
I wish I were an orange
Unrhymably aloof
And on sale for two shillings, j-
-ust to show that that's the troof
Chalky
It only takes an integer
Raak
You tried to type a fraction
Projoy
A practice much more vintage-r
Rosie
But still requires redaction.
(Pj) I jess lurve your grammar
Projoy
A voice, ethereal silver
Rosie
Calls me in the night
CdM
In spring-green rhyme, until ver-
Software
-dant, green and bright
Projoy
I wish that silver turned to green
Raak
December turned to May
Chaly
However, life is not pristine
Projoy
(Which made you drop your K)
Software
I wish I'd listened closely
Raak
To what my Mum told me
Chalky
'Cause what she said was mostly
Rosie
'Bout my value if she sold me.
bit brutal
Projoy
A league, a half, and onward rode
Raak
Six hundred men at arms
Rosie
They simply could not have knowed
Poetic licence. Just renewed it.
Chalky
The extent of Alfred's charms
Software
The cake, I've gone and burnt it
penelope
There's nowt else left for tea
CdM
That were a reet fuckup, weren’t it?
Projoy
He curs'd, historic'lly
Projoy
On second thought,
rhetoric'lly
.
Rosie
I wish I were a piano key
Raak
Caressed by your fair hands
Projoy
But I'd likely be the bottom B
Chalky
And that wish no longer stands
CdM
I wish that I could stand atop
Raak
A peak in Darien
Projoy
With widened eyes and wild surmise
Software
I'd go down again
Projoy
A shiny, wet-nosed doggerel
Raak
Came lolloping up to me
Rosie
And the choppy waves in Dogger'll
Chalky
Engulf me doggedly
Rosie
I wish I were a mechanic
Projoy
And handy with my spanner
Bismarck
And if I built the Titanic
CdM
Divided hulls would span ‘er
and 1514 individuals would not have perished
Projoy
The role of Roman consuls
Chalky
Cannot be overstated
Software
But in the case of old Ford Consuls
Rosie
They are now equally dated.
Chalky
Time and tide are loath to wait
Raak
Not even for Canute
Bismarck
Will they e'er their course abate
Projoy
Nasty, short and brute.
Projoy
Buttered eggs are much the same
Rosie
Boiled, poached or flambé
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Chalky
Serve them with slow roasted game
Chalky
On cloths of golden chambray
Projoy
I wish I had a few more days
Software
To perfect this little verse
Rosie
But others, with their clumsy ways
goldfinch
Barge in and make it worse.
CdM
I wish that I’d just spoken up
Raak
But now it’s far too late
Software
Instead I'll just go and hide
penelope
These sprouts left on my plate.
I love sprouts akshully
Chalky
I love fresh peas with minted sauce
Software
And new potatoes too
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