It sounds like the real thing, for sure But will its works really endure? Or does its success Mean that we must confess That "real" poetry's just as obscure?
(Reusing old stuff is not a sin) I'm writing this verse 'coz I'm bored using time that I cannot afford so much else I should do such as sit on the loo and flush when I once find the cord
The difference between Johnson and Hunt Is that Boris is awfully blunt And will say things, I bet, That he'll later regret, And the other's a bit of a lookalike for Kenneth Williams when he looks sideways, don't you think?
Chalky and CdM started this off in t'other game, which inspired me to try and finish it better than was managed there. It may not have succeeded... I hail from the island of Crete Where minotaurs roam in the street Whom Theseus fights On Saturday nights An attraction that's quite hard to beat.
An inventor of games, Erno Rubik Made his name with a toy that was cubic He said its creation, Was rife with frustration He tore out his hair, all of it
Pen mentioned Tennyson... who can do better? There's Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade, that remembers a fight Twixt the Russkies and us; But he makes such a fuss Of a half a league cavalry flight.
I want Michel Barnier's job For the pay, and the chance to play hob With ces perfides Anglais, And to say sans regret "Oh Boris, won't you shut your gob?" [CdM] I'll stick to the light-humoured topical stuff. More my line.
When I was young and in my prime I'd a wit as sharp as a silver dime Nae more, as one can gauge - I have improved with age With half a brain I've writ this rhyme
My Dad told me this one: There was a young lady from Stornaway Who had her virginity torn away She said "Never mind I've had a good grind And taken that young fellow's horn away"
They say there's 12 N on a C Yet there's 24 H in a D And 12 S in the Z But my C's way ahead Her 9 Ls are just bothering me. I used to hate those puzzles. No point in trying when they're like this, it doesn't scan!
There once was a king in Great Britain Who would treat every wife like a kitten He kissed and embraced ’em Then killed and replaced ‘em By such love, may we never be bitten!