Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 In exchange for some home cooking! Obvious, really! 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Thanks Jill. I was stuck on that one. Sometimes I flow effusively but that had me beat! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 She took them from the dairy While farmer wasn't looking, And offered them to BK, Who sold em to Trevor Brooking . Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Any time, Phil. Always pleased to help Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Poet Laureate was my next goal but I do need a good agent. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 My favourite laureate in my lifetime was John Betjeman. I particularly liked ‘Summoned by Bells’, his blank verse autobiography. It’s always difficult to find an apposite rhyming word for a poem so blank verse is an easy way out! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 The poets of Nottstalgia are A rare and special breed. Opinions differ widely as to What folks like to read. For instance, a la Chulla, there are Those who hate blank verse. If it doesn't rhyme, it's a waste of time. Needs smothering at birth. Philmayfield leans t'ward humour whilst Beekay is more prosaic. High-flown hyperbole's Margie's choice, though Brew's no time to pay it. For Ben, a list of female names is All the art requires. As in each one, that son of a gun relives His past desires! When Tennyson remembers Maud, it's In his garden, fair. To Ben, she's rather different: big and...!!!! Think we'll leave it there! In short, there's no accounting for Our taste in odes and rhymes, Save that Chulla will be muttering, "They're not as good as mine!" 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 12 minutes ago, philmayfield said: It’s always difficult to find an apposite rhyming word for a poem so blank verse is an easy way out! There's always assonance... and there's a lot of that about! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 But what can you rhyme with assonance? I’ve been searching for something to rhyme with laureate. Worst of all what rhymes with orange? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Nauseate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 So Jill, your saying I lack imaginivity and originality. Thanks for that. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 It's very difficult to say anything, Beekay, when you have your tongue firmly in your cheek! . I think you've invented a new word there, by the way. Well done! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 7,600 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Phil, I’ve been googling, and apparently, ‘door hinge’ is a close rhyme for ‘orange’. The only exact rhyme is ‘sporange’ which is some king of botanical term, I think. On a similar note, what rhymes with ‘purple’? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Well the current one, Simon Armitage, certainly nauseates me. He was on the Today Programme recently reciting a load of doggerel which was worthy of William McGonagal. When you think of people like Masefield and Tennyson, to name but a couple, he is insignificant. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 40 minutes ago, MargieH said: Phil, I’ve been googling, and apparently, ‘door hinge’ is a close rhyme for ‘orange’. The only exact rhyme is ‘sporange’ which is some king of botanical term, I think. On a similar note, what rhymes with ‘purple’? Turtle? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 I had a turtle, it was purple Everybody stared I took it to the turtle show To see how well it fared. It won first prize, so now you know The purple turtle was the best in show. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 There's also kirtle, myrtle or even spurtle or spyrtle as it was originally spelled, I believe. A stick for stirring porridge. What's the betting Ben has an old flame named Myrtle? If she wore a kirtle, she'd be very very old indeed!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 We do have a couple of spurtles in stock. I reminds me the porridge season is nearly here. Must get some in. I prefer the jumbo oats. There's a basis for a limerick there! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 If it has owt to do with oats, especially wild ones, you'd better ask Ben. He's the expert! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 There once was a young man called Ben Who sowed his wild oats now and then. He took out his spurtle and frightened poor Myrtle Who vowed not to see him again. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 A lad once employed by the Grocer's Was afeared he'd caught myxomatosis. Got involved with Big Maud, All the warnings ignored, Now his cheese wire is plagued with necrosis! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 5,143 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Just goes to show, education wins. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
IAN FINN 808 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 The boy stood on the burning deck Wished he had never been born His father said son you wouldn't have If the condom had not torn. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 10,305 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Marsden's don't have a loyalty card For their sausages, fillets and lard But you might get a squeeze By the bacon and cheese Or a crusty filled roll in the yard! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 6,130 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Whilst Ben was cutting the cheese His shopgirl was down on her knees. He went down to join her but she said I must warn ya. You might catch a nasty disease. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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