Beekay 2,776 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Change of subject.... Happy Emerald Anniversary, Mary 1947 !! Once knew a girl called Mary, Who's voice was like a fairy, A friend of mine For whom I'd pine, But now I'm getting dreary. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,253 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Poems are supposed to rhyme. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,776 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Do you mean mine didn't? Must try harder. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,457 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Thanks Beekay for your poems, Here's one that my dad used to say, Mary had a little lamb It had a sooty foot and! in-to Marys bed and jam it put it's sooty foot. another Piggy on the railway picking up stone's down came an engine and broke piggies bones are !! said "Piggy thats not fair" are! said the engine " "I don't Care" Don't give up the day job. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,253 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Mary had a little lamb She also had a bear I've often seen her little lamb But I've never seen her bear. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,776 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Ode to Mary......after Phil, "I didnt see her bear, Though standing almost near, When I told her, She said, " I'll scold yer" So I buggered outa there. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,253 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 Poet laureate material BK. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 6,592 Posted October 9, 2020 Report Share Posted October 9, 2020 THERE IS A SPECIAL POETRY THREAD here in Nottstalgia seldom read. The poets who wrIte the odes on here should find it, so they can make clear their thoughts on there and all can say ”Better on here than in ‘How’s your day” 5 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mary1947 1,457 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 OK MargieH point taken Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MargieH 6,592 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Mary, I'm guilty too! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,253 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Pithy but not poetic! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Beekay 2,776 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Phil and I, were walking by, To look into his field, We want to know, What he could grow, And what the crop would yield. I knew a pal called Ben, Not seen since I were ten, We went to school And then played pool, But only now and then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DJ360 5,448 Posted October 10, 2020 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 How's my day? I dare not say! Lest for my sins I'm sent away, To Poet's Corner, Be that where it may, To write obscurely, far away, It's not just Politics that's banished, It now seems verse must also vanish! So, no more will I post my rhymes, In 'How's Your Day'.. Oh! what dark times.. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,253 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 I viewed the Birthday Honours Looking for my name But sad to say I wasn't there Yes I've been missed again. No recognition did I get for all the good I've done. Perhaps it'll be posthumous When I'm dead and gone. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
philmayfield 4,253 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 I went to visit Beekay It was a lengthy trip But as he lives close by the sea We went and had a dip. He showed his painted milk churns His artistry displayed. I ask him where he got them He said he knew a maid. She took them from the dairy Whilst farmer wasn’t looking And offered them to BK Make up the rest yourselves! 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jill Sparrow 8,460 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 4,253 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 2,776 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 8,460 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 4,253 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 4,253 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 8,460 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 8,460 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 4,253 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 8,460 Posted October 10, 2020 Report Share Posted October 10, 2020 Nauseate? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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