Poet's Corner

[cressy]

there was an old man from dundee
who was stung on the neck by a wasp
when asked did it hurt
he said not at all it can do it again if it likes

[Paul Barker]

I sat next to the Duchess at Tea,
she said "do you fart when you wee?"
I said "no not a bit, do you piss when you shit?"

[Lee S]

I'm not a pheasant plucker,
I'm a pheasant plucker's mate,
an' I'm only plucking pheasants,
'cos the pheasant plucker's late !!

[cressy]

I wandered lonely as a cloud
That floats on high o'er vales and hills,
When all at once I saw a crowd,
A host, of golden daffodils;
Beside the lake, beneath the trees,
Fluttering and dancing in the breeze.

Continuous as the stars that shine
And twinkle on the milky way,
They stretched in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bay:
Ten thousand saw I at a glance,
Tossing their heads in sprightly dance.

The waves beside them danced; but they
Out-did the sparkling waves in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
I gazed--and gazed--but little thought
What wealth the show to me had brought:

For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
And then my heart with pleasure fills,
And dances with the daffodils

[Cressy Snr]

There's a one-eyed yellow idol,
To the north of Kathmandu,
There's a little marble cross below the town
Where a broken RIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH.

[pre65]

There's a one-eyed yellow idol,
To the north of Kathmandu,
There's a little marble cross below the town
Where a broken RIGHT THAT'S ENOUGH.

This is getting silly.

[Cressy Snr]

An Acrostic

A favourite literary devi
Ce is one wher
Re the first letter
Of each line spell
Sout the subject the poe
T wishes to write about.
I must admit, I
Can't see the point myself.

Roger McGough

[Mike H]

Was thinking about this yesterday -

But the Earthlings they would not understand
As we'd go walking tentacle in hand
They'd say "it's bad enough with another race,
But f*** me a monster from outer space?"

John Cooper-Clark, 'I Married A Monster From Outer Space'

[al newall]

There was a crow, sat on a plough.
If he hasn't gone, he's still there now.

[jack]

Said Hamlet to Ophelia,
I'll draw a sketch of thee,
What kind of pencil shall I use?
2B or not 2B?