Section: «Poems»
Verse (ancient Greek ὁ στίχος — row, structure), a term in versification used in several meanings:
artistic speech organized by division into rhythmically commensurate segments; poetry in the narrow sense; in particular, it implies the properties of versification of a particular tradition ("antique verse", "Akhmatova's verse", etc.);
a line of poetic text organized according to a certain rhythmic pattern ("My uncle of the most honest rules").
Eldritch Mungo's Boots
Those boots were made for sellingNot for walkingCause they were sold as the very bestWithout mentioning all the rest.The tops were made in IndiaThe..
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Economist - Cat Fanciers
Once there was a farmer, poorWith wife, a babe and four children more.One day the farmer chanced to readThe poem about Whittington's cat and..
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Earmarks
Earmarks they're called by those that knowAre notches put in a pig's ear or perhaps rings in the nose.Which are put there to draw attentionThat this..
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Dreams
Dreams are what you make them to beFlighty things that may hover about or flee.Some are just a filament of imaginationOthers are built of mortar and..
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Drawing A Line In The Sand
Did you ever think how meaningless it isWhen someone has a causeAnd says, 'I've drawn a line in the sand! 'As if this has meaning to their fellow..
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Double Bubble - Double Trouble
Double Bubble is not to be confusedWith the chewing gum that issuedIn 1928, just beforeThe market crash we all abhor.Now comes another reminderOf..
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Dorothy
On appearancesWhile Dorothy was no differentfrom the rest of the class,having committed to more than they couldand can accomplish,she like all the..
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Doorway To Dreams
Alas, the Canadian pink velvet doorIs broken, it swings no more.Once it welcomed the soul to enter inBut now it's by reality - broken.Once was the..
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Do-Ing The Dog
Don't know if they are out of a job, recently firedOr maybe amongst the ranks of newly tiredBut from early morn til after eleven,They walk the..
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Does Satire Lose Its Bite On Printed Pages Over Night?
Verse 1Oh! me, Oh! my, Oh! you!I don't know what to do.‘Haps publish a paper or two?Hal-le-lu-jah!The quest-ion is pe-cu-liar.It’s a quest for the..
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Do You Remember
Do you remember that girlWalking stooped and bent in a curlTrying not to show that sheWas much taller than heWanting to fit inEven if it meant she..
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Diagnostics Exemplary
The doctor said,'Where does it hurt you? ''Here, ' said the maid.Pointing to the ankle, swollen and blue.'No bones broken nor is the skinJust a minor..
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Dna - Un-Zipping
IDarwin thought when he wrote 'The Descent of Man'He would be describing the Maker's plan*.How little did he knowWhat science had in stow.Residing in..
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Day Is Beautiful
Some walking through the morning dewLeave behind footsteps noticed by a few.The imprints are quickly goneAnd all that remains is not etched on..
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Daun Brunellus
Watching two cows lazing under the treesSwitching their tails aimlesslyFor no flies were aroundAs pesticides had been their doom.Nevertheless they..
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Darwin's Rabbit
Darwin had a rabbit,It's true.Was one of a special kindOf which all the Island knew.A rabbit that began as a lump of cheeseOr something else if you..
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Darwin's Goats
Charlie had goats, it is told,Evolved from ancestors, meek, yet bold.In the hills that aboundedIn Scotland, where they were founded,Ungulates loved..
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Darwin's Fish
Darwin had a fish named Very Brighte‘Twas marked with spots of orange amongst the whiteSuch a fine example of selective breed'n'Twould be a shame to..
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Darwin's Dog
Was in the early days of lifeBefore he learned to hunt and fishCharlie's twin Ralph, thought it would be niceTo have a companion, was his wish(‘Twas..
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Darwin's Cat
On the desktop there he layReaching out to help move the quill in a special wayEach stroke of his master's pinSeemed to need assistance from him.Dip..
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Darwin’s Bestiary
Animals tame and animals feralprowled the Dark Ages in search of a moral:the canine was Loyal, the lion was Virile,rabbits were Potent and gryphons..
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Curley
Whatever happened to Curly?No one knewBut his daysWere numbered,Just a few.Broke his pizzle stickThat’s for sureAnd before it’d beenBroken in, good..
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Cuckolded
He got it froom the neighbor’s wife,Who got it from the plummer,Who got if from his roommate,Who go it from the nurseWho got if from the doctorWho..
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Creation Of The Sausage Roll Universe?
The sausage roll I seeIs a country fair pastryWhere a stick is stuck into the meatSo that one can hold on to this treat.And like all things that we..
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Country Girl Gone Wrong
To Humbug Molly, her ilk, and allMisfortune attend and disaster befall!May life be to her a succession of hurts;May fleas by the bushel inhabit her..
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