Tag Archive | doggerel
Cliché…
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
Cliché Hackneyed, outworn, Sighing, mourning, why-ing Penned expressions of emotion Human * It is, they say, just a cliché To pen a mournful verse, An ode to love, a billet doux, A burning flame…or worse… And yet, the universal pen Of lovers everywhere Turns first to rhyme…
The small dog, the storm and the toothpaste
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
I went to bed wearing the toothpaste* again And not orally, you understand, Cause the mozzies and midges and small bitey things Have decided to invade the land. With the first warmer weather they stirred in the nest Where they’ve waited all winter in sleep, The earth…
The asymmetric small dog (or half a job well done…)
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
We all know the saga of Ani’s ablutions, How often I’ve tried, and run out of solutions, When dog into bathtub‘s a futile equation Regardless of bribery, guile or persuasion. A bath was required, I needed an answer, ‘Cause all on my own, I did not want…
Nemesis
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
“Just out there,” said the cat, “There’s a pond full of fish. And fish, as you know, Is my favourite dish.” “There is one,” she continued, “With tail all askew… And to catch such a fish Should be easy to do…” But bent-tail is wiser By far…
Notes from a small dog – Wish I had fleas
Originally posted on Sue Vincent's Daily Echo:
There may be just a short intermission… She has gone to the doctor’s you see, So while she is off gallivanting, You’ll just have to put up with me. She had done all the housework this morning, (I can put it to rights now she’s gone) Then…
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 