A four line poem

Brilliant!

That's a great poem loopylou
I hope your hubby likes it too
When he's finished the fence and having a rest
And hoping his work will stand up to the test.

Hubby's patience is at an end
Says fence is good and strong
Hasn't yet noticed that furry friend
Has started on next bit along!

The starlings, they are sleepy
And flying home to bed.
Be careful where you watch them
they'll poo upon your head!

Went along to our village Tesco
expecting to hear the gossip
the checkout girl was keeping mum
with service like that how they turn a profit?

My eyes are very heavy
I really want to snooze
Although it's only afternoon
And I haven't been on the booze.

Looking back through the poems for inspiration. I notice that at least one is the work of Pam Ayers. No problem with posting others poems if they are interesting. But I do think we should credit the original author with their work.

Has someone really stolen verse?
I can think of nothing worse
Than claiming that the words are new
When really they're not written by you

Give credit where that credit's due
Clearly that's what we should do
If we didn't write those words so clever
We need to say "Not me, no, never"

Declare the author's name , I say
Announce it clearly right away
And just in case you didn't know
These are my own words - Honest Joe!

Thus :-

The boy stood on the burning deck
His lips were all a-quiver
He gave a cough, his leg fell off
And floated down the river.

Eric Morecambe

Well mine have really been my own
I sat and wrote them all alone
If they were Pam's then I would say
I'm being dishonest right away

These words are not my own
someone has used them all before
second hand ones are all I can find
otherwise, gobbledygoop would ensue

re-reading my post, it sounds as though I am accusing someone, I'm not. Just saying we should credit original authors. The Pam Ayers poem was correctly credited to her (which was why I knew it was hers)

These words are not my own
someone has used them all before
second hand ones are all I can find
otherwise, gobbledygoop would ensue

Oops. Must remember the first rule of poems - they should rhyme

Such wealth of talent here on grans
With much rhyming, pace and pith
We need our own antholo-gee
To show it's not an urban myth!

Pickle, what are you saying ?
How can I use words like myth
to someone with a lisp
seems you are taking the pith

pompa please, this ain't the place
We're looking for poems filled with grace
Elegance and serenity
As well as lots of dignity.

GN's poems make me smile
They're full of fun and wit
What gems to read, so bide a while
And see what they have writ.......

Pompa please, take no offence
(In case that donkey reappears)
Tis merely praise, yet tongue in cheek
For all the gransnet poeteers!

Here I sit in my cute little bonnet
Trying to pen a beautiful sonnet,
Might take me 'til June to write ten lines more,
So I'll give up now... having writ just four.

Dear Joy I thought the same
Nearly gave up in despair
But now my aching brain
Won't stop rhyming words in pairs
HELP!!!

loopylou

No offence taken, just a little ditty
your rhyme I found to be sleek
and may I say, rather witty
and I'm number one for cheek

Grace,hmm, I can do grace, see
dum de dum de dum de dum
de dum de de de dum
give me time and it will come, dee dee

Bless!