Tag: Nonsense Rhyme
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Tombiekins
In the Mansion Where the floorboards creak Resides a being Of which no-one speaks With maddened eyes And celadon complexion A haunting grimace And macabre reflection A zombie of sorts Mixed with vampire blood Tombiekins knows He is misunderstood Limbs akimbo Ears in the air And other loose body parts Strewn everywhere Deep within Lies a complicated…
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A Rhyme to Grapple
What you are seeing is a red pineapple Bought by the association of employees in the printing office (or chapel)I did say in the title this is a rhyme to grapple Whether here, or Hull, or in Whitechapel This fruit obviously isn’t scrapple Nor would it be useful if one chose to rappelAlthough if eaten…
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A Seahorse? Nonsense!
When is a horse not a horse? When it’s a horse of the sea, of course. Of course it isn’t a horse of sorts, it’s a sort of fish or so we’re taught. A fish horse thought it ought be called something wrought with water’s thought, so thought the sea a fitting thought, thus the…
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Easter Sunday
Happy Easter Sunday! I’m stuffed full of Easter eggs My belly’s rather large I can’t be carried on my legs So I’ve invested in a barge. Not really: I’ve only had the one Easter egg, and given I don’t have two ha’pennies to rub together, if I did have, I wouldn’t invest in a barge……
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Cacophony
The violin squawks as the triangle tinkles and the piano plonks and two cymbals crash A harp descends deliciously into a flute’s breathy notes and a trumpet’s honkswith other brassSilence replaces the cacophony of sound although ears still ring just not as loud…
The Mansionic Perspective 