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  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Blue is the violet
    Orange the rust.
    Some of us scan and rhyme
    Others aren't fussed.
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    The tone of these poems
    Refined style all through.
    Unlike certain limericks
    Which turn the Ship blue.
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    My new daisy's bright blue
    It cost more than a rose
    Blue makes me so happy
    I'd buy dozens of those.

    Felicia amelloides, indigenous blue daisy in southern Africa
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Gosh that's pretty! :)
  • Lamb ChoppedLamb Chopped Shipmate
    It is, it's lovely.
  • AravisAravis Shipmate
    Pansies are purple
    And yellow and white
    They bloomed last weekend
    But got soggy tonight
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    Nasturtiums are orange
    And yellow and red
    But the caterpillars love them
    So shred them instead
  • SojournerSojourner Shipmate
    Roses are red, violets are blue

    The rain on the rooftop reminds me of you
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    Roses are red
    So is the Strait.
    High winds and storms
    Are not so great
  • mousethiefmousethief Shipmate
    Roses are cheery
    Violets are gay
    Spring in Seattle
    Is unending grey.
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Few roses in autumn
    though violets stay bright
    we're all lighting candles
    to see by at night.
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    Roses are red,
    Limericks are cheery
    They’ve closed my thread
    And put haiku insteady
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Roses are red;
    Meanwhile let's use
    This flowery thread
    For our poetic muse.
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    Roses are red
    We can use both!
    Come join the the thread
    Don’t be a sloth.*

    No offence intended , it was the only word I could find to rhyme with ‘both!’ 😇
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    I’m on a train
    Of violet hue
    Hardly anyone’s masking
    I’m feeling blue 🤨
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    I'm not a huge fan
    Of the haiku.

    Blue is the violet
    Gentle the rain.
    Sorry to hear
    About the train.
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    Sonnets are hard
    haiku is worse
    let's stick to roses
    in doggerel verse
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Red is the rose
    Dappled the cow.
    Happy to see
    You have power just now.
  • Bishops FingerBishops Finger Shipmate
    edited April 2022
    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Limericks, come back!
    We're missing you!
    :cry:
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    Bishops Finger wrote: »
    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Limericks, come back!
    We're missing you!
    :cry:

    Hear, hear!

  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    My jigsaw puzzle -
    Clematis - all hues.
    How many? you say?
    There are twenty-two!
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    Roses are red,
    Violets of hue,
    The Limericks are back,
    But please, not ‘blue.’
  • kingsfoldkingsfold Shipmate
    Roses are red,
    Lemons are yellow.
    The return of the lim'ricks
    Makes me feel mellow...
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    Mellow is good.
    Hyper is not.
    Unless, of course,
    You're a bot.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Roses are red
    Tulips are black.
    We're happy to see
    The limericks back.
  • Schroedingers CatSchroedingers Cat Shipmate
    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Divide and Dissolve
    And Low too

    (brilliant concert last night)
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Red is the rose
    Green is the sprout.
    Glad you enjoyed
    Your evening out.
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    Grass is so green.
    Nothing but rain
    Hoping the sun
    Will come back again.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Red is the rose
    Golden the hay
    Please send some
    Of your rain this way.
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    Today, blue sky.
    It's looking great.
    The forecast?
    Sun and plus eight!
  • Merry VoleMerry Vole Shipmate
    My geraniums are red
    But my heart is blue
    Cos I look at the news
    And my prayers are few
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Roses are perfumed
    Violets are too.
    I reread this thread
    When I'm feeling blue.
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    Lilacs in bud
    Won't be long now.
    Nenya, how sweet.
    Good idea! Wow!
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    Flags they are red
    Red, white and blue
    For the Platinum Jubilee
    Let’s go whoo-hoo!
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    Roses are red
    The news is too
    It's hard to hear
    Oh, what to do.
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    I took a fall
    I must confess
    Foot, knee, and face,
    Oh, what a mess!
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Roses are red
    Violets are blue
    Here's a bouquet
    To cheer up you.

    (So sorry to hear; hope you feel better soon.)
  • PigletPiglet All Saints Host, Circus Host
    Poor Lily Pad! :cry:
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Roses are red
    Rainclouds are grey
    It's pretty hot here
    In the UK.
  • Merry VoleMerry Vole Shipmate
    Roses are red
    My lawn is brown
    There are clouds overhead
    But no rain comes down
  • AravisAravis Shipmate
    The sky is still blue
    As the evenings are light
    I suspect my cats
    May stay out half the night.

    My eyes will be grey
    I’ll be grumbling and yawning
    When they come in to greet me
    At four in the morning
  • MiffyMiffy Shipmate
    My lawn is still brown
    The skies are blue.
    We’re longing for rain
    And so are you.
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Red is the rose
    Golden the crown
    It's raining today
    But the lawns are still brown.
  • mousethiefmousethief Shipmate
    Red is the rose
    Pink the impatiens
    Green the grass will be
    If we are just patient
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    edited September 2022
    Seen on Facebook.

    "Selected Early Writings of the Poets" by Brian Bilston

    https://twitter.com/brian_bilston/status/1311583955561451521?lang=en-GB

    Link added for copyright - Piglet, Circus host
  • mousethiefmousethief Shipmate
    I picked
    the rose
    that was in
    the flower pot

    and which
    you were probably
    saving
    for a bouquet

    Forgive me
    it was delicious
    yours truly,
    the goat
  • NenyaNenya All Saints Host, Ecclesiantics & MW Host
    Roses are red
    Violets are blue.
    A merry Christmas
    To all of you.
  • mousethiefmousethief Shipmate
    Some roses are red
    And others are white
    May all your holidays
    Be merry and bright
  • MaryLouiseMaryLouise Shipmate, Host Emeritus
    There's grapefruit and orange,
    a large golden duck,
    the oven's too small
    [considers rhyme for duck]
    Merry hols to you too!
  • Lily PadLily Pad Shipmate
    Roses so red
    Like Santa's suit
    It's almost time
    To open the loot!
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