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A nectar inspector and Zeus
Got horribly smashed tasting juice.
Giggled Hebe, "That shows ya'
Should stick to AMBROSIA;
With nectar, it's substance abuse!"
--- Nick

Immortal gods' food, AMBROSIA,
Brought forth at all their symposia,
From gilt-edged portals.
Not meant for mortals;
Eat not or the gods'll hose ya'.
--- Daniel Ford

AMBSACE, an unpleasant surprise,
Means you've less than most other guys.
Bad omen, perhaps,
Especially in craps,
Wherein it is known as 'snake eyes'.
--- Chris Papa

The picnic was spread out very late;
It had clouded rain, so we couldn't wait.
Suddenly she doubled
As thunder grumbled;
Was is something Amelior ate?
--- Luana Namaste

Ameliorate Earhart flew
Coast to coast alone, it is true.
She then tried the world,
Her neck scarf unfurled,
But was lost in Pacific blue.
--- Larry

Foul Fred fought at school he'd hated,
And fearsomme fusses created.
It's call A.D.D. (attention deficit disorder)
In current P.C.,
With drugs is AMELIORATED.
--- Chris Papa

I was caught speeding! Alas!
Too heavy my foot on the gas.
Result was AMERCE,
But really, what's worse
Is knowing that you were an ass.
--- Barb

Billy Bob was AMERCED for his pranks,
To the tune of two thousand French francs.
With cold words, metallic,
Judge call Bill's crimes Gallic
And stranded him on the Seine's banks.
--- Elois

My word of the day is "AMOK".
It rhymes well with buck, chuck, and duck.
I'd cite my old reference
With slightly more deference,
If just the next page were not stuck.

A transexual ran full AMOK,
Looking to poke, stroke, or suck
Any gal or guy,
That might just pass by,
Attracted to such a queer duck.
--- Chris Papa

The riotous doings AMOK,
Even by the high-muck-a-muck,
Serve to remind us
Of what's behind us;
There is always room for a schmuck.
--- Daniel Ford

Wordplay we rarely will duck,
Although a fine balance we've struck;
With evil designs,
Our perverted minds
Are often sent punning AMOK.
--- Gary Hallock

A most useful sign, AMPERSAND,
Saves few letters that would spell "and";
Conserves vital space,
In any old place,
Especially with partners at hand.
--- Chris Papa

AMPERSAND, the concept linker,
Stands for AND for streamlined thinker;
Although some do feel
That sign does appeal
To only a tiddledewinker.
--- Daniel Ford

I never know what I should think;
I fear I am nearing the brink.
I equivocate, savor
Ambivalence, waver;
Amphibology drives me to drink!
--- Sheila B

AMPHIBOLOLOGY, source of great terror,
Since meaning is wrought with some error.
Though once it is done,
Can be source of fun
Or money for poor Yogi Berra.
--- Chris Papa

So AMPHIBOLOLOGY, I hear
Can be something that goes in one ear,
But might it not mean
The same thing to a "teen",
Like "BAD" means something "KEEN"!
--- Barb

I guess my mind's going to the dogs!
First, I thought 'twas a study of frogs.
Now I know better;
Unleashed mental fetter,
And stepped out of my lexicon bogs!
--- Barb

If bold AMPHIGORIES you'd write,
Make certain they're fluffy and bright,
With rhyme and great style,
Which will make folks smile,
Like a literary light sprite.
--- Chris Papa

Nonsenseical text, AMPHIGORY,
May sometimes excape the wiggery.
Sound rather cocky
Like Jabberwocky,
But oft is just style of piggery.
--- Daniel Ford

That stuff and nonsense AMPHIGORY
That Partners find obligatory,
Will never gain fame --
That is not the aim.
It's more like functions excretory.
--- Daniel Ford

Each limerick we pen has its story,
A suggestive AMPHIGORY,
Some stuffy or no,
With moral or so,
Though Dave's not in that category.
--- Chris Papa

He dwells in a cave and what's more,
Keeps company with a dead whore.
Quite pleased as can be,
'Cause getting it free,
Is something he cannot ignore.
--- Chris Papa

I was served a tiny AMUSE-BOUCE
While dining on a bateau mouche.
On the open deck,
When I called for the check,
The wind blew my hat away -- WHOOSH!
--- Norm Brust

The lady chef in manner louche
Decided she'd serve AMUSE-BOUCHE
And felt downright mirthy,
Preparing soup earthy,
Based on sour vinegar douche.
--- Chris Papa

Those pre-meal morsels of AMUSE-BOUCHE
Are often shaped like little panbouche
Or ladyslippers.
Tasting those nippers
May be hard when dining with gobemouches.

(fly swallower, open mouthed boor)
--- Daniel Ford

It is a bit tough, but I see a
Thing or two good 'bout AMUSIA.
When you hear some hooey
Like say "Louie Louie,"
No more will it greatly confuse ya.
--- Gary Hallock

With no harmonic sense, AMUSIA,
Be sure that a singer won't choose ya,
'Cause he'll drive ya crazy
With corny tunes maizy,
And other tidbits of dysgeusia. (clinical lack of taste)
--- Daniel Ford

ANABIOSIS, of proof we've a lack.
Only fables, a few on the rack,
Of people who think
They've moved past the brink
And say, "I have been there and back."
--- Chris Papa

ANABIOSIS is the happy result
That causes Viagra users to exult,
"It's back from the dead,
Stiff and bright red!
I think I'll Google sex cult."
--- Norm Brust

ANACHREONTIC action, I think,
Devoted to love and to drink,
Has been the rage
In every age.
Though I cannot see why. [wink,wink]
--- Chris Papa

Mother Time is not always kind, see;
The mirror gives some advice free.
I look, if I can,
and see an old man.
An ANACHRONISM, yep, that's me!
--- Chris Papa

I think one must work if to eat.
Don't feel smoking weed is real neat.
Rap noise I can't bear
And don't think it's fair,
To be taked to feed a dead beat.
--- Chris Papa

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ANACOLUTHON to grammar
Is nonsequitor hammer,
Which fears no losses,
Out the rules tosses,
Sounding like kids Katzenjammer.
--- Daniel Ford

ANACOLUTHON is, my dears,
Culmination of all my worst fears.
It just serves to name,
Goof in the word game;
I've been doing many long years.
--- Chris Papa

Recognition ANAGNORISIS
Happens often when the chorus is;
Tearful Iolanthe
Is feeling quite antsy --
Whether the Peers will ignore thesis.
--- Daniel Ford

ANAGNORISIS was used by G&S
As their plots turned into a mess.
"She's really your mother!"
(They hug one another.)
It's corny, but it works, I guess.
--- Norm Brust

The ANAGRAM is letter scramble,
Through which some keen minds like to ramble.
But my puny brain
They don't entertain.
So on hidden script I won't gamble.
--- Chris Papa

There once was a lass named Miranda,
Who spooned with her beau on veranda.
She unzipped his fly,
And you will know why,
She brought the chap great ANANDA.
--- Chris Papa

When I was a lad I grew fonda
That young gal who lived over yonda.
She'd often act silly
But she gave my willy
A thrill way beyond mere ANANDA.
--- Gary Hallock

Effective reversing ANANYM,
As Oprah to Harpo does trim,
Oft with clarity
Prompts hilarity
With strange sounding names of seraphim.
--- Caniel Ford

That ANANYM stuff is a trap.
If I used it, I'd be a sap.
From PAPA you'd get
With some regret,
And new item now called APAP.
--- Chris Papa

And what of our palindrome friends,
Who have the same thing at both ends?
Such would switching bites
Whose hermaphrodites,
While my thoughts sheer folly transcends.
--- Chris Papa

Inasmuch as she was a shilling;
Inasmuch as she was so willing.
Inasmuch as six inches
When cop's lantern pinch us:
Inasmuch as six months just a-swilling.

(poetic repitition)
--- Naz

ANASTROPHE's like ANODE;
CATASTROPHE like CATHODE.
Seems clear to me
The meaning should be:
"Event in super good mode."
--- Phylcarp

ANASTROPHE, say only can I,
Speak to, way weird, if you try,
Don't flow like smooth satin,
Sounds like pig Latin,
With erudite sound hard to buy.

(inversion of normal word order, to market she went)
--- Chris Papa

Old poets know ANASTROPHES,
Endowing verse with past trophies,
Inverted word order,
An inpact afforder
And not linguistic catastrophes
--- DMF

Illegals who in our land lurk,
Here because natives will shirk
And stay on the dole
Or prison bed roll,
Their surly anathema -- work!
--- Chris Papa

Heard "size doesn't matter," it's true!
And I want to reassure you
I'd rather the part
Be big...A man's heart;
The part where anatomy won't do!
--- Maggie

Reclusive hermit, ANCHORITE,
Hanging in cave from stalagtite,
A wrecked loose old man;
Can never get tan
If impaled by a stalagmite.
--- Daniel

That monk in a cave, not too bright,
Who did funny things there by night,
Like smoking things hip,
In the end lost his grip,
Becoming a loose ANCHORITE.
--- Chris Papa

A virginal nun from Manila,
With past pure and white, real vanilla,
Thought Justine was swell,
Abandoned her cell,
Bound for new life with ANCILLA.
--- Chris Papa

Surrounded by nubile ANCILLAE,
The boy from Hope, slick Willie,
Turned a few tricks
With White House chicks
Named Monica, Millie and Tillie.
--- Norm Brust

If you listen up now, I'll explain;
She's a woman from legends arcane.
And an evergreen shrub,
And a star system, bub.
That's Andromeda. (Phew, what a strain.)
--- David Morin

Should it be your particular bent
To enjoy words obscure yet cogent,
One could never go wrong
And retitle that song,
"Alfie, Just What Is It All Anent?"
--- Loren Fitzhugh P0604

ANFRACTUOUS! The Alcan Highway
Is so much more than your average byway!
Read up on it first
Or your trip will be worse,
And your car won't bring you up my way!
--- Barb

The ANFRACTUOUS thinking of some,
Will exist until "Kingdom come!"
Like the liberal left
Who, of brains bereft,
Feel the good life belongs to each bum.
--- Chris Papa

ANHEDONIA's a state of despair,
Which hopefully is very rare.
I'd rather be groovy
Like Marx Brothers movie,
Enjoying a gleeful life's share.
--- Chris Papa

Use cocaine? That is really moronic.
Addiction's no fun when it's chronic.
The guy who says "Fine!"
After snorting a line,
In withdrawal, becomes anhedronic.

(unable to experience pleasure)
--- Sheila B

Miss Scarlette was all in a rage
When told to stop acting her age.
For to not seem anile
Was completely futile,
At her 95th birthday rampage.
--- Karen Crawford

Dame Edna, who with comic guile
Produces a laugh and a smile.
If you still don't know,
Well, I'll tell you so,
Is gent whose play acting's ANILE.
--- Chris Papa

When lumpfish eggs make their incursion,
Caviar freaks spewed ANIMADVERSION.
"That stuff's for the birds.
It's common beyond words!"
They huffed as they destroyed the sturgeon.
--- Norm Brust

Critic's remarks, ANIMADVERSION,
Performers see as cast aspersion,
By those who do none
Of things they have done.
Of common sense, quite a subversion.
--- Daniel Ford

Her ANIMADVERSION on size,
Came to him as no surprise,
Since he knew his tool,
Though from midget school,
Could perform, and please her, likewise.
--- Chris Papa

Reviewer would ANIMADVERT,
Addressing the writer as "Squirt".
It was impolite;
Inimical quite,
And a fragile ego would hurt.
--- Chris Papa

She wants it, the femme, the fatale;
Has ANIMUS like brother, Al.
For her to find sex,
And not bro Al vex,
She must find a secret locale.
--- Elois


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