The Spoonbill Generator Archive

An Olden Treasury of Collaborative Verse
1996–2007

Poems by Year: 1996 - 1997 - 1998 - 1999 - 2000 - 2001 - 2002 - 2003 - 2004 - 2005 - 2006 - 2007

*** Hall of Fame — Alphabetical List of Titles — Index of First Lines

		Title	First line

Poem: Pegleg
	2003 Nov 27	Girlish Lavender Hues	How feminine, this colour scheme!
	2003 Nov 28	Phew! Poodles!	Beans, beans, the musical fruit
	2003 Nov 29	Wink!	I think it's time for a limerick
	2003 Dec 4	Cogito Ergo Pogo	Ergonomic chairs and beds are presently on sale
	2003 Dec 5	Boohoo Hoodoo	How sad that ode was ended--and why I want to know?
	2003 Dec 10	Wanton Destruction Is Assured	Got any new poems to wreck?
	2003 Dec 15	Tumbling Over The Sweets	Your babka, I hear, is delicious. Your cheesecake is second to none.
	2003 Dec 21	Subzero Igloos	A frozen smile has crossed her sullen face
	2004 Jan 11	Forgotten Blips Of The Ages Neolithic	All I crave is a little attention
	2004 Jan 14	Wetnurse Burdens	I was hired to breastfeed his pups
	2004 Jan 16	Shivering With Sharks	When the mercury plunges to ungodly lows
	2004 Jan 23	Bootblack Hatrack Knickknack	There are so many words that rhyme with "whack":
	2004 Jan 28	My Toe Is Now Swollen Again	That fellow, Othello, could not be called mellow
	2004 Feb 5	Wresting Joy From Daily Pickles	A pickle I wanted, and yet that darn lid
	2004 Feb 18	The Great Roar	The lion's the king of the beasts
	2004 Feb 21	Tardy Wishes For Sweethearts And Critics	Your valentine was late arriving, the message rather sappy
	2004 Mar 10	Alternative Will	Tell me Doc - I've got to know
	2004 Mar 16	Because I Am Seesawing	"Why do you carry hamsters in your pockets?" demanded Mrs. Pringle
	2004 Mar 22	Before Cows Were Chic	They say you're no good
	2004 Mar 30	Somehow Somewhere Leads Nowhere	Would you like to wax my floor?
	2004 Apr 2	Gathering Clouds While Visigoths Circle	Let me be the first to say, it's nice to have you back
	2004 Apr 18	Nursery Rhymes for Lawyers, Juries and Judges	Arnold Berry, quite contrary,
	2004 Apr 23	Iconoclasts Rarely Gain Entry To Disneyland	Breaking down barriers and opening doors
	2004 May 1	Late Comers To Rollerblades	Which came first, the liver or the wurst?
	2004 May 27	After Backward Cause	An adman amiably asserted
	2004 Jun 2	Oftentimes Manet Tried Somersaulting Over Renoir	Lanky Hank was the tallest of Sherpas
	2004 Jun 25	Thistle Bow And Saw	This poem will be highbrow and clean as a whistle
	2004 Jul 6	Forget About Broken Daisies	When you take a taxicab, don't forget to tip
	2004 Jul 16	Tennis Balls Striking Us Forcibly	I never will get over
	2004 Jul 19	Beep Road	My dear, have you lost your panache?
	2004 Aug 5	Patience Is Never Compared To Hopscotch	Is solitaire a virtue?
	2004 Aug 14	Naughty Thoughts Are Always Parochial	How fetching you look, Miss Sipple
	2004 Aug 20	The Operatic Life	I had a fish named Rusty
	2004 Aug 30	Channel The Avuncular	My Uncle says, "The weasel never sings."
	2004 Sep 7	Left Handed And Concealed In Murky Allusions	Is it such a sin to lust
	2004 Sep 8	The Snowman Assassinated By Fibreglass Mittens	A limerick written by me
	2004 Sep 17	She-men And Domestic Appliances	If silence is golden, why won't you be quiet?
	2004 Sep 23	Society Umbrellas	Your frothy latte burns my tongue
	2004 Oct 6	Outlawed Haiku	This secret haven
	2004 Oct 12	Namedroppers' Tango	Several times you've baked a cake
	2004 Oct 26	Unsubtle Songs And Cowboy Gemstones	When packing bags, it's always best to try
	2004 Nov 2	OK, Naysayer	Have you ever rode a Trojan horse?
	2004 Nov 18	Envious Neighbors	They say that those who live their lives
	2004 Nov 29	Visions Of Shouting Greengrocers	Last night I had the strangest dream
	2004 Dec 14	Dickens Saith	"A pox upon thee, wretched cur!"
	2004 Dec 24	Limblessly Effortless	Up here we no longer have a need . . . for thumbs
	2005 Jan 9	Up In Canada Antlered Creatures Are Everywhere	Perhaps, your new line will go here.
	2005 Jan 18	Home Schooling And No Bidets	Twice in one day! A rare delight
	2005 Jan 27	The Christmas Milkmen	And here are the pictures
	2005 Feb 15	Among Beanbags	So tell us, how many times have you
	2005 Feb 24	Plans For Vacillation	I think I might go out today
	2005 Mar 7	Flaring Hairclips	In latter days of green and blue
	2005 Mar 31	Cultural Divides	I watched a ritual of the Baluchistanis;
	2005 May 4	Doughboy Graduates	Cookies and biscuits, crackers and buns
	2005 Jun 3	When Talents Droop As Feathers	One day, I hope to play the concertina.
	2005 Oct 23	Pending Further Guests	Does anybody come here any more?
	2006 Jan 14	They May Well Abandon Ship	Kansas Sam, Beefy, Will H, Karin, Grayman et al.
	2006 Feb 11	Flames Coated With Heavy Penalties	The flames were gone, but, yet, a tiny ember
	2006 Mar 20	All The Benighted Croutons	When choosing the proper wine
	2006 Apr 21	A Cynical Attitude Toward Roadrunners	Out here in the wasteland
	2006 May 24	Mute Soup And Memory Faded	I met a man whose nose extended
	2006 Jun 14	Complicated Whimper	When cloning pigs or kangaroos
	2006 Jun 22	Grave Mayhem	An awful example of verse
	2006 Jul 1	Lingerie Throughout	Now harken to a tale so vile
	2006 Aug 10	Never. Should We Windsurf	Don't forget to tie your shoes
	2006 Sep 1	Your Villain In This Style	A superhero needs a cape
	2004 Dec 14	Every Third Word Recited Effortlessly (Canticle )	"A pox upon thee, wretched cur!"
	2006 May 12	Elixirs Of Godknows What	I took a sip. I didn't know

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The Spoonbill Generator Archive

An Olden Treasury of Collaborative Verse1996–2007

Poem: Pegleg

Title

First line

An Olden Treasury of Collaborative Verse
1996–2007