Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
Group Poem XVIII
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
Ars longa, vita brevis
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today”
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today”
Ars longa, vita brevis
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace:
In principio erat verbum, and so (ergo) I rest my case"
I dreamed at last I was in Eden, naked as can be
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace:
In principio erat verbum, and so (ergo) I rest my case"
I dreamed at last I was in Eden, naked as can be
Ars longa, vita brevis
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace:
In principio erat verbum, and so (ergo) I rest my case"
I dreamed at last I was in Eden, naked as can be
"Oh, bug me not!" I said to Eve beside the fateful tree
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace:
In principio erat verbum, and so (ergo) I rest my case"
I dreamed at last I was in Eden, naked as can be
"Oh, bug me not!" I said to Eve beside the fateful tree
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace:
In principio erat verbum, ergo, I rest my case"
I dreamed at last I was in Eden, naked as can be
"Oh, bug me not!" I said to Eve beside the fateful tree
And so began primeval sin and gender’s tug of war
(Changed line four of stanza five to eliminate an extra beat, thanks to some advice from the UK)
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace:
In principio erat verbum, ergo, I rest my case"
I dreamed at last I was in Eden, naked as can be
"Oh, bug me not!" I said to Eve beside the fateful tree
And so began primeval sin and gender’s tug of war
(Changed line four of stanza five to eliminate an extra beat, thanks to some advice from the UK)
Ars longa, vita brevis
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Sweet Dreams
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace:
In principio erat verbum, ergo, I rest my case"
I dreamed at last I was in Eden, naked as can be
"Oh, bug me not!" I said to Eve beside the fateful tree
And so began primeval sin and gender’s tug of war
Passion and paradox, that great enigma at our core!
THE END
I dreamed I saw a country parson with an English rose
Who held the flower in his hand, then stuffed it up his nose
"The Vicar and the Deacon gave me rose seeds", he explained
"And I scattered them in silence all alongside Penny Lane".
I dreamed I saw Osiris with a monkey on his back
He was chasing saparris up and down a railroad track
In a slow moving vehicle, a one-man trolley car
The monkey wanted LukeJavan. Osiris wanted more!
I dreamed I rode a speed bike down a San Francisco street
Beside me was a Danish tart (and not the kind you eat)
Our penny-farthing came to rest against a cellar door
We quit the race, became unchaste (2 wheels, 2 squeals, 1 floor)
I dreamed that Dr. Goodword and Pope Francis were best friends
The word-wise pair would make frank comments on linguistic trends
“What’s up with Latin, Book Worm Bob?” the Holy Father said
"Can caring spirits save it, or will dunces strike it dead?"
I dreamed the Doc replied: "I'll choose some words that will display
The footprints of that classic tongue surviving still today
I must acquaint the modern English student with its grace:
In principio erat verbum, ergo, I rest my case"
I dreamed at last I was in Eden, naked as can be
"Oh, bug me not!" I said to Eve beside the fateful tree
And so began primeval sin and gender’s tug of war
Passion and paradox, that great enigma at our core!
THE END
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Re: Group Poem XVIII
Well, congratulations on another wonderful poem. One with a rather high bar, too. Using member names in each line is quite a feat. Kudos. I'm sure I speak for all of us when I say I look forward to the next installment. Valentine's Day, perhaps? And then St. Pat's, pretty please?
Life is like playing chess with chessmen who each have thoughts and feelings and motives of their own.
Re: Group Poem XVIII
Many thanks for your kind remarks.
Valentine's Day sounds good.
Steve
Valentine's Day sounds good.
Steve
Ars longa, vita brevis
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