garter gathering

[guidofatherof5]

Couldn't help it. Your posts made my day, again. Steve, you are the very best sport, and this site is just plain full of good eggs. Thank you all.
Ric

What's with the egg crack
Leave my hair out of this. Wait, I don't have any.

[Mommy2many]

On the horizon appears another lyricist
A Haiku he wrote for the Thamnophis
The verse was inspiring
More words we're desiring
We're in need of another balladist

We've heard of Steve's ranch for the snakes
A great deal of care that he takes
He makes them content
With the money he's spent
A perfect snake home it does make

Some ask why do we care
Our lives with Garters to share
It's said a corn is more colourful
A boa more snuggable
We reply our Garter's are rare

We've had babies recently awakening
Their first breaths are what they are taking
The Mom's have done well
With their young they've fulfilled
Every wish the breeders have been making

PinJohn has comprised another villanelle
The words of a lyrist, we can tell
He cares about snakes
And the verse that he makes
Keeps us wanting more rhymes we revel

It's time now for yet another
To finally, his art to uncover
The subject is clear
Our garters held dear
A poet laurette to discover

I throw down the gauntlet at last
To all a prose unsurpassed
The challange you dare
our rhymes to compare
Let's see who is best at the task!

Let's play...

[guidofatherof5]

Thamnophis word smack down
Let it begin! Let it begin!
I eagerly await on the sidelines.
A spectator I am.

[Mommy2many]

A tham smackdown on the forum
It's with words that it'll be won
Bring it, said Steve
A throwdown is in need
To see whose poems which will triumph

[ConcinusMan]

What's with the egg crack
Leave my hair out of this. Wait, I don't have any.

I was thinking that the "crack" was on the other end.

[PINJOHN]

a lusty redsided named Len
joined the frenzy outside of his den
through the suitors he burst
wooed the female there first
so now "WHO'S THE DADDY" again


that unlucky young lady named Budd
was felled by a snake in the wood
it wasn't the might
of the cottonmouth bite
but the venom it pumped in her blood


said the sunbathing checkered to the lizard
catching these rays is just wizard
but you can count it a cert
if we dont stay alert
we end up in the roadrunners gizzard



a virtuous young maiden named frost
while herping in the jungle,got lost
who should she meet?
but a gorilla on heat
he released her [ but don't ask the cost]





garter folk, pats and bats

Le Ann loves her eastern s its true
and their numbers are more than a few
to add to the swell there's five kids as well
but she loves being MUM 2 this crew

OF Richard it has to be said
on toes he'll occasionally tread
while some will just laugh
at each outspoken gaff
there;s others that really see red


thought Greg have i got what it takes ?
as a DON i'm no really, great shakes
as if counting sheep
my students just sleep
cos my lectures are all about snakes



her logic is clear as a bell
her science is brilliant as well
her relative theory
makes Einsteins look dreary
of whom do we speak, yes chantel


there's a fellow who's called stefan-A
he works hard on our sight everyday
to meet would be grand
we could all shake his hand
but Finland's just so far away


His advice, we just cant get enough
Alas writing in English is tough
but when it, comes to snakes
Udo makes no mistakes
cos with garters this man knows his stuff




that Don's a snake-man to the core
and he studies his Mendel's first law
though somewhat expensive
his morphs are extensive
he'll be first to breed 'tartans' i'm sure


a retired old law dog will be
full of smart tricks, you will see
should a snake hit the road
Steve avoids panic mode
he just puts out a quick, A.P.B

[guidofatherof5]

Classic. Nice job.

To the competition "You've been served"

[PINJOHN]

they caught the little cobra when i was half through his rhyme, so i abandoned the idea, but i had some time this morning so did a bit of a rush job on the finish

LITTLE Naja
i was fed up wit dat stupid zoo
so i took it on the lam
dey wont be chasin me too hard
my gats both pack a wham
i sneaked right passed dem dozy guards
no brains between the lot
its off to nu york city now
to see what that bergs got
i'll have a really good day out
and still avoid the law
while, they all look in bushes
i'll just take a taxi tour
i think dis local cabbie
is the perfect one to use
i'll make da bum an offer
and its one he can't refuse
i don't think it will rain today
but just in case it should
that angle's nicely covered
i got a built in hood
its off to see Manhattan
and i'll take in every site
if my luck holds up you never know
i might just get a bite
we headed for the Bowery
where i heard they're on the skids
i wanna get a photo
of dem famous dead end kids
we reached dat second avenue
its then i got a shock
da place was oozin opulence
im such a bloody schlock
i wana see sum culture
so now i thinks the time
hey driver throw a right on fifth
we'll hit the guggenheim

geeze what a place have we got here
the wall and floors are sloping
if you push me then i will admit
its less than i was hoping
there's feathers here of such a size
you'll have to take my word
i'm outer here theres just no way
i wanna meet dat ! bird
we were drivin fast down Madison
when i made him hit the brakes
cos i thought i saw st Patrick's
and dat guy, dont like snakes
now the empire state i'll give a miss
cos unless i got it wrong
der's another creature on the loose
i think his name is Kong

do'in all dis stuff alone
i'm gettin kinda bored
if id'a only stopped to think
i shoulda fetched a broad
so to the Bronx i will return
there's a crew i'd like to see
much more than just acquaintance's
yes more like family
if your in a crew wit de's boys
it can make your life so easy
you may of heard of my good friends
it's a family called Lucchese
should, you ever meet de's guys
just give dem your best wishes
show dem any disrespect
your sleepin with de fishes

about four days i'll chew the fat
and hang out with the Don
then its back to the old Bronx zoo
they wont know i'v been gone.

[BLUESIRTALIS]

Great poems!

[guidofatherof5]

Great poems!

I second that