h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Dude,
Great poem, rhyme and rhythm rock and I loved the story and imagery except perhaps the pyometra, any poem referring to the accumulation of pus in the uterine cavity is a tad too Vogon for me, otherwise brilliant

It was written as a challenge - 'use all the words that rhyme with aspidistra' - just used all the ones that I could find. Someone has added some that I'd missed.

I know exactly what you mean, I set myself a challenge to write a poem using all the words that rhyme with 'Nantucket' and it wasn't long before I ran into similar difficulties.

Nantucket is difficult - I can only find two proper rhymes other than some obscure names!!

There once was a man from Nantucket
Who married a lass from Pawtucket
They ate nothing but tripe
When incredibly ripe
Which they kept in a rusty old bucket.

B'Elana [©] ACE - Minister of Abbrev. Gloomy days - isn't there a song called like this? added the following to the Tame Aspidistra – I don’t know if has been posted yet - so, for your edification:

Did you hear the tale of the tame Aspidistra?
It's written in rhymes of sorts.
Reporting in the style of a periodista
How a thief never had to face court.
Go and read all about the tame Aspidistra
Which was stolen and hid in a cave.
Does the thief keep it flying, is he Sandinista,
and would Orwell turn in his grave?
Out I went in search of the one, true Batista,
But what i found was meek.
I disbanded the plant with a 'Hasta la vista!',
Knowing well that its future is bleak.

I suppose it is some sort of compliment when someone takes the time and trouble to add something to one's poems!