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

Summer's coming but not yet here
Poppys are growing, and Old Man's Beard
Rain smelling sweeter
In deluge or mist
No going back now
Goodbye winter, summer's missed.

Lovely

Threadbare

There are many times when life gets rough,
Hell seems to make the going tough,
Requiring one to find new ways,
Each one a new way which to save,
Avoiding buying nice new togs,
Doing with ancient worn out clogs,
Battered jackets, faded jeans,
All help to eek out meagre means,
Relying on the things of yor,
Evoking life as ‘twas before.

However I put it, you know,
Only leads to the bland and so-so
Headlong into dull
Useless and trite bull
Marking time and some space as I go

Œnomancy
(Divination by wine)

Œsophagi need not be filled with wine,
Not if the future’s what you wish to divine,
On cloth or paper – study the stains
Material boiled in wine is ingrained,
Appearance of wine being poured in libation,
Noting the form of the sedimentation
Colour, taste, odour, all of them count,
You only imbibe a tiny amount.

It' not my turn but:

Come on

Can someone post a new acrostic?
Only don’t be diagnostic,
Make you poem scan and rhyme,
Each word, each phrase and every line.
One thing about this lovely game,
Nobody’s poems are quite the same.

Sorry - that should have been:

Can someone post a new acrostic?
Only don’t try being too diagnostic,
Make your poems scan and rhyme,
Each word, each phrase and every line.
One thing about this lovely game,
Nobody’s poems are quite the same.

Uninspired
Nothing to give
Ideas are
Not forthcoming
Silence from my mind
Please help me overcome my
Incredible
Riter's block ()
Endless reams of pointless
Drivel is all I have at the moment. So there...

Afghan

As dogs go, this breed is one of the best,
Fast and fearless, ahead of the rest,
Great hunters of leopards, and also gazelle,
Hares, rabbits and anything running they tell,
Alert to all movement in mountain or plain,
Never underestimate these dogs again.

Youth is wasted
On the young
Ungrateful kids
Trousers low hung.
Having the luxury of

Greater maturity
Only seperates
New generations
Each expecting gratuity

Working hard
Is the traditional way
Leisure time?
Dearest, not in my day!

Haha, ok, it wandered from itself, but ugh, was hard work!

Gigantic, huge or rather large
A pretty big thing, dwarfing a barge.
Really honestly quite massive
Gross and swelling, maybe passive
Astonishingly, oversized
Nightmarish but rare, so highly prized
Truly chunky, pretty bloated
Unusual but it maybe floated?
An interesting study I think
Not clean, but cruddy, and what's that stink?

Saluki

Sylph like and elegant, fastest of all,
All other dog seems to do nothing but crawl
Lurchers and greyhound get left in their wake,
Unless a good Afghan along do you take.
Killing’s instinctive to all of the breed,
Insipient obedience they will not heed.

Arab

An elegance and grace belies
Remarkable strength and health
Absolute faith and liquid eyes
Bred with passion beyond mere wealth

Friesian

Flashy, smart, quick and clever
Reliable heart and plenty of feather
Intelligent, bold and tricky to master
Eyes hold fire and body moves faster
Shattering silence with a cry and a buck
Intense, lithe and nimble, a dodge and a duck
A humbling experience, for horseman or girl
Nothing comes close to this equestrian black pearl


haha, two in a row... I like doing these on breeds... it's fun!

Shetland

Short his legs, his strong, broad back
Helped him survive, giving us what we lack
Enourmous strength and steadfast ability
To haul great loads in darkness, humidity
Long tunnels, the heat, the danger unceasing
All lungs getting choked, health slowly decreasing
Nothing done can repay what we owe to this breed
Diamonds and coal are not worth one good steed.


Clydesdale

Coughing in early morning mist
Looking for a feed before work's long list
Yearning for freedom, to run on the moor
Doggedly working into modern-day lore
Essential to life on lowland farms
Scottish and ingrained with all their charms
Descendants of noble knights and king's steeds
Always continuing doing man's deeds
Long live the Clydesdale, steady and strong
Each one a tribute, an epic, a song.

ome of the best yet

haha, thank you! Which one? I'm having a better day today I think...

hmm...

Sorry - there is a small thing living under the letter 'S'! And I am a bad tripist!

Well, I'll forgive you...


Here's two more to bore you with...

Hackney

High stepping
Action and
Cocking the
Knee, a
Noteworthy
Elegance
You're honoured to see.



Welsh mountain pony

Wales is home to a beatiful breed of
Equus, with a dash of arabian steed
Legs are still hairy to keep fetlocks warm
Shoulders are sloping with elegant form
Hocks that are low and a chest good and deep

Much good thick hair to keep warm while they sleep
Ornery beasts, they are for a child
Untamed and beautiful, best when they're wild
Nobody's fool a native, we know
Try as we might to put on a show
A moment of innatention will find
Instant transgressions, the undesired kind
Nary a day will pass for you but

Pony dearest has opened what's shut
Only the smartest intelligent beast will find
Nosing and peeking and using that mind
Your stash of mint polos and oats, oh, how kind!

Not boring by any means - lovely.

Shire

Seventeen hands and nearly a ton
Huge great feet and a big fat tum,
I grabbed the tangled hair of its mane
Rode back to the farm – ‘twas my domain
Especially as the horse was my friend,
So he’d bend down his neck so I could ascend.