Collecting Rhymes Gifts

'We're out of blackbirds -- how about four-and-twenty hamburgers?'

'Houston, I'm prepared to land...'

"You're lost. This is Mom's apple pie."

'She barely made it out of the atmosphere... next!'

Passed over at the Inaugural Poetry Audition

"And if that diamond ring don’t shine, Poppa will probably take it back to 47th Street and get something for your mother."

Archeologist Deciphers Limerick Heiroglyphs

"He just found that 'pillage' rhymes with 'village'."

How a poet works

'Ever thought of having the place re-carpeted?'

'Sorry I'm late - I was stacked up at the airport.'

'Frankly, if all the King's men couldn't put him together again, what chance do we have?...'

"I'm stuck for the 'June-moon' rhyme in Serbo-Croatian."

'The little piggy went to market, this little piggy stayed home and shopped online...'

'By the looks of these skid marks, Humpty didn't fall- he was pushed!'

Love is an many splendoured thing

Shakespeare or Bacon or maybe Marlowe.

'Tom's always been the black sheep of the family.'

"The steering-committee three are we. Run it by us, and we'll see."

"Great moments in songwriting" "What if she had a little lamb?" "Maybe it follows her to school?" "Wouldn't that make the children laugh?" "Exactly."

Mafia Nursery Rhymes - sorry Weazel, I'm gonna have to pop you.

'Right - I'm going to sue the water company!'

"By the way, does anything other than 'trouble' rhyme with 'bubble'?"

'It's worse than we'd thought I'd like to call in all the kings horses and all the kings men.'

'In conclusion, the supplier who can repeat this phrase fastest with least mistakes wins the catering contract...'

'I really need to become a great poet while I still have time before I graduate.'

'When the bough broke, did the daycare center's insurance rates go up?'

"Great news, babe. I'm on the fall schedule."

'Major poets' 'Minor poets' 'Free agents'

"You know what? I probably could have put Humpty Dumpty back together again but I was just too pissed."

Forrest Gander