Rob Bettridge Poet Limerick

Peace At Last - a Collaboration With Jan Allison

There are women who feel a strong need
To nag men until their ears bleed
In a war of attrition
With relentless petition
Is a cruel way to make men concede
 
Men wish for a life of peace
But get nagged by a tongue that won't cease
Men will just say
It's the female DNA
That must out in it's need for release

We can’t help it; we just HAVE to nag
Guess some folks would call us 'an old hag'
Men get on our nerves
When you paw at our curves
You should give up and wave the white flag

We can suffer from bad PMT,
Become ogres that men want to flee
We Scream and we Shout
Say We’ll throw you out
But for some reason you wont let us be
 
Better by far, we should try this next time 
It's effective and will prove sublime
By wearing Earplugs
In each of our Lugs
We'll be laughing, whilst nagging - in Mime

Laughing together will lighten our day
It's a tonic to chase all our problems away
For a really Big Smile
Can last a long while
And we'll both get on better that way

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Beautiful Scars January 27, 2016 at 12:26 PM Rob!! what a great collab with Jan!! Thank you for sharing :)*smiles* -luloo

Andrea Dietrich January 26, 2016 at 3:54 PM Yes, you guys did a GREAT job together. You have found your match with Jan!! Rob Bettridge January 28, 2016 at 8:54 AM Andrea, We are just approaching Warp Factor 7 together. Jan Allison January 27, 2016 at 4:33 PM He sure has Andrea lol:-) I'm not admitting to bouncing off anyone lol :-) hugs jan xx Rob Bettridge January 26, 2016 at 4:54 PM Yes, It's a pleasure bouncing verses off each other.

Skat A January 25, 2016 at 7:17 PM ROB, Excellent poem, Awesome flow. Luv ** SKAT **

Rob Bettridge January 25, 2016 at 2:31 PM Try this at home (although if performed in public, it would be far more entertaining): Couples should face each other, take a deep breath and (without making any sound at all) Proceed to have a good old Nag and a Row with each other c/w animated finger wagging, Brow Beating, Silent Yelling, Jumping up & Down, Wailing, Gnashing of Teeth - The Whole Works! How long d'you think it would be before you both burst out laughing at the Silent Silliness of your Manic Mime? (If you are alone, try it in the Mirror) ..........People who Play together, Get along together. People who Don't - Won't.

Tim Smith January 23, 2016 at 9:11 AM Fabulous collaboration.

Anne-Lise Andresen January 23, 2016 at 6:52 AM .... but, men are very good at close their ears :)))) - Love it, well done Rob & Jan ! - hugs // Anne-Lise :) Jan Allison January 23, 2016 at 8:39 AM I agree Anne Lise:-) I will post the poem sometime later today - Rob is fabulous to work with the silly humour just flows:-) hugs jan xx

White Sage January 23, 2016 at 2:51 AM excellent collaboration there...well written, and the humour's nice too Rob Bettridge January 23, 2016 at 3:32 AM Thanks White Sage, Jan and I do our best. Glad you enjoyed our offering.

Jan Allison January 22, 2016 at 6:08 PM Rob it was a pleasure working with you again:-) let the humour continue to flow from our pens:-) hugs Jan xx 7 and faves Rob Bettridge January 22, 2016 at 7:27 PM Thanks Partner. More power to our elbows, eh? Rob xx