Best Ter Poems

Whee am i, eh?
A'm Cumbrian thats whee, like eh.

Red, Green, Yellow

Once a year ower the Cumberland show,
Livestock, ter an' fro, ter an' fro.

Yan, Tan, Tether

Gypsies,...

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Yer briny whore
akin to boar
wit' mangy hide 'n scurvy-pocked
chomped 'n chewed
me black 'n blue
wit' carnassial chompers as of croc

Be curs'd, yer nit  
me ample...

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**For Ruben O, My little Bro**

(This poem was written and a recording made for the contest sponsored by Team Poetrysoup which was deleted before it...

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I have to thank my sister for something years ago
It's written in this message that I think she ought to know

I have to thank my...

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Pass.if.ick

while listening to the Pacific
w)aether(, (woe)ter from eyes
pool into the soul
wanting to gush, saever--

to create a great divide
between memory and heart,
forcing to un-feel

in a dumb...

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a quatern

Shine on, Euterpe, cast your light.
We've not much time so please be brief.
      "A simple answer brings relief
 ...

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LOST IN BRITAIN

Poling, Patching, Nether Wallop, 
Matching Tye and Droop

Plumpton, Lickfold, Puddletown, 
Westward Ho! and Throop.

Hole of Horcum, New Invention,
Boghead, Frome, Cat's Ash

North Piddle, Staines...

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Sung to the great single: "Loves Me Like A Rock." from There Goes Rhymin' Simon. (1975.)

(Half heard :)
The camera's got to be rolling, man. It's...

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Five rings for fifty-one again and once more winning brings,
another pot of loser’s beer for throwing rubber rings.
That’s twenty-seven ‘freebies’ in a row, so by...

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Now ma mate Geoff's a Yorkshireman,
A Doncaster lad, born n bred,
Full o' fun but thick in t'ead,
Now ah can say this wi'out insultin',
'cos e's me...

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I chase him round the hen house; gape on, 
hens.  I picture hot chicken soup on.  
I put on spectacles, 
cut off his...

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SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "LONDON BRIDGE IS FALLING DOWN"

Wobbly-boot ter rubbity-dub
nary me ol' hide did scrub
showin' crack
'n grinder plaque
th' pirate's shorin' 

Hail th' buccaneerin'...

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bre.a..the     ss.o..f...t     shhha.r..e...d     wh.i..s..p..e..r....sss
     sss.i..mple    sss.e..d..u..c..t..i..ve...

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Sample rum quality,  mmmm
 Mix  eggs,  sugar, but-
ter, fruit ,  nuts self raising  flour 
sample rum again  
pour rum...

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Which - 'Witch' is which :)
 when a Bat doesn't need a ball to fly home,
 can’t tell a Black Kat from a black cat...

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