Amphigorey

[GreenEyedGirl]

"Said a girl upon her divan
Was attacked by a virile young man:
'Such excess of passion
Is quite out of fashion.'
And she fractured his wrist with her fan."



Just bough some Edward Gorey, nothing lifts your mood like someone who is beautifully dark and twisted!

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

"There's a rather odd couple in Herts
Who are cousins (or so each asserts)
Their sex is in doubt
For they're never without
Their mustaches and long, trailing skirts."

 

[Dillinger]

The Prune People:

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[GreenEyedGirl]

Dilly! I knew you'd play with me!

"The sight of his guests filled Lord Cray
At breakfast with horrible dismay,
So he launched off the spoons
The pits from his prunes
At their heads as they neared the buffet."

 

[Dillinger]

There was a young lady named Rose
Who fainted whenever she chose
She did so one day
While playing croquet
But was quickly revived with a hose.

http://innovativart.com/GRYHOSE.jpg

 

[Laurel]

I love Edward Gorey

A timid young woman named Jane
Found parties a terrible strain;
With movements uncertain
She'd hide in a curtain
And make sounds like a rabbit in pain.

 

[kotori]

Remember this one?

The GhastLITcrumb Tinies

 

[Dillinger]

A dreary young bank clerk named Fennis
Wished to foster an aura of menace;
To make people afraid
He wore gloves of gray suede
And white footgear intended for Tennis.

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

Laurel is playing too! Yea!

"Said Francesca, 'My lack of volition
Is leading me straight to perdition;
But I haven't the strength
To go to the length
Of making an act of contrition."

 

[Dillinger]

Re: Remember this one?

The GhastLITcrumb Tinies

Quite a memory!

 

[Dillinger]

A clerical student named Pryne
Through pain sought to reach the divine:
He wore a hair shirt,
Quite often ate dirt,
And bathed every Friday in brine.

http://innovativart.com/GRYBRINE.jpg

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

Re: Remember this one?

The GhastLITcrumb Tinies

That was before me, but what a great thread!

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

"An indefatigable woman named Bavel,
Had often occasion to travel;
On the way she would sit
And furiously knit,
And on the way back she'd unravel."

 

[kotori]

Re: Re: Remember this one?

Quite a memory!

I had to do a search. But it was funny.

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

"From Number Nine, Penwiper Mews,
There is really abominable news;
They've discovered a head
In the box for the bread,
But nobody seems to know whose."

 

[Dillinger]

There was a young woman named Plunnery
Who rejoiced in the practice of gunnery,
Till one day unobservant,
She blew up a servant,
And was forced to retire to a nunnery.

http://innovativart.com/GRYNUN.jpg

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

"There was a young lady neamed Fleager
Who was terribly, terribly eager
To be all the rage
On the tragedy stage,
Though her talents were pitifully meager."

 

[kotori]

I love Gorey

I have an autographed edition of The Curious Sofa which I got at the Gotham Book Mart on 43rd or 44th. Ever get in there, Dill? I understand they have a kick-ass Bloomsday celebration.

 

[Dillinger]

An innocent maiden named Herridge
Was cruelly tricked into marriage:
When she later found out
What her spouse was about,
She threw herself under a carriage.

 

[Dillinger]

Re: I love Gorey

I have an autographed edition of The Curious Sofa which I got at the Gotham Book Mart on 43rd or 44th. Ever get in there, Dill? I understand they have a kick-ass Bloomsday celebration.

Its been ages, but I'e been there. I didn't know about the Bloomsday celebration though. Someday I want to go to Dublin for Bloomsday!

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

The Curious Sofa is one of my favorite little books.

What was up with that sofa, anyways? I want one! LOL

 

[Dillinger]

A guest in a household quite charmless
Was informed its eccentric was harmless:
'If you're caught unawares
At the head of the stairs,
Just remember, he's eyeless and armless.'

 

[kotori]

Re: Re: I love Gorey

Its been ages, but I'e been there. I didn't know about the Bloomsday celebration though. Someday I want to go to Dublin for Bloomsday!

Two years, baby. 16 June '04. Centennial. Let's get up a Lit Trip, and then we'll take the coach down to the coast road to the town of Gorey, in Wicklow.

 

[GreenEyedGirl]

The first child of a Mrs. Keats-Shelley
Came to light with a face on its belly;
Her second was born
With a hump and a horn,
And her third was as shapeless as jelly.

 

[Dillinger]

Re: Re: Re: I love Gorey

Two years, baby. 16 June '04. Centennial. Let's get up a Lit Trip, and then we'll take the coach down to the coast road to the town of Gorey, in Wicklow.

Sounds like a plan. What better outing for a group of Literoticans than going to celebrate the anniversary of a hand job?