What names be known, for groups benign
to get, to go; to roam, to grow.
Porcupines in groups are prickles.
Wild geese do gaggle, soar in glee.
The bees all bumble, swarms the buzz,
while murder, mischief crows do make.
(And now excuse my poetic license)
A pile of purses we name a pursuit.
A nosh of neckties, a collar’s noose.
A group of grown-ups, known as grumps,
a trickle of teens, they call a twit.
A poet’s pub is fancied a pword.
*pword – Think of it as a plosive before “word” – not to be mistaken for pee-word!
Written for dVerse, Meet The Bar Thursday. Today, Bjorn asks us to write alliterative verse. He defines the form:
1. The alliterative verse has four stressed syllables per line.
2. The three first syllables alliterate, while the fourth does not.
3. There is a caesura (pause) between the first two stressed syllables and the last two.
4. If you want to, you may put a line break or some punctuation to make the caesura clear.
* I handled the alliteration and the syllables; in a few lines, I did not add the caesura. I did have fun with this….prickles, gaggles, swarms and murders. And then some made up group names: pursuit, noose, grumps, twit, and power! Phots from Pixabay.com
lillian the home poet 
That is a fantastic title, Lill, a poem on its own – or the beginning of a joke! I love the idea of a grump of grown-ups, and we all know that ‘A pub of poets is global power’!
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Thanks, Kim. I’d actually been making a list of what different groups of animals are called….and then yesterday afternoon, when I had some of the poem written, we went to the San Diego Zoo and took part in a “Zoo encounter” where we got up close and personal with some animals. It was there that I learned a group of porcupines is called a prickle! So of course, that got included. Glad you enjoyed.
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Fabulous!🦛
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Thank you, Melissa. Fun to write and make up “group names” as well. But sure is a tricky form!
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Let be today’s post! Not only did it provide me a giggle, but I learned a lot as well!
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Thanks, Nan. I was in the midst of the poem when we left to go to the San Diego Zoo. We did a “zoo encounter” where we got “up close and personal” with some of the animals. That’s where I learned a group of porcupines is a prickle! Isn’t that just the best?
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Your awesome poem has put a smile on my face .. which will remain plastered there! Cheers, this is a delight.
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Always happy to put a smile on anyone’s face 🙂 As I mentioned to some, I’d been keeping a list of “group names for animals” thinking some time it would be a fun prompt to use…..and then I started writing this. Got interrupted in the middle because we had tickets for a “zoo encounter” at the world famous San Diego Zoo. We met with some of the wonderful “keepers” who talked about their conservation efforts and then we were “up close and personal” with some animals. A fascinating time….and that’s where I learned that a group of porcupines is called a prickle! How opportune to learn that…so of course, when we got home, I added it to the poem. Still may use it for a prompt having folks make up group names for other things…as in a collection of purses is a pursuit! 🙂
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I love your poem, Lillian. This line made me chuckle… A group of grown-ups, known as grumps.
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LOL, loved every “poetic license” you took, Lill, and oh what fun to read! I’m with Dwight: I especially liked grownups known as “grumps”!
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:>)
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You had a lot of fun with this, and it shows, Lillian! Delightful. I agree with Kim about the title. 🙂
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I think I may read it aloud at dVerse LIVE next time 🙂
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That would make us all smile! 🙂
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I can see this, and I understand that is should have been even more collective nouns for all those fantastic animals. Love it and you had fun with it… the tweak of the form to have the alliteration on one two and four worked so well and you used it consistently.
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You’re forms are always challenging, Bjorn….poetic sudokus is what I call them. But I did enjoy this one! 🙂
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I didn’t rise to the prompt but I have to say how much I like your last four lines.
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So glad you enjoyed! It was definitely challenging to do….took lots of counting on fingers (syllables and stressed syllables) and reading aloud. It was fun though….so glad you enjoyed. Yep….I thought the adult grumps and teen twits were fun! 🙂
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I wish to be a twit, yet fear I am a grump
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Reading your poem only now, it’s fantastic, as is the title. 🙂
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