Psalm No 8 – Totally Meaningless
Totally Meaningless Picture by Warrigal There is a pub called the Pigs Arms That once ran a competition writing pslams But when old mother Hubbard went to the cupboard She found Merv holding kegs in...
View ArticlePig’s Psalm 23 – the Cole-ridge Rondo
Watering Hole by Lehan Winifred Ramsay By Neville Cole THE PIG’S ARMS IS MY WATERING HOLE The Pig’s Arms is my watering hole, I shall not thirst; Emmjay makes me submit green manuscripts. Shoe leads me...
View ArticleA Psalm for Foodge
.... for gourd's sake By Lehan Winifred Ramsay 1 What advantage then hath the Publican? or what profit (is there) of circumcision? 2 Much every way: chiefly, because that until the stirring of the...
View ArticlePig’s Psalm 10 – The Last of the Samaritan
In the pub I take refuge (and libation) How then can Merv say unto me “Jump in your Zephyr and hit the road Until you payeth off your tab” For wicked are the car park youths And afeared I am of going...
View ArticlePsalm 11 – On Arrogance and Indifference
Why is it, our Merv, That representatives of telcos (Whose parents have not entered into wedlock) Stand at great distance from those in their care And upon us scorn, indifference and arrogance, they...
View ArticlePig’s Psalm 13 – An Oirish Drink and a Happy Ending
How long might it be oh Merv That we sit And wait with patience for the creamy head of your Paddy O’Furniture Stout To rise from it’s obsidian depths And we see you adorn it with the shamrock or the...
View ArticlePig’s Psalm 15 – Blamelessness
Our Merv Who may dwell in your sacred pub ? Who may sip from your hoppish streams ? The one who can walk across the car park blameless and untouched by the Hells Angles or the Lambrettistas Who speaks...
View ArticleA Prayer for the Pigs’ Arms: The Landlord’s Prayer
By Astyages I did promise a little entry in the Pigs’ Psalms competition, didn’t I? This is actually more of a prayer than a psalm, but since a psalm is just a prayer that is sung, and since I suppose...
View ArticleRecessional Redux
Pictures by Warrigal Mirriyuula Merve is a proud sponsor of Glenda’s rapid deployment Emergency Makeover Team. Where ever trouble strikes Glenda and her team of expertly trained girls can swing into...
View ArticleA Pig Psalm of Dave*
An Apologia after the Psalm 141 Oink for Deliverance from the Wicked by Sandshoe. Dinkum, mate, I have to ask; get a wriggle on; (reprise) it’s as if he’s deaf, believe me. I’m not just a bad smell;...
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